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Sanctuary Housing says discussions are ongoing A town, district and county councillor is calling on Sanctuary Housing to address the state of a block of garages on Appleby Close in Banbury, which he describes as “derelict”. Councillor Mark Cherry has written to the housing association and urged them to consider demolishing the garages and regenerating […]

The land was earmarked in the village neighbourhood plan Up to 90 new homes on land in Deddington looks set to be given the go-ahead tomorrow night, despite the village’s health centre objecting saying they can’t cope with the additional patients. The land to the east of the Oxford Road and north of Earls Lane […]

Chair shouts “sit down” at Councillor Andrew Gant when he refused to follow her instructions A motion of no confidence in Oxfordshire County Council Liberal Democrat Leader, Liz Leffman, has been defeated at a full meeting of the council today (Tuesday). The motion was put forward by the leader of the Labour group, Councillor Liz […]

The annual saving is equivalent to the emission produced by leaving a low-energy light bulb on for 39,133 years Removing piped nitrous oxide from the Horton General Hospital and replacing it with locally stored cylinders is set to save more than 500 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions every year. Portable supplies of the gas […]

£2.1bn has been invested in the network, but debt has risen by £1.2bn Thames Water has enough cash available to it to fund the company’s operations until next May. The beleaguered operator’s debt has risen by £1.2bn over the last twelve months and now stands at £15.2bn. In Annual Results released this morning the company […]

Customers are thanked for their on-going support and understanding Southern Gas Networks has now reconnected the gas supplies to over 650 homes which were affected by flood water entering the gas network in the Hardwick area of Banbury on Saturday June 29.   In today’s latest update they say gas is now available in most locations […]

Following a trial in July 2022 Luiz Da Silvaneto was jailed for 22 years The team at Thames Valley Police which brought to justice a man responsible for numerous counts of sexual and drug-related offences – including one at Middle Barton – have been commended for their work. Luiz Da Silvaneto was jailed for 22 […]

“The hard work of fixing our country and bringing change to north Oxfordshire begins” Banbury’s new MP has arrived in Westminster. Sean Woodcock was elected last Thursday as Labour took control of the Banbury constituency. In a social media post on Sunday as Mr Woodcock set off to London he said: “The hard work of […]

The annual cycling event is organised by the Rotary Club of Banbury Cherwell Despite a wet morning, spirits were high for the annual Broughton Castle Sportive on Sunday, with warm sunshine greeting cyclists as they returned from their ride. Organised by the Rotary Club of Banbury Cherwell, the event offered cyclists a choice of five […]

It happened at around 5.45pm on Friday A man exposed himself and performed what police describe as “an inappropriate act” in Bodicote on Friday afternoon (July 5). The incident occurred in Broad Gap at around 5.45pm. Thames Valley Police has released a CCTV image of a man officers would like to speak to as he […]