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The community are hoping to use a Thorpe Close unit as their Gurdwara Banbury’s MP Sean Woodcock has stepped in to support the town’s Sikh community after they spoke to him about difficulties progressing their planning application to use a commercial unit on Thorpe Close in Banbury as their place of worship. Their current Gurdwara […]

Earthline Limited want to extract a further 750,000 tonnes of ironstone A second consultation on a planning application to extract more ironstone from land to the west of Wroxton village is about to begin. Earthline Limited already extracts minerals from Wroxton Fields Quarry but now wants to work in new areas of the site.   This […]

Reform UK took control of West Northamptonshire at May’s local elections by Nadia Lincoln, Local Democracy Reporter West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) will be one of the frontrunners to receive a visit from Reform UK’s new audit team, inspired by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) in the United States. The party revealed that it […]

“After years of operating as a small practice, the time had come for us to seek new opportunities” A Banbury firm of solicitors which was established in 1739 has been sold. Aplins Solicitors on West Bar has been acquired by Alsters Kelley – one of the largest solicitor’s firms in the region.  14 members of […]

The scheme has 36 objections and no comments in support from the public by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter Unpopular plans to build up to 55 homes in a rural Oxfordshire village are set to be approved by the district council. Gladman Developments Ltd submitted the plans for the land northwest of Railway Farm on […]

Councillor Bernie Tiller took over as Town Mayor at an event on Saturday Brackley’s new Town Mayor has selected an organisation dedicated to supporting the mental health and wellbeing of the town’s youngsters as his charity of the year during his time in office. Bernie Tiller was robed up and wore the chains of office […]

The appointment follows the club serving notice to Simon Hollyhead Banbury United have appointed Kelvin Langmead as their new first team manager. The announcement was made this morning and follows the news that the club had served notice to Simon Hollyhead and placed him on gardening leave. Langmead was a player with the Puritans during […]

The move aims to help prevent thousands of cancelled operations and appointments A £10million investment has been allocated to the Oxfordshire University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH), to be split between projects at the Horton General Hospital here in Banbury and the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. It comes from £750million of government funding for […]

Merton College appealed to the Planning Inspector when Cherwell failed to deal with application by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter Two councils have paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to an Oxford University college after delays to a planning application for 540 new homes in the district. Merton College applied to build the homes on […]

Heidi Mullen has been charged for ten shoplifting offences A Banbury woman has been charged following a spate of shopliftings in Banbury retail stores. 40-year-old Heidi Mullen, who’s from the town, was arrested on Thursday (May 29) following what police describe as “losing at hide and seek to the Neighbourhood Team”. Mullen has been charged […]