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The families were given a free slow cooker, recipe book and ingredients A grant from Cherwell District Council has enabled a local charity to run a ‘healthy eating for families on a budget’ scheme. Home-Start Banbury, Bicester and Chipping Norton received £1,400 which helped support twenty families in taking a healthier approach to meal times, […]
The costs arise when refused applicants take their case to the Planning Inspector The cost of defending planning decisions where the applicant has appealed to the Planning Inspector has reached £327,000 in the Cherwell District so far this financial year. The amount spent, which comes from Council Tax payers, is already over three times the […]
Most residential roads will become 20mph, but key routes will remain at 30mph New speed limits of 20mph look set to be introduced on the majority of roads in Banbury, but the case brought by local councillors to retain 30mph limits on key town centre routes has been accepted. Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for […]
Permission was granted in 2022 but has since expired A company which successfully applied for planning permission from Cherwell District Council says it’s had to resubmit its application after council officers failed to deal with issues, leading to the original application expiring. Longmill Rickbost Dexter Ltd want to convert the properties on the corner of […]
Both Katharine House Hospice and the Firefighters’ Charity will benefit Fire fighters from Banbury raised just over £3,343 for charity at their Open Day a couple of weeks ago. The doors were opened at the station on Cope Road with visitors able to enjoy live demonstrations, a bouncy castle, barbecue and a look around the […]
The exercise keeps the trees to a suitable height and removes lower branches Work on trimming the trees in Brackley High Street has begun today. Experts will be pollarding and crown lifting – a method of pruning that will keep the trees smaller than they would naturally grow, whilst removing some of the lower branches. […]
The work is needed to accommodate increased traffic from housing developments Major roadworks are about to begin at the Ardley junction of the M40. From tomorrow (Wednesday) the junction 10 southbound exit slip will be closed every weekday night between 9.30pm and 6am. One lane of the M40 southbound around the junction will also be […]
Amir Taseem had been running three drugs lines A Banbury man has been sent to prison for 5 years for dealing crack cocaine and heroin in the town. Twenty-eight year old Amir Taseem was sentenced this week. The court heard that he had been running three drugs lines in Banbury. A spokesperson for Thames Valley […]
Its the biggest Sealed Knot re-enactment of the year The sights, sounds and smells of an influential battle in the English Civil War will be brought back this weekend. The Battle of Cropredy Bridge was fought on Saturday June 29, 1644. Around 10,000 soldiers on each side battled at the bridge and in the surrounding […]
Chief Constable receives positive feedback about the work police are doing The growing issue of county lines crime, football matchday policing, drug use by young people and dangerous driving were amongst the subjects discussed during visits to Brackley and Evenley by the Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Danielle Stone visited the owners of Barn […]