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The government have allocated £106,311 to Katharine House Banbury’s MP, Sean Woodcock, has welcomed a major funding boost for Katharine House Hospice, as part of a £75 million government package to improve end-of-life care facilities across England. The hospice will receive £106,311 to upgrade facilities. Across the country more than 170 hospices will benefit from […]

Fifteen patients underwent day-case hernia surgery all within just nine hours A trial for dealing with a number of patients needing a similar operation in one go will be explored further after a ‘Super Surgery Day’ at the Horton General Hospital was deemed a success. Fifteen patients underwent day-case hernia surgery, all within just nine […]

The victim was thought to be a boy in his early teens Police are investigating reports that a boy – reported to be in his early teens – was approached and attacked by two older males early this morning (Wednesday) in a Kings Sutton street. It was around 5.20am when witnesses saw the incident in […]

The scheme’s benefits did not outweigh the harm it would cause Plans for a large logistics development on farmland near Junction 11 of the M40 at Banbury have been rejected following a public inquiry. Developer Greystoke CB Ltd had appealed against Cherwell District Council’s refusal of outline planning permission for up to 140,000 square metres of […]

Police think the man pictured may have vital information A man in his mid-thirties was recorded whilst he was in a cubicle in the male toilets during an incident of voyeurism in the Castle Quay Shopping Centre.   The offender used an electronic device held under the cubicle door. Thames Valley Police has released the image […]

The money was raised in memory of a former teacher at the school Staff and students at the North Oxfordshire Academy raised £1,411 for the British Heart Foundation during a number of fund-raising initiatives last week, in memory of former teacher Marcus Treadgold. Events started with Head of PE Matt North completing a Marathon length […]

These groups are underrepresented in genetic research British Bangladeshi and British Pakistani residents in Banbury are being urged to join others in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in a pioneering research project to tackle higher rates of serious diseases in their communities. The Genes & Health study, supported by the National Institute for Health and Care […]

The hospice is named after founder Neil Gadsby’s daughter Its forty years since Neil Gadsby MBE set up the Katharine House charity and rallied the local community to start raising the significant funds needed to build a Hospice on land in Adderbury. Katharine House is named after Katharine Gadsby, Mr Gadsby’s daughter, who sadly died […]

Its hoped two witnesses will come forward A female required hospital treatment after being assaulted in a park on the Bankside estate in Banbury late on Sunday July 13. The assault happened in the open area opposite The Chatsworth Pub on Chatsworth Drive at around 11pm.   Officers from Thames Valley Police’s Assessment & Investigation Unit […]

The incident led to speculation on social media A witness appeal has been launched after police received reports that a man was shouting racial abuse in Stanbridge Park on Bretch Hill in Banbury. Following the incident, which happened at around 12.45pm last Monday (July 14), a 30-year-old man from the town was arrested on suspicion […]