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The move aims to help prevent thousands of cancelled operations and appointments A £10million investment has been allocated to the Oxfordshire University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH), to be split between projects at the Horton General Hospital here in Banbury and the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford. It comes from £750million of government funding for […]

Merton College appealed to the Planning Inspector when Cherwell failed to deal with application by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter Two councils have paid hundreds of thousands of pounds to an Oxford University college after delays to a planning application for 540 new homes in the district. Merton College applied to build the homes on […]

Heidi Mullen has been charged for ten shoplifting offences A Banbury woman has been charged following a spate of shopliftings in Banbury retail stores. 40-year-old Heidi Mullen, who’s from the town, was arrested on Thursday (May 29) following what police describe as “losing at hide and seek to the Neighbourhood Team”. Mullen has been charged […]

It will be illegal to sell or supply disposable vapes from June 1 Trading Standards teams in both Oxfordshire and West Northamptonshire are urging local business owners to avoid getting caught out by the single use vape ban which comes into force on Sunday. The change in the law makes it illegal for businesses to […]

Members of the group will share their own stories and chat to local people in the Market Place A group which aims to raise awareness of why they think the law should change to allow assisted dying in the UK will be in Banbury Market Place tomorrow (Saturday). Oxfordshire Dignity in Dying will have leaflets […]

The club has been tweaking their pricing structure to make attending as affordable as possible An adult matchday ticket to watch Banbury’s United’s home games this coming season will be cheaper than last season. The price has been dropped by £1 to £13 for non-members, and by £2 to £11 for members.  The club hopes […]

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 […]