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The Tennis Courts were refurbished last summer Free tennis lessons are being made available to people in Banbury on Saturday mornings. The sessions, in People’s Park, have been arranged through a partnership between Banbury Town Council and the Lawn Tennis Association. They’re being run by Shola Adebisi, who’s the Head Coach at Banbury Tennis Academy […]

Staff are to be surveyed to find out if there is a reason for the change Cherwell District Council’s vehicle insurance premiums have increased by more than 50 to 60 percent due to a steep rise in the number of accidents that the authority’s vehicles have been involved in during the last year. At a […]

Sean Woodcock says we’ve been let down by unaccountable private bus operators New legislation is about to be introduced in parliament to make it easier for local authorities to hold private bus operators to account and improve service quality locally. As that work begins Banbury’s MP has written to Oxfordshire County Council to find out […]

They had to present their ideas to the judges at the Ministry of Defence in Lyneham A team of engineering students from Banbury and Bicester College have won an Armed Forces regional college competition.  The Corps of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers provide engineering support to maintain and repair army equipment.  They set students […]

Some of the stolen items were later recovered in a damaged state A teenage boy has been assaulted and robbed at Zip Wire Park in Brackley. The incident occurred between 4pm and 5pm last Wednesday (May 21). The boy was assaulted.   Whilst he managed to get away, his bike, bag and football were stolen.   The […]

They were waiting to be planted out An investigation is underway after plants were stolen from the garden of a house in Culworth. The six plants had been left in the front garden of the property on Barley Hill, ready to be planted out. They were stolen on Saturday May 24 and whoever took them […]

Sean Woodcock will be hosting a Crime & Anti-Social Behaviour Roundtable Banbury’s MP wants our feedback on crime and anti-social behaviour in the Banbury area. Sean Woodcock will be hosting a Crime & Anti-Social Behaviour Roundtable this Wednesday.   The police, local councils and representatives from businesses and community organisations will be in attendance. He’s called […]

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 […]