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New shopping centre base has been opened in anticipation of post pandemic demand Employment in Banbury, the Flexible Support Fund, and the Kickstart Scheme were all discussed when our MP Victoria Prentis visited the new temporary Job Centre in Castle Quay Shopping Centre last week. The town centre accommodation, opposite Boots in the shopping centre, […]

System will help with quicker entrance and exit to the car parks and better management of how people use them Visitors to the John Radcliffe and Churchill Hospitals in Oxford who plan to park at the hospitals will notice new Automatic Number Plate Recognition cameras have been installed. The system photographs all vehicles entering and […]

A silver food caddy is on the way but it will cost at least £36 to have your brown garden waste bin emptied Details of the new arrangements for food and garden waste collections in the Cherwell District have been released.   They show that households are set to receive a new outdoor food waste caddy, […]

A pandemic boom in dog ownership hasn’t been matched by an increase in local licenced dealers If you’re thinking of getting a puppy make sure you avoid unscrupulous online dealers.   That’s the warning from Cherwell District Council after a rise in the number of animals being sold via social media. The council is warning pet […]

Police are looking for witnesses to the incident involving a lorry and a silver Audi A3 A heavy goods vehicle travelling north on the A43 last week was subjected to road rage by a car driver. The lorry was heading north from Silverstone between 5.20pm and 5.30pm last Friday (July 23).   The HGV driver spotted […]

Operators were found committing a string of offences in Middleton Cheney Scrap metal collectors who were operating illegally in Middleton Cheney were also found to have also broken other laws.   They were also found to have no driving licence and no insurance. The collector’s van was seized and they have been reported for the offences […]

The centre at Alkerton is one of seven in the county covered by a new consultation Are you a user of the household waste and recycling centre at Alkerton, or one of the other centres in Oxfordshire?   The County Council is seeking local people’s views on the service that is provided now and what they […]

Essential maintenance work has been completed at St Mary’s, which will celebrate its 200th birthday next year Banbury’s MP has learned more about the renovation and maintenance work which is being completed at St Mary’s Church in Banbury during a visit to the Grade 1-listed building.   Victoria Prentis met Reverend Jeff West on Tuesday and […]

People are encouraged to keep up the good work to stop the spread Covid case rates in the Banbury FM area remain high, but there is hope that the tide might be turning in the battle with the virus.   In the week ending July 23 there were 333 new infections registered in our analysis, similar […]

Victim was told to get into car before being driven to Water Works car park where the assault occurred A 17 year-old girl has been sexually assaulted in Banbury.   The victim had rejected a lift home from a car driver, but he insisted she get in.   He then drive her to the Water Works car […]