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Town Council have taken advice from Public Health Northamptonshire which led to the decision Brackley’s Christmas Lantern Parade and Community Carol Service will not go ahead this weekend. Advice from Public Health Northamptonshire has led Brackley Town Council to the decision to cancel the events, due to the current number of cases of Covid-19 – […]
63-year-old pleaded guilty to possession with intent to supply crack cocaine and heroin and possession of criminal property A Banbury drug dealer has been sent to prison for three years after being spotted conducting a suspected deal in Malborough Place on June 2, 2020. 63-year-old Lorenzo Mighty of Boxhedge Road West pleaded guilty to possession […]
A major milestone is achieved as the church’s equivalent of planning permission is granted An ambitious £1.2m project to transform St Mary’s Church in Bloxham has taken another step forward. The three-phase plan aims to upgrade the building whilst protecting the Grade 1 listed Medieval church, large parts of which date back to the 14th […]
County Council’s portion of Council Tax set to rise by 4.99% – but it won’t fill the funding gap by Andy Mitchell, Local Democracy Reporter The extra £4.1million raised through a council tax rise to cover pressures on adult social care will not cover the inflation Oxfordshire County Council expects in the sector. The county […]
Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group says they are working on expanding local capacity via GP led local vaccination services Yesterday we reported on the growing number of people who had been questioning why they have been unable to receive a COVID vaccination locally in North Oxfordshire. Ahead of the announcement of the acceleration of the booster […]
Locations offered included Kidlington, Oxford, Towcester and Northampton with nothing locally A growing number of people have been questioning why they have been unable to receive a COVID vaccination locally in North Oxfordshire. Last night Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that he was accelerating the programme to enable everyone to have a booster jab, bringing […]
Funding cut could lead to CCTV monitoring being “significantly reduced” by Andy Mitchell, Local Democracy Reporter Planned cuts that could lead to the end of “all live monitoring” of CCTV across Cherwell have been railed against by opposition councillors. Cherwell District Council is proposing to save £99,000 by ending financial support for public space CCTV […]
Scheme aims to improve the quality and availability of affordable housing Up to £15,000 is being made available to landlords who need to improve the standard of their properties. The cash from Cherwell District Council comes as part of a drive to improve the quality and availability of affordable housing. The Landlord Home Improvement Grant […]
The move comes in response to steeply rising cases in the Cherwell district A new Covid Mobile Testing Unit has set up on the Hanwell Fields estate at Dukes Meadow Pavilion in response to steeply rising cases in the Cherwell district. It will be open daily between 9am and 3pm for people who have symptoms. […]
Traffic was backed up to Bicester at one stage Drivers have been suffering long delays on the northbound M40 after a lorry jack knifed just south of Banbury late this morning. One lane remained open past the incident, but long queues built up with delays of up to two hours as traffic backing up past […]