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The salon at Banbury and Bicester College will be open to the community on Thursday afternoons People who are struggling with the cost-of-living crisis can now get their hair cut cheaply thanks to Banbury and Bicester College.   The college’s salon on Broughton Road is being opened to the community offering affordable and professional hair care […]

The market runs through the weekend, culminating with the town’s Christmas lights being turned on Banbury’s first ever Victorian Christmas Market has started today. Running until late Sunday afternoon, the event includes 130 stalls in the Market Place offering a range of gifts, food, drink and entertainment, with many of the town’s businesses joining in […]

The hotel has been working hard to try to honour people’s bookings at other venues A Banbury hotel is working hard to find people an alternative venue for their Christmas parties and festive celebrations after an exclusive contract was agreed meaning all other bookings needed to be cancelled.   But for some the suggested venues are […]

“those inside the trailer … had no understanding of just how dangerous this situation was” Officers from the Warwickshire Rural Crime Team found an unlikely cargo in a horse box they inspected on the A422 Stratford Road outside Banbury.   Instead of animals they found partygoers. The 4*4 that was towing the horse box had been […]

A former cabinet minister has proposed making five-year land supply figures advisory rather than mandatory A campaign group battling green field developments in the villages around Banbury is urging Banbury’s MP to support an amendment to the law which could see mandatory house building targets scrapped. Currently councils have what is called a five-year land […]

Appeal organiser Chris Smithson has thanked his volunteer collectors and the public This year’s local Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal collected around £57,500 during the two weeks of the appeal.   That amount is set to rise as money is still arriving. The funds came in thanks to the hard work of distributors on 17 poppy […]

A council tax rise, bringing rent collection in-house and ending grants to Banbury museum are proposed A £5 rise in Cherwell District Council’s part of the Council Tax, increasing licencing fees and cutting grants to Banbury Museum are amongst the ideas the Council has had to bridge a £0.5million gap in its funding. Proposals for […]

“Please help us spread the word and let’s get knives off the streets” A new knives and blades amnesty bin has been placed in Banbury town centre. Thames Valley Police have installed the bin next to the taxi rank at the public toilet block by Banbury Cross. They are hoping anyone who carries a knife […]

Bulls Lane was flooded in places first thing on Wednesday morning Villagers in Kings Sutton have been suffering with low water pressure, or no water. Early this morning residents in Bulls Lane reported large amounts of water in the street from what appeared to be a burst water main.   Anglian Water sent engineers to the […]

The County Council’s policy says all new developments will have lower speed limit A new street in Banbury will have a 20mph speed limit following a decision taken by Oxfordshire County Council – but the street and houses are yet to be built and some local people don’t appear to want the limit. Across Oxfordshire […]