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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 […]

The decision has been made following the final forensic post-mortem report The death of Banbury man who was serving a prison sentence at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough is no longer being treated as murder. Detectives investigating the case have made the decision following the final forensic post-mortem report. Forty-nine year old Kevin Golby was […]

How the vast majority of your council tax is spent will be decided by those elected on Thursday Polling stations will open for this year’s Local Elections at 7am this Thursday. Everyone on the electoral role in our area will get to vote for the people they want to represent us at either Oxfordshire County […]

Entering open water can be very tempting on a warm day With the weather having turned warmer and temperatures set to rise over the next couple of days, Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service are reminding us of the dangers of open water, particularly for those who have consumed alcohol. Entering open water can be very […]

“they were really interested by the range of trades and skills used in housebuilding” Children from Hill View Primary School have tried their hand at bricklaying and had the chance to build a home of their own during a trip to a construction site in Banbury. As part of Orbit Homes’ “Building Buddies” programme the […]