Local News

A petition for the idea in 2020 received overwhelming support An end may be in sight for residents in a number of Banbury town centre streets who are fed up with motorists avoiding parking fees by taking up their parking spaces.   A new scheme has been designed to introduce residents’ only parking to tackle the […]

Police want to hear from anyone who can help with their enquiries after battery and power tools were stolen A local electrician has been left without some of the tools to do his job after thieves broke into his van in Adderbury on Tuesday evening (February 1).   It’s the second time he’s been struck in […]

The current joint chief executive of both councils will go back to fulfilling that role at Cherwell only by Andy Mitchell, Local Democracy Reporter Six councillors have started to whittle down applicants for the £185,000-per-year job of interim chief executive at Oxfordshire County Council. Councillor Liz Leffman (Lib Dem, Charlbury & Wychwood), leader of the […]

Mental health drama workshops form part of show’s tour of secondary schools Young people in Banbury who are interested in gaming are being offered the chance to join the cast for a new interactive ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ inspired play. The project has been partially based on the work of US charity Game to Grow, which […]

Thieves entered the property during Tuesday daytime A property in Farthinghoe was targeted by thieves during the daytime on Tuesday (February 1).   Two safes and jewellery were taken. The burglary occurred on Charlton Way at some point between 10.50am and 3.49pm. Northants Police would like to hear from anyone in the area who saw anyone […]

Matthew Barber: “we need to be really careful about what we treat as a crime” by Andy Mitchell, Local Democracy Reporter Thames Valley’s Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) Matthew Barber wants more scope for forces to dismiss online taunts amid increases in hate crimes and incidents. Data from the PCC’s office showed recorded hate crimes […]

A report detailing how the councils will begin their divorce has been agreed The first hints have been given as to how finances will be affected by ending the partnership agreement between Cherwell District Council and Oxfordshire County Council.  Since September 2018 the arrangement between the two councils has seen a number of services and […]

A pilot affecting a small number of streets will eventually be extended to the whole city centre Drivers taking a trip to Oxford for business or leisure need to be prepared for potential additional costs if they find themselves driving on certain city centre roads from the end of this month.   A number of routes […]

Supplies were re-routed to restore power by 2.44am 1,391 properties in Banbury were affected by a power cut late on Sunday evening.   The break in supply was not weather related. The loss in power was reported in the Warwick Road area at 11.38pm.   Engineers from Western Power Distribution worked to resolve the issue which was […]

A van was untaxed and three other vehicles had no insurance A number of vehicles were seized by Northamptonshire Police on Friday in a crack-down on road traffic offences. An untaxed van which had been parked on a road in Kings Sutton was taken away on Friday morning. Three further vehicles were then seized around […]