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The two-and-a-half-year-old will be trained to pull the brewery’s drays The Hook Norton Brewery has a new team member – a shire horse called Brigadier. The two-and-a-half-year-old joins two other working horses undertaking the brewery’s traditional dray deliveries. The brewery announced the death of a former working shire horse, Lucas, back on January 17.Brigadier was […]

Increased towpath use by walkers during the pandemic led to accelerated erosion The importance of canal towpaths and improvements made to the towpath in Banbury were the subject of a discussion between Banbury’s MP and the Canal and River Trust Chief Executive last week. Victoria Prentis met with Richard Parry and his Regional Director Ros […]

Budget for next financial year gains approval at full council meeting by Andy Mitchell, Local Democracy Reporter Cherwell District Council’s budget for 2022-23 has been passed despite no support and scathing criticism from opposition councillors. The Conservative-led authority is set to generate £2.4 million – £200,000 less than originally planned – through cutting costs or […]

The aim is to make the Thames Valley a hostile place for those who commit rural crimes Thames Valley Police has launched a Rural Crime Taskforce to deal with offences committed at isolated or rural locations affecting farms, agriculture, wildlife, the environment and heritage sites. The new team will tackle issues such as harm to […]

The county council needed to find roughly 7,480 secondary school places for the 2022/23 intake Parents of new entry secondary school children in Oxfordshire have been receiving details of which school their child has been offered. 88.27 per cent of youngsters will be heading for year 7 in their first choice of school – some […]

Four people were arrested on Monday afternoon A closure order has been placed on an address at Jubilee Court in Banbury following the arrest of four people yesterday.   What is suspected to be crack cocaine was seized at the property. Three of the individuals were arrested on suspicion of drugs supply.   The fourth arrest was […]

Man drove away from the scene at speed A witness appeal has been launched after a man broke into a property in Edinburgh Close in Banbury last Friday morning (February 25).   During the burglary what police describe as a messy search was completed, but nothing is believed to have been stolen. The break in occurred […]

Do you know this man?   Police would like to speak to him A man exposed himself to a member of staff working in Courtyard Mews in Brackley late last year.   Police have now released an image of a man they would like to speak in relation to the incident, which happened between 12.40pm and 12.45pm […]

The Queen’s platinum jubilee will be celebrated as part of a year of big days out Banbury’s popular annual events are set to return this year after two years of covid-caused cancellations. With virus restrictions lifted, Banbury Town Council has drawn up a programme of big days out that will delight residents of all ages. […]

Four-year-old Zachary Tombling suffers from Menkes syndrome Today is World Rare Disease Day and a Banbury dad has chosen to talk about the rare condition that affects his son in an effort to raise awareness of the condition. Four-year-old Zachary Tombling suffers from Menkes syndrome – a disorder that affects copper levels in the body […]