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The deal, worth £3m, did not include staff The name Fired Earth is likely to live on following the announcement that Topps Tiles has acquired a number of the company’s assets. The Adderbury based company, which first began selling terracotta floor tiles from a farm site home in 1983, entered administration at the end of […]

Contributions will be matched pound for pound by donors until December 9 Katharine House Hospice is aiming to double the donations it receives this December by taking part in the Big Give Christmas Challenge.   It’s the second year the Hospice has joined in with the scheme. All contributions made through the Big Give website from […]

Councillors will decide if the money should be released tonight £1.65m of tax payers money is needed to repair the roof at the Castle Quay Shopping Centre. The expenditure is recommended to be approved by Cherwell District Council’s Executive Committee this evening. A report to them highlights that the Council owned centre has a number […]

Chiltern Railways says the service will now be a longer train and won’t fit into the station A campaign has been launched urging Chiltern Railways not to remove a regularly used London commuter service from King’s Sutton. Currently at least a dozen people catch the 6.41am train which, after Bicester, heads directly into the city, […]

The BID’s aim is to enhance the economic vitality and overall appeal of Banbury Town Centre Banbury’s MP has asked for a meeting with the Banbury BID team to address the findings of a recent survey he conducted. Sean Woodcock said it seemed necessary to reach out in the face of the number of negative […]

“We will continue to focus on effective local policing” Thames Valley Police will be increasing police visibility between now and the end of January in a move to crack down on crime. The move will see them working closely with partners to ensure people feel safe, as part of the national Safer Streets Winter of […]

Local people attended workshops to create the displays Banbury Cross and the Warwick Road entrance to People’s Park have been given a festive makeover with the return of the Round and Round public arts project. More than 200 local people and community groups helped transform floral display frames into seasonal decorations. Ten workshops were held […]

Mr Woodcock has been pushing for the change which will benefit around 250,000 pensioners Banbury’s MP was acknowledged by the Chancellor of the Exchequer in last Wednesday’s budget for his work pushing for a change in pension compensation payments. Sean Woodcock highlighted the issue to Rachel Reeves after a constituent made him aware of the […]

The app and digital displays show a bus is on the way but it never arrives A local Councillor has called out Stagecoach for failing to deliver correct real time information for local bus users. Andrew Crichton says that a number of residents have contacted him to share their frustration that the Stagecoach App and […]

Failing to achieve house building targets leaves councillors little option with this decision An outline planning application to build houses off the Sibford Road in Hook Norton looks set to be approved, as Cherwell District Council continues to feel the effects of not achieving government house building targets. Ashberry Strategic Land want to develop the […]