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Local News
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Work is scheduled to be completed by the end of Wednesday A lane closure due to roadworks is causing problems for Banbury drivers trying to leave Tesco and the Banbury Cross Retail Park. Thames Water began the planned work this morning on the eastbound carriageway of Ruscote Avenue at the Southam Road roundabout. With all […]
Tony Christie joins the lineup for this summer’s event We now know the final lineup for this year’s Fairport Cropredy Festival – and a big sing-a-long is guaranteed with Tony Christie heading to Cropredy. Famous for hits like (Is This the Way To) Amarillo and I Did What I Did For Maria, Tony will perform […]
Police seized the vehicle Police spotted an uninsured vehicle in Banbury on Sunday as they conducted neighbourhood patrols in the town. The car came to their attention after the officers saw it hit a kerb with a flat tyre. The Vauxhall Insignia was seized.
The main line is closed following a landslip last week Train users are being advised not to travel on Chiltern Railways services today (Monday) after a landslip partially blocked the line between Bicester North and Haddenham & Thame Parkway. The landslip occurred last Thursday and follows recent heavy rainfall. It left just one line open […]
The consultation will shape the plan for how Banbury will develop There’s just one day left to have your say on what you think Banbury town centre should look like in years to come. The Banbury Vision 2050 consultation has been running since November, but the final day we can submit our views is tomorrow […]
Local response to a damning article in the Daily Mail newspaper A national newspaper has taken aim at Banbury in a story which claims the Castle Quay Shopping Centre is “a ghost town” and focuses on boarded up High Street units. The Daily Mail article described Banbury as “once buzzing” but said local people now […]
St John’s Catholic and The Grange schools have been closed as they had no water supply Two local schools have been closed today after staff arrived to find they had no water supplies. Both St John’s Catholic and The Grange schools have been affected by a problem across the Cherwell Heights estate. Thames Water say […]
The project was named ‘A heart of Gold to help with the cold’ Lifeskills students from Banbury college launched a project in the run up to Christmas to produce warmth bundles and hand-woven waterproof sleeping mats for those in need. They named the project ‘A heart of Gold to help with the cold’ and utilised […]
The workforce could increase from 1,400 to 1,900 people by Nadia Lincoln, Local Democracy Reporter A massive transformation to the Northamptonshire Mercedes F1 campus has been given the go-ahead despite fierce objections from local businesses. West Northamptonshire Council (WNC) approved the Brackley-based site’s expansion, placing particular importance on the “significant economic development benefits” that it […]
Janaed Akhtar will appear at Oxford Magistrates Court on Thursday A man has been charged with murder and perverting the course of justice following the death of Neil Comins in Banbury after an incident last Wednesday (January 3). Janaed Akhtar, aged 39, who’s from Cope Road in town was charged following a Thames Valley Police […]