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The conditions are likely to cause significant impacts across health and social care services With temperatures set to hit 33 Celcius in our area today the UK Health Security Agency has issued an amber alert for most of the England south of Manchester and Sheffield. They warn that the conditions are likely to cause significant […]

The Hillview Crescent unit isn’t closing, but maximising on what it does best The focus of the Katharine House Hospice shop in Hillview Crescent is set to change this summer. The unit will no longer serve as a shop, but instead become a donations centre, where people can drop off items that can be sold […]

Joe Everatt wanted to raise money for a cancer unit at the Churchill Hospital A Consultant Anaesthetist at the Horton General Hospital has completed an epic Lands End to John O’Groats Bike Ride to raise money for the cancer unit which treated him. Joe Everatt cycling over 1,000 miles to raise £2,110 for Lower Gastrointestinal […]

Its believed the offender was in his late thirties Thames Valey Police is appealing for witnesses after a man exposed himself on a bridge over the M40 close to Mollington. The incident on March Road happened yesterday evening at around 6.25. The offender is described as a white man aged in his late thirties, of […]

The decision is at variance with the views of party leader Nigel Farage by Nadia Lincoln, Local Democracy Reporter West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) has confirmed that staff will still be able to continue hybrid and working from home arrangements, despite national messaging from Reform UK that all should return to the office. According to the […]

The project is jointly funded by the DCMS and County Council Faster broadband us now available at 192 public and local authority sites across Oxfordshire thanks to an initiative to deliver enhanced digital connectivity. The GigaHubs project is jointly funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport and Oxfordshire County Council.   It sees gigabit […]

The units are used to store items which the hotel wants to protect and safeguard The Banbury House Hotel has applied for retrospective planning permission for two storage containers behind the hotel. The units are already in situ without planning permission, but that consent is now being sought following a complaint to Cherwell District Council’s […]

The driver was found to have been unprofessional and breached his licensing conditions A decision to strip a Banbury driver of his taxi licence following reports of inappropriate behaviour towards a vulnerable female passenger has been upheld at Oxford Magistrates Court. Cherwell District Council revoked Mohammed Shahzad’s licence on July 4 last year after receiving […]

“it’s moments like these that remind us how strong and united our community is” The grounds team at Banbury United can now water the pitch at the Spencer Stadium again thanks to the generosity of another Oxfordshire football club. When the team arrived at the ground last Monday (June 30) they discovered their old water […]

The Branch’s fortunes have been turned around in the last five years The Banbury Branch of the Royal Air Forces Association celebrated its Platinum Jubilee on Saturday with a Gala Dinner at the RAFA Club on Broad Street.    The Royal Air Forces Association President, Air Marshal Sir Baz North, and Royal British Legion National […]