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Trading Standards found that the public were losing out with over half of the drinks purchased Over half of the drinks purchased by undercover trading standards officers at 10 Oxfordshire pubs were found to be short measured. Officers from Oxfordshire County Council’s trading standards team posed as members of the public and ordered wine, beer, […]

National Offer Day brings the news they wanted for over 94 percent of parents Parents of children who will be starting primary education this September woke this morning to the news of which school their child has been allocated. Today is National Offer Day for primary school places. In Oxfordshire 94.04 percent of children were […]

It’s a tool to address aggressive begging, nuisance, street drinking and actions that cause alarm or distress A public spaces protection order has been put in place in Banbury town centre and People’s Park. This gives the police and council additional powers to impose fines for a number of types of antisocial behaviour.   These include […]

Banbury’s MP joined Cropredy Women’s Institute to tour the facility By 2029 the Banbury Sewage Treatment Works will be able to process 490 litres of wastewater per second – an increase of 84 percent over the 266 litres per second it can currently deal with. Thames Water is carrying out a £14.7 million upgrade at […]

Thefts occurred in both Greatworth and Kings Sutton Police are investigating two separate incidents of thefts from garden sheds in local villages.   In both cases garden machinery was taken, including a chain saw. In Greatworth a break-in occurred in South Close between Thursday April 10 at 4.30pm and 7.30am the following morning.   A number of […]

Officers had recommended approving the Higham Way plans An application to build commercial units on land which had been allocated for new housing in Grimsbury has been refused. But the decision may be questioned by the land owners as the emerging Local Plan for the Cherwell District was set to change the site from residential […]

Banbury councillor Mark Cherry was one of two who attended every meeting by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter The Oxfordshire County councillors with the best and worst meeting attendance across the full council term have been revealed. The data shows the meetings that councillors were expected to attend between May 18 2021 when the first […]

A seven race card, kids activities and live music all feature There’s a big family day out lined up this Sunday at Edgcote Races and Family Fun Day. Gates to the course open at 11am with a seven race card starting at 2 o’clock. Organised by the Bicester with Whaddon Chase, there’s a total entry […]

Police say the sentencing has brought a complex and difficult investigation to a conclusion A woman from Middleton Cheney has been sentenced for the manslaughter of Barrie Davenport. Mr Davenport died at an assisted living complex in Banbury’s School Lane in October 2022.   He was 88. Fifty-five year old Lisa Davenport of Washle Drive, Middleton […]

She served as Attorney General in Rishi Sunak’s government Former Banbury MP Victoria Prentis has been given a life peerage in Rishi Sunak’s resignation honours. The announcement has been made this afternoon. Until July last year she was the Attorney General in Mr Sunak’s government. Mrs Prentis served as the MP for Banbury from 2015 […]