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The was the first successful track and detain mission for Police Dog Juke A police dog and a taser both had to be used to help police detain three Banbury men who were spotted driving at high speed in the town on Sunday evening. The car they were in was first seen on Prescott Close.   […]

The Skalectrics keyboard player has family roots in the war-torn country Banbury band The Skalectrics have recorded two songs which they are hoping will raise money for Ukrainian humanitarian aid.   The father of the band’s keyboard player Nick Jasko came from Ukraine and he still has relatives in the country. The Skalectrics have recorded their […]

The girls were aged between eight and thirteen years old Three teenage boys, aged between 13 and 15 years old, indecently exposed themselves to a group of young girls in Banbury on Saturday afternoon (April 9).    The boys pulled down their underwear as the girls walked past them near The Range on Cherwell Street. Thames […]

People flocked into town for Banbury Town Council’s first big event of 2022 Thousands of people ate, drank and soaked up the atmosphere at Sunday’s Taste of Spring Food Fayre in Banbury Market Place.   Warm spring sunshine and live music accompanied the tasty treats available at over 50 stalls, with the air full of tempting […]

Police seek the public’s help following the traumatic incident for the victim A man exposed himself to a woman by the canal in Banbury on Wednesday afternoon.   It happened at around 2.45pm on the Spiceball Park section of the canal’s towpath. The victim was a 62-year-old woman who was walking along the path at the […]

The TV presenter and star of Clarkson’s Farm shared a video in support of Viktor Zaichenko Jeremy Clarkson has given his support to a fund-raising campaign by a beekeeper from Hook Norton, who wants to help people fleeing the war in Ukraine.   Viktor Zaichenko looks after the bees on Jeremy’s own Diddly Squat Farm and […]

Only a small number of local suppliers have diesel Drivers have been hunting down fuel supplies after a number of local filling stations ran out of stocks of diesel.   Petrol supplies have also been drained on some forecourts. By Friday lunchtime delays had built on the A361 in Bloxham after word spread that Esso MFG […]

The Shutford home was burgled last weekend A brick found in a property’s back garden was used by a burglar to smash their way into a local village home.   Thames Valley Police is now appealing for witnesses following the break in last weekend. The burglary took place at the bottom of Cooks Hill in Shutford, […]

There will be something for everyone at Banbury Town Council’s first big event of 2022 The ‘Taste of Spring’ food fair in Banbury Market Place on Sunday (April 10) will bring people and great food together for an occasion where alfresco lunches and takeaway teas will be the orders of the day. And there will […]

Both the ambulance service and hospital A&E staff are asking people to help them by choosing the right service South Central Ambulance Service has declared a critical incident due to extreme pressures across their services.   The critical incident was declared yesterday and came after a large volume of calls were received at a time when […]