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Leader of the council Liz Leffman said she was “absolutely elated” by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter The Liberal Democrats won a huge victory in the Oxfordshire County Council local elections, winning their first ever majority in the council’s history. The party won 36 seats in the Oxfordshire County Council local elections with 35 needed […]

Finger pointed at Reform voting as one reason for the result by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter The leader of the Conservative group on Oxfordshire County Council has lost his seat in the local elections, with the party suffering significant losses in the county. Conservative candidate Eddie Reeves lost out in the Cropredy and Hook […]

It happened on Middleton Road in Grimsbury A man suffered a broken arm after he was assaulted with what is believed to be a hockey stick in Banbury on Thursday night. Police are investigating the incident, which happened at around 8pm on Middleton Road in Grimsbury. The man was taken to hospital where he remains. […]

Three seats on Cherwell District Council were decided following councillor resignations Former Banbury mayor Fiaz Ahmed has won the Banbury Cross and Neithrop district council by-election for the Conservatives, taking the seat from Labour following the resignation of former councillor Matt Hodgson. Mr Ahmed received 729 votes, with Labour’s Andrew Eaton 39 votes behind on […]

Some results will be announced overnight but the majority won’t be known until Friday Voting is underway in the Local Elections. All of the seats at Oxfordshire County and West Northamptonshire councils are being contested.   Polling is also taking place to elect Cherwell District Council councillors for the Banbury Cross and Neithrop ward, Banbury Grimsbury […]

It’s hoped all supplies will be restored by 4.30pm 2,168 homes and businesses in our area were hit by a power cut this morning.  86 currently remain without any supply. Electricity was lost at around 10.40am with National Grid noting the problem being down to a fault on their high voltage network. Properties in Banbury, […]

Practices remained open and the problem was resolved by late morning A number of our local GP surgeries were hit by an IT issue this morning.    Whilst practices remained open as usual some disruption to patient appointments was anticipated. The problem affected access to clinical systems, leaving the surgeries unable to manage appointments, access medical […]

They were joined by Queens Oak – a ladies’ side from Yardley Gobion Its May Day and the ancient tradition of dancing up the sun on May Day morning brought Brackley Market Place to life early this morning. Brackley Morris Men were joined by their guests Queens Oak – a ladies’ side from Yardley Gobion. […]

Kym and Roger Garnett have supported adults with additional care needs for 27 years A Banbury couple have received an award celebrating their long service of opening up their home to adults with additional care needs. For the last 27 years Kym and Roger Garnett have been part of Oxfordshire County Council’s Shared Lives programme, […]

Morris dancers from Adderbury will be performing to mark two decades since the statue was unveiled Its twenty years since the statue of a Fine Lady on a White Horse was unveiled on South Bar, opposite Banbury Cross. The Princess Royal, Princess Anne, visited Banbury on April 27, 2005 to perform the official unveiling ceremony […]