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Orinoco is holding a 5-day 50 percent off everything sale A Banbury charity shop with a difference has reached a heavyweight milestone four years after opening their doors. Orinoco, The Oxfordshire Scrapstore, has diverted 50 tonnes of materials away from landfill – the same weight at 15 hippos! The concept for the store was born […]

The Planning Officer told councillors he was doing all he could to resolve the impasse Council tax payers in the Cherwell District could be landed with a huge Planning Appeal Hearing bill despite having agreed to housing – because lawyers representing the parties involved haven’t been able to coordinate their diaries.   In November 2023 Manor Oak […]

A Bicester man has been charged with possession of a bladed article Police have made three more arrests as they continue to investigate an incident of violent disorder on Hilton Road in Banbury, during which a man in his thirties sustained a significant stab wound to his arm. They were called to reports of a […]

A Conservative councillor feels the money could have been better spent on fixing roads by Esme Kenney, Local Democracy Reporter Oxfordshire County Council spent more than £127,000 on social media advertising in the space of a year, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has shown. The county council has Facebook, X, Instagram, LinkedIn, Nextdoor and […]

Sean Woodcock wants to understand the challenges businesses are facing Banbury’s MP has written to local businesses which import and export outside the UK, inviting them to share details of the challenges they face and their concerns following the implementation of new tariffs on international trade to America. A 10 percent baseline tariff on goods […]

A closure notice has been put in place for the property Following several reports to police of suspected drug dealing at a Banbury address four people have been arrested. Officers visited the property on Britannia Road and arrested three males and a female.   The female was also wanted for other offences. Class A drugs – […]

The service has been launched by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust Anyone experiencing anxiety, stress or loneliness, depression, self-harm, suicidal thoughts, or other mental health challenges can now make use of a new free, confidential, text support service, which is available 24/7. Simply by texting the word ‘SUNRISE’ to 85258 at any time of day […]

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 […]