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The collision happened between Little Bourton and Great Bourton A woman in her 30s has potentially life changing injuries following a collision on the A423 to the north of Banbury late on Wednesday morning. Shortly before midday a red Honda Civic and a white Ford Fiesta collided on the Southam Road between Little Bourton and […]

Blue bin recycling weighed the same as 620 double decker buses! There’s been a small increase in the amount of kerbside recycling people living in the Cherwell District have achieved during the last year.   Blue bin, brown bin, food caddy and other recycling rose to 53.2 percent of what the refuse teams collected from us. […]

Anyone spotting Farouq should call 999 and not approach him Police in Banbury are appealing for information from the public to help locate a 26-year-old man who is wanted on recall to prison in connection with drug supply offences. Umar Farouq is described as Asian, 5ft 8ins tall, of medium build, with short black straight […]

Sean Woodcock has now written to the supermarket about the matter twice Banbury’s MP has written to Sainsbury’s Supermarket to ask them to reconsider their decision to close off the general public toilets at their Oxford Road store in Banbury. It’s the second time Sean Woodcock has contacted the supermarket’s Head Office over the matter.   […]

The assault took place on Horton View A motorist has been assaulted by another driver after the wing mirrors of their vehicles clipped. The victim, who’s a man in his forties, was driving down Easington Road between 3.15pm and 4.15pm last Friday (May 16).    His red Peugeot 308 clipped wing mirrors with a silver Mercedes […]

Councillor Walker says she is extremely honoured to accept this important role Councillor Dorothy Walker has been elected as the new Chair of Cherwell District Council.  She is the Liberal Democrat representative for Kidlington West and was first elected in 2021. Councillor Walker takes over the role from Dr Chukwudi Okeke, who has been Chairman […]

The forum starts at 6pm People who live in the Hardwick or Banbury Cross and Neithrop wards in Banbury are invited to a community forum this evening (Thursday). At recent forums issues with fly tipping and littering were raised as concerns by residents.   Progress in this area will be discussed and an update given on […]

The ship’s captain was a Middleton Cheney man This evening in Middleton Cheney there will be a Parade and Sunset Ceremony to commemorate the loss of the ship HMS Hood in 1941 during a second world war battle.   1415 of her 1418 crew went down with the ship. The ship’s captain, Vice-Admiral Lancelot Holland, was […]

Over 200 local people were involved in the project For the third year Banbury Cross has been given a spring makeover thanks to local textile artist Anne-Marie Cadman and a band of creative local people. As part of the Round and Round programme, Anne-Marie worked with Cherwell District Council’s landscaping, wellbeing and communities teams and […]

Officers have praised the victim for the steps taken to protect their property Police have recovered stolen quad bikes within hours of them being taken. Thieves took the vehicles from Milcombe overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. They were tracked to a location in Warwickshire and recovered yesterday. Officers praised the victim of the crime who […]