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The Puritans say they are very disappointed The Southern League Championship game between Banbury United and Taunton Town this weekend is off. The game had been scheduled to take place at Station approach on Saturday and would have seen Banbury as the winners of the Southern League Premier Division Central face the Taunton, who last […]

The library will leave Marlborough Road and move into the old M&S unit Banbury Library looks set to relocate to the Castle Quay Shopping Centre following planning permission being granted for change of use at the old M&S store.   Plans show the library occupying most of the first-floor area which used to house menswear, homeware […]

County Council commits to more tree planting to help combat climate change The number of trees in Oxfordshire is set to increase thanks to an updated policy at Oxfordshire County Council.   The authority’s Cabinet today endorsed the policy which will put the emphasis on a ‘presumption in favour of trees’ because of the host of […]

Concerns over the number of people getting into difficulty on the county’s waterways and lakes Drowning is amongst the leading causes of accidental death in the UK.   There have been ten water related fatalities in Oxfordshire in the last couple of years. With the nicer weather on the way water safety advice is being issued […]

The successes of Banbury’s community champion and hard-working students were marked during the evening Over 250 people from Banbury’s Indian Malayalee Community gathered for a celebratory evening at the North Oxford Academy on Saturday.   The event marked Easter, Vishu and Ramadan. During the evening Indian families who have recently arrived in Banbury were welcomed and […]

Witness appeal following the collision where a man lost his life One man has died and another been hospitalised after a crash on the A422 at Wroxton on Sunday evening (April 24). The collision happened at around 7.15pm.   A white Audi TT left the road and hit a tree on the Stratford Road at the […]

The Firefighter’s Charity and the Ukraine Refugee Charity will both benefit from the endeavour A day of giving the area’s cars a good spring clean at Banbury Fire Station has netted £1863.59 for two good causes.   Fire fighters at Banbury Fire Station on Cope Road spent Saturday removing dirt from vehicles in return for a […]

The traditional day of Morris Dancing started thanks to a 1975 revival Adderbury’s Day of Dance returned on Saturday after a two-year enforced absence due to the pandemic.   The village’s two men’s Morris sides and a ladies’ side performed dances at a number of locations around Adderbury. Hundreds of people packed the village’s streets to […]

Action could include a ban from future games and potential police action Abusive language and aggressive and threatening behaviour used by some of the people watching Brackley Town take on Boston United on Easter Monday has been condemned by the club.   In the game Boston beat the Saints 1-0 at St James Park. Brackley Town […]

The traditional day of Morris Dancing started thanks to a 1975 revival Adderbury’s Day of Dance is set to return on Saturday after a two-year enforced absence due to the pandemic.   The day see’s the village’s two men’s sides and a ladies’ side performing Morris dances at a number of locations around Adderbury. Its 47 […]