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The Cherwell District is 36th out of 197 Oxfordshire residents are the best in England for recycling, reusing and composting – for the eleventh year in a row. According to the latest government figures from 2023 to 2024 we recycled, reused or composted 57.6 percent of our household waste – a figure that was slightly […]

Our MP supports a council serving the north of the county excluding Oxford, whilst Cherwell’s leader wants to include Oxford Differing views are emerging as to the best unitary council solution for our area, as the government continues to consider the three options which have been proposed in a joint submission by Oxfordshire’s councils. Banbury’s […]

The authority relocated from Bodicote House at the end of March The first meeting has been held in Cherwell District Council’s new Council Chamber at Castle Quay. The authority officially moved into its offices above Lock 29 in the shopping centre last week, vacating Bodicote House, where it had been based since the council’s inception […]

No charge will be made for events running between May 5 and May 11 May 8 marks the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War – known as Victory in Europe Day, or VE Day. Back in 1945 celebrations broke out as the fighting came to an end after six years of […]

They recently filled over 50 bags as part of the Great British Spring Clean Banbury Litter Pickers have been awarded a grant of £700 from Active Oxfordshire to carry out litter clearing work in the Ruscote and Hardwick wards of Banbury.   The group of local volunteers and campaigners have been working hard to clear our […]

People came together for an afternoon of free food, entertainment and interaction Hundreds of people attended an Eid celebration at the Hill Community Centre on Sunday afternoon. Organised by the Sunrise Multicultural Project, the event hoped to bring together people from different communities for an afternoon or free food, music and interaction. St Leonard’s School […]

Five firefighters collected the award during a ceremony at Blenheim Palace Firefighters from Deddington have received an award naming their station the On-call Fire Station of the Year. Five of them – Adrian Spilsbury, Corrin King, Chris Fenemore, Ben Fenemore and Celia Harber – attended a prestigious awards ceremony at Blenheim Palace last Thursday (April […]

Robert Coleman will spend 15 years behind bars A man has been sentenced to prison for a series of sex offences in Banbury. Forty-two-year-old Robert Coleman, who’s from Swan Road in Gloucester, will spend 15 years behind bars following a hearing at Oxford Crown Court on Friday 28 March.   He’s also been placed on the […]

Stephen Hartley is the Reform UK candidate for Banbury Hardwick by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter A Reform UK candidate for the Oxfordshire local elections has claimed that Jimmy Savile was an “innocent man” and a “working class hero” as well as being his “role model”. Stephen Hartley, who is standing for the Banbury Hardwick […]

Local primary school children decorated the bunnies With the school Easter holidays starting today Banbury BID are bringing back their Easter Bunny Trail around Banbury from tomorrow. Ten decorated bunnies have been hidden in business in the town centre, each one decorated by a local primary school. In return for finding them all a number […]