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Local News
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The latest news as the results come in Here’s details of the results for the Cherwell. You can see an overview of the position across the District here. 4.50 Eddie Reeves has comfortably held Deddington for the Conservatives. Overall the Conservatives LOST 6 seats, the Liberal Democrats gained 4, Labour 1 and the Greens 1. […]
The fire started after a battery was placed in a rubbish bin A battery which had been wrongly placed in a rubbish bin in Middleton Cheney almost caused a serious fire in a refuse collection lorry. It was only the quick actions of a member of the waste and recycling crew that averted an expensive […]
The Orinoco team created the eye catching item from materials that would have been thrown away A patriotic rug, made entirely from scrap items, has been created by the clever team at Orinoco, the Oxfordshire Scrapstore. The eye-catching creation is now being raffled with the winner being announced just before the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee weekend. […]
The incident happened early on Sunday morning An image has been released of a man police would like to speak to after an assault at the Dog and Gun pub on Banbury’s North Bar last weekend. On Sunday morning (May 1) a man entered the pub through the main doors at 12.28am. He hit another […]
A Wychwood Gardens property was targeted during the early hours of Tuesday last week Police are appealing for witnesses following a burglary at a Banbury address during the early hours of Tuesday last week (April 26). It happened at around 3.45am in Wychwood Gardens off the Broughton Road. A lone male is thought to have […]
Pensioner wanted to do something memorable to celebrate her 80th birthday A daring Sulgrave pensioner found a high-octane way to celebrate her 80th birthday – by jumping out of a plane! Ronnie Langdon-Gray spent Bank Holiday Monday undertaking a tandem skydive and, in doing so, raised more than £2,500 for the Katharine House Hospice. Octogenarian […]
The driver was pulled over for speeding on Cherwell Street A driver who was spotted speeding in Banbury has been arrested after testing positive for drugs. The vehicle he was driving was seen on Cherwell Street. Officers from Thames Valley Police’s Road Policing Unit pulled over the driver after he had been seen exceeding the […]
Unburnt embers from a log burner started the fire Embers from a log burner caused a garage fire in Banbury on Sunday (May 1). Fire fighters managed to stop the blaze spreading to the house on Dukes Meadow Drive. Green Watch at Banbury Fire Station were called to deal with the fire. Whilst wearing breathing […]
Two men have been arrested following the assault in the early hours of Friday morning A man is in hospital with life changing head injuries after being attacked on Middleton Road in Grimsbury this morning (April 29). The victim was found by a member of the public. Emergency Services were called to reports of an […]
The water will be heated to 25 Celsius It might not look like summer is just round the corner, but one sign the warmer weather is on the way locally is when Banbury’s Outdoor Swimming Pool opens for the summer season. From Sunday Woodgreen Leisure Centre will be opening the pool twice daily for public […]