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Oxfordshire County Council has urged the government to provide more cash to plug the funding gap Special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) children are benefiting from service improvements in Oxfordshire, but the County Council has appealed to the Secretary of State for Education to address a lack of funding. More special school places are in […]

Young people spent a month planning for a special day before the half term break Black African and Caribbean students at Wykham Park Academy in Banbury showcased their cultural heritage and shared their stories, as the school concluded their Black History Month celebrations.   Following weeks of preparations, the final day of the half term saw […]

Skills used were the same as Tony Partridge demonstrates when training club members locally Tony Partridge, who’s the head coach at Banbury Judo Club, came home from the British Judo Association masters competition in Guilford at the weekend a silver medallist. He was Competing in the under 100kg category and was second out of five.   […]

RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalisation The Banbury Cross Health Centre and John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford are amongst a number of medical establishments taking part in a new respiratory virus study, looking into the leading cause of infant hospitalisation. Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) affects 90% of children before the age of two […]

It’s a major turnaround for the club, which contemplated closing during the pandemic A Banbury club, which supports service personnel past and present, has gone from contemplating closing its doors to being nominated for three prestigious national awards. The RAF Association Banbury Branch and Branch Club, known affectionately as the RAFA Club, collapsed during the […]

Three vehicles were involved in the Sunday evening crash A man is in hospital with a serious head injury after a crash on the M40 on Sunday evening.   The collision happened at around 11pm on the northbound carriageway near junction 10 – the exit for the A43 and the Cherwell Valley Services. At the time […]

Number 10 confirmed the appointment on Tuesday evening Banbury’s MP Victoria Prentis has been given the role of Attorney General in Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s new government.  The Attorney General is chief legal adviser to the government. Mrs Prentis now reports directly to the Prime Minister.   She will attend cabinet meetings, but the role is […]

The challenge for Bishop Loveday students came from local author Clare Anderson Four children from Bishop Loveday Primary School in Bodicote are about to see their ideas for characters in a story brought to life in a new book. Local author Clare Anderson recently visited the school and challenged the pupils to design an elf […]

Oxfordshire needs more families who are willing to offer a child a safe, stable and loving home life A new campaign is urging more people to become foster carers in Oxfordshire, telling them “love” is what they need. Posters are set to appear in local libraries and on digital adverts featuring the close bond between […]

This is the third time the male toilets in Brackley Market Place have been hit Brackley Town Council has been forced to close the male public toilets in the Market Place after one of the urinals was kicked off the wall.   The act of vandalism happened over the weekend. This is the third time the […]