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The government is funding a pilot programme to transform youth services A pilot Local Youth Transformation programme must include the most deprived parts of Banbury. That’s the call from MP Sean Woodcock.   He, and Oxford East MP Anneliese Dodds, have written to the leader of Oxfordshire County Council following the news that the council has […]

Opposition parties say its all been rather disappointing by Nadia Lincoln, Local Democracy Reporter The leaders of Northamptonshire’s new Reform UK Councils have said they are ‘getting on with the job’ and celebrated their achievements as they approach their first 100 days in administration. However, despite their groundbreaking wins in the polls on a vote […]

This year marks the 40th anniversary of the Hospice charity being set up The man who had the vision to create the Katharine House Hospice celebrated his 90th birthday yesterday. Neil Gadsby MBE set the Katharine House charity and rallied the local community to start raising the significant funds needed to build the Adderbury based […]

So far the programmes have delivered over 1,300 hours of support to 165 businesses Small and medium businesses can now sign-up for the next round of support in one of two programmes aimed at helping them grow and develop. The Cherwell Spark programme is aimed at entrepreneurs who are starting their own business. The Cherwell […]

The festival brings thousands of people to our area each year The gates are open and the festival is underway! Fairport’s Cropredy Convention is up and running, with the first campers heading onto the site at 7 o’clock this morning. Thousands of people will make the fields around Cropredy their home for the next few […]

The library in its old building had been threatened with closure in 1997 Villagers in Adderbury are about to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their library being saved and relocated to Church House – a converted old schoolroom. The library was threatened with closure in 1997 when it was based in a building on Cross […]

The final decision will be made next Thursday Planning officers at Cherwell District Council have recommended approval of Oxford United’s plans to build a new stadium south of Kidlington. The club submitted proposals for a state-of-the-art stadium, including community facilities and improved transport links for supporters, on land known as The Triangle near Stratfield Brake. […]

Representatives from the beleaguered company met with MPs on Friday Banbury’s MP has added his support to calls for Thames Water to agree to a number of moves aimed at improving the service they provide their customers. Representatives from the beleaguered company met with MPs on Friday and were given a letter from Yuan Yang […]

Nothing was taken but a lock was tampered with and CCTV cameras moved Police are appealing for witnesses following an early morning attempted burglary in Upper Boddington. A home on Townsend Lane was targeted between 4am and 5am on Monday (August 4). The offender didn’t manage to gain entry to the property and nothing was […]

Chiltern hopes the new trains will be running from next spring Banbury’s rail users will soon be able to enjoy journeys in brand new trains. Chiltern Railways will replace the oldest stock in its fleet with 13 modern trains.   Its hoped these will be in use from next spring. The trains will be made up […]