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Four other people are in hospital following the single vehicle incident A woman died following a road traffic collision on the M40 yesterday (Thursday).   Four other people were injured, two of them critically. The northbound M40 between junction 9 for Bicester and 10 at the Cherwell Valley Services was closed for most of the day […]

Listen to our interviews with the three group leaders “I haven’t seen anything as daft as this in all my years” – the words of Conservative Barry Wood following last night’s annual meeting where Councillors failed to elect a leader for Cherwell District Council. Banbury FM spoke to the leaders of the three main groups […]

After nearly four hours of scenes resembling Groundhog Day the Council has no Leader Cherwell District Council’s marathon Annual Meeting concluded last night (Wednesday) with no agreement as to who would be the Council’s Leader.   At one point Council officers and the Chairman huddled together to discuss how to deal with the situation, as the […]

Councillor Barry Wood: “It is by no means clear what will happen at the AGM this evening” The man who led the ruling Conservatives at Cherwell District Council up until the Local Elections says his group find the “petty squabbling unedifying”.   Councillor Barry Wood told Banbury FM there was no obvious outcome to the Council’s […]

Banbury’s new mayor says it is a proud moment for him and his family Banbury’s new mayor is a proud family man with a passion for helping others. Councillor Fiaz Ahmed became town mayor last night (Tuesday) at an inauguration ceremony at the town hall attended by fellow councillors and civic dignitaries from neighbouring boroughs. […]

Group leader says coalition talks failed as the Lib Dems and Greens had done a back room deal The Labour group plan to put themselves forward to run Cherwell District Council at tonight’s Annual Council Meeting.   The move follows the break-down of coalition talks between Labour and the Progressive Oxfordshire Alliance – a group containing […]

Local people can expect to see smoke from the scene for the next 72 hours Around 350 bales of straw went up in flames when a barn on the Warkworth Road in Middleton Cheney caught fire on Tuesday evening (May 16). Northamptonshire Fire and Rescue Service were first called just after 10.30pm. Fire engines from […]

The decision appears to follow a disagreement over the inclusion of a Green party Councillor on the Executive The news that Cherwell’s Labour group had pulled out of talks on forming an alliance to take control of Cherwell District Council came as a surprise to the other parties at those talks. The Progressive Oxfordshire group […]

The public are asked not to speculate on the circumstances of the man’s death A man’s body has been found in Banbury’s Jubilee Court.   Thames Valley Police were called to an incident at around 5.15pm yesterday (Monday). Three people have been arrested on suspicion of murder but police say that at present the death is […]

Fun and fund raising are a couple of the new mayor’s aims Brackley has a new Town Mayor.   Councillor Sue Sharps took on the role at the Mayor Making ceremony in Brackley Town Hall on Saturday. Councillor Sharps takes over the role from Councillor Paul Wiltshire.   Councillor Elaine Wiltshire was elected as Deputy Town Mayor. […]