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The offences occurred in 2020 A Banbury man has been sent to prison for three-and-a-half years for child sex offences. Following a six day trial twenty-six year old Ben Brookes of Brunswick Place was found guilty by a unanimous jury of three counts of sexual activity with a child and one count of causing or […]
Despite the shortage of leaders there’s a waiting list of children wanting to join A local Beaver colony may have to close unless new leaders come forward to help run the weekly meeting. North Banbury Scout Group runs colonies for children aged from 6 to 8 years in both Hanwell Fields and Mollington. Both are […]
Items such as mobile phones have been taken in recent thefts We’re being warned about an increase in distraction thefts which have been taking place in cafes and restaurants around our area. In this latest spate the same tactics have been used to steal items such as mobile phones. Usually a lone male will approach […]
Paddy rolls up frying pan whilst proving eating an ice-cream can be manly! Adderbury Strongman Paddy Haynes was a special guest on Channel’s Four’s topical comedy show The Last Leg on Friday evening. During the show, which is filmed at studios in Elstree, hosts Adam Hills, Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker discussed American criticism of […]
Several thousand votes have been cast so far The first five Banbury FM’s Best winners have been announced. The competition has had the area talking over the last couple of weeks with thousands of people voting to support the businesses they believe offer the best service, quality and value for money in our area. Chilli […]
Top athletes are set to demonstrate their strength in Banbury Market Place The county’s strongest men and women will be heading to Banbury tomorrow for the first ever Oxfordshire’s Strongest Man and Woman competition. Sixteen men and six women have been selected to take part with five events lined up in Banbury Market Place. Adderbury […]
Most children will be heading to their first choice for secondary education Today is National offer day for secondary school places. In Oxfordshire 6,492 children will be heading to their first choice of school for the new year from September. This gives the County Council an 88.24 per cent success rate in placing year 7 […]
75 stores will shut in the next four to six weeks The Body Shop in the Castle Quay Shopping Centre is closing. The cosmetics chain was placed in Administration earlier this month. FRP Advisory are the company’s Administrators and they today announced that 75 of the stores which are still open will close in the […]
Performances will be over two nights at Brackley Cricket Club Brackley Players are back on stage this evening (Thursday) with An Evening of Four One-Act Plays. A different member of the company will take on the role of director for each of the plays, which will be performed at Brackley Cricket Club. Tony Cottrell’s “A […]
A new garden waste subscription will be needed from tomorrow Anyone who purchased the garden waste bin collection service from Cherwell District Council last year won’t have their bin collected after today unless they renew their subscription. Brown bin licences expire annually on the last day of February. As mother nature springs back into life […]