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Dave Howard has taken over as conductor as the band heads into its 50th anniversary year Brackley & District Band have appointed a new conductor as they head into their 50th anniversary year.   Dave Howard has been working with the band over the last couple of months. Mr Howard is a fourth generation “brass bander” […]

The 48-year-old is due to appear at Oxford Magistrates’ Court on January 9 A man has been charged with drug driving following an incident that occurred in Steeple Aston last September. Following a Thames Valley police investigation Darren Smith, 48, of Blackthorn Hill in Bicester was charged with one count of driving a motor vehicle […]

The initiative was set up as part of last year’s platinum jubilee celebrations Trees in Banbury have become part of a national forest being created as a lasting memorial to Queen Elizabeth ll. Twenty-five maple trees planted this autumn at Crouch Hill have been formally recognised by the Queen’s Green Canopy as part of its […]

A raft of thrill-seeking and endurance challenges are lined up to raise vital funds Last year over 1,000 local people took on a challenge in aid of Katharine House Hospice.   As 2023 gets underway the Adderbury based hospice is inviting us to make a New Year’s resolution to support them by stepping up to one […]

The car’s driver provided a positive drugs wipe A driver has been arrested after his vehicle was spotted on the M40 with a tyre missing from a rear wheel.   The BMW had travelled around 50 miles before officers stopped it. Initially Warwickshire Police saw the car during Bank Holiday Monday evening.   Officers from Thames Valley […]

Officers attended the scene on New Year’s Day afternoon A man’s body was discovered at a Banbury primary school on New Year’s Day.   Officers from Thames Valley Police were called to St Leonard’s School in Grimsbury at around 1.50pm on Sunday. The man’s death is being treated as unexplained but not suspicious. Thames Valley Police […]