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Labour Councillors voted against the increase which was recommended by an independent panel by Andy Mitchell, Local Democracy Reporter Cherwell’s district councillors have passed an increase to their allowances in line with staff salary rises – despite Labour voting against. An independent report recommended linking the increase to the cost of living, a rate that […]
An emergency motion on the crisis was backed unanimously by Andy Mitchell, Local Democracy Reporter Cherwell District Council plans to be “poised and ready” to help refugees fleeing Ukraine amid the ongoing invasion by Russian forces. At this week’s meeting of full council, leader Councillor Barry Wood (Con, Fringford & Heyfords) vowed to team up […]
Felicity Brain and Terry Jones were introduced to BID members earlier this week Two new town hosts have joined the Banbury BID team to help with the organisation’s work in supporting local businesses and promoting the town. Felicity Brain and Terry Jones were introduced to town centre business leaders at a Meet the Banbury BID […]
Scrapings, peelings and leftovers will be used to generate electricity and create a liquid fertiliser On the first day of Cherwell District Council’s new food waste collection service a massive 26 tonnes of scrapings, peelings and leftovers were collected. The silver caddies were emptied for the first time on Tuesday. Around 17,000 properties were visited […]
The Town Hall will be lit up yellow and blue nightly Brackley Town Council have joined others in showing their support for the people of Ukraine by illuminating Brackley Town Hall in the colours of the Ukrainian flag. The building was lit up for the first time last night. It will be illuminated nightly for […]
Awards will be presented in 11 categories this September A launch event for the 2022 Cherwell Business Awards was held this morning in North Aston. The awards aim to showcase and celebrate business excellence locally. During the launch previous winners shared their stories and spoke on the benefits of winning. Awards will be presented in […]
The two-and-a-half-year-old will be trained to pull the brewery’s drays The Hook Norton Brewery has a new team member – a shire horse called Brigadier. The two-and-a-half-year-old joins two other working horses undertaking the brewery’s traditional dray deliveries. The brewery announced the death of a former working shire horse, Lucas, back on January 17.Brigadier was […]
Increased towpath use by walkers during the pandemic led to accelerated erosion The importance of canal towpaths and improvements made to the towpath in Banbury were the subject of a discussion between Banbury’s MP and the Canal and River Trust Chief Executive last week. Victoria Prentis met with Richard Parry and his Regional Director Ros […]
Budget for next financial year gains approval at full council meeting by Andy Mitchell, Local Democracy Reporter Cherwell District Council’s budget for 2022-23 has been passed despite no support and scathing criticism from opposition councillors. The Conservative-led authority is set to generate £2.4 million – £200,000 less than originally planned – through cutting costs or […]
The aim is to make the Thames Valley a hostile place for those who commit rural crimes Thames Valley Police has launched a Rural Crime Taskforce to deal with offences committed at isolated or rural locations affecting farms, agriculture, wildlife, the environment and heritage sites. The new team will tackle issues such as harm to […]