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“I must balance each patient’s civil and human rights, while considering the least restrictive way of supporting them though their mental health crisis” Anyone looking for a challenging but rewarding career is being encouraged to train as approved mental health professional. One Oxfordshire practitioner, Sijo Mathew, has become one of the faces of a new […]

Weekly free fun and social footballing sessions start this week Starting this Friday there’s a chance for youngsters in part of Banbury to join a new fun and social football session.    The weekly get-togethers are part of the Premier League [PL] Kicks programme and will be run by footballing professionals from Oxford United in the […]

Fire crew called out after fire discovered by police Officers from Wellesbourne Police had to deal with a fire they discovered during a patrol in Warmington on Sunday afternoon. The unattended fire appeared to have had some form of flammable plastic added to it. A crew from Warwickshire Fire and Rescue Service in Gaydon were […]

Mark the anniversary of Captain Sir Tom Moore’s birthday with a bank holiday fundraising challenge This Friday (April 30) would have been Captain Sir Tom Moore’s 101st birthday.   To mark the occasion the Katharine House Hospice are inviting us to take part in the Captain Tom 100 challenge. The idea is to celebrate Captain Sir […]

Week long amnesty offers a chance to dispose of any type of knife or bladed article Thames Valley Police is joining other police forces across the country and taking part in Operation Sceptre, a national week of action to tackle knife crime. From today a knife amnesty is running until Sunday.  During this period members […]

Work set to begin today on the Oxford Road and Broughton Road Drivers could find their journeys delayed this week as two sets of roadworks begin locally.   Both the Oxford Road from Banbury to Adderbury and the Broughton Road in town are affected. Today, the main A4260 Oxford Road between Twyford and Sainsburys is due […]

Staff tell their stories after a year of unprecedented challenges The response to the pandemic by the team at the Horton General Hospital and other hospitals in the Oxford University Hospital’s Trust (OUH) is the focus of a new e-book, which is out today.   The 130-page volume is titled ‘Stories from the COVID-19 pandemic – […]

Parents left with a headache after a privately funded bus is withdrawn due to no longer being viable A number of parents of students at Chenderit School have been left facing transport problems after the private school bus service they had been using to get to school was withdrawn.   The children all live outside the […]

Members of the public and school and town council staff thanked after stopping to help after three cars collided Community spirited people in Brackley have been thanked after they stepped in to help at the scene of a car accident yesterday.   Members of the public, school staff and staff from Brackley Town Council all helped […]

21 months behind bars after offences which occurred between 2010 and 2020 A Banbury man has been sent to prison for 21 months after he pleaded guilty to three counts of engaging in sexual activity in the presence of a child. Julian Harriss, aged 51 of Britannia Road in Banbury, appeared at Oxford Crown Court […]