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The company said it would have run out of money by March 24 The company which provides water and sewage services to much of the Banbury FM area has been given a lifeline as it faced running out of money in the next month. The High Court has approved a £3bn loan for Thames Water, […]

An independent panel is suggesting allowances should increase in line with the staff pay rise Cherwell District Councillors will next week decide whether to accept an Independent Remuneration Panel recommendation of a 3.5 percent increase in their allowances. This would lift the basic councillor’s allowance by £180 to £5,220. The increase is in in line […]

QR codes give access to the back story of the people featured A new display featuring some of the people who’ve made a difference in Banbury has been unveiled at Banbury Train Station.   Members of the public nominated the individuals who’s pictures are featured in the overbridge walkway at the station. The project aims to […]

A review of the regulations will be undertaken to ensure they “strike the right balance” Following the public outcry after Brackley Town Council told a grieving family they must remove decorations from their daughter’s grave, the Council have announced they’ll be holding a public meeting to discuss cemetery regulations. Last week we told you Gemma […]

Three schools shared in nearly £7,500 Local primary schools have received community food grants from Cherwell District Council to help the children understand more about the food they eat and where it comes from. In Banbury both St Leonard’s and Dashwood Banbury Academy received cash which has been used to enhance the school curriculum. At […]

Police are stepping up patrols after a 17-year-old was stabbed in his lower back A second teenage boy has been stabbed in Banbury just four days after an earlier incident where a teenager was stabbed in town.   Police say they are stepping up patrols but as yet have no evidence to link the two cases. […]

The victim required hospital treatment following the incident on Monday A teenage boy has been stabbed in a Banbury park. The victim, who’s 17, was walking in the alleyway through Princess Diana Park between Edmund Road and Mold Crescent, at between 5.20pm and 5.45pm on Monday evening (February 10).   A male, who wasn’t known to […]

The offences happened at locations in Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Dorset A Banbury man has appeared in court in relation to child sex offences which occurred over 20 years ago. Eighty-one year old Robert Headhouse-Benson appeared at Northampton Magistrates’ Court on Thursday last week (February 7). He’s charged with 10 counts of indecent assault of a […]

They want the money “to fund the improvements our customers and the environment so rightly want and deserve” Thames Water has appealed to the Competition and Markets Authority over the amount by which Ofwat has allowed the company to increase our water bills. Ofwat capped bill rises at 35 percent over the next five years, […]

A previous application for a single story unit has already been approved An outline planning application has been submitted to site a two storey portacabin unit in the car park of the Banbury Madni Mosque on Merton Street. A previous application for a single storey unit was approved in March last year.   That was intended […]