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Both were hospitalised following the Saturday night collision Two men were seriously injured when a car and a minibus collided on the A422 at Farthinghoe on Saturday night. Witnesses to the collision, which happened at around 10.15pm, are being sought. Both drivers – a man in his 50s and another in his 40s – were […]

Two-thirds of local sewage treatment works were pumping sewage into our waterways at 2pm Storm Claudia has brought heavy rain to our area with a warning of flooding from rivers, full of sewage from local treatment works. The rain started falling late on Thursday with the Met Office issuing an amber alert advising of the […]

Oxfordshire’s Highways Chief explained how he came to his decision A 20 mile-per-hour speed limit through the centre of Banbury has been approved. The lower limit will be implemented on the Southam Road from Cooper’s Gate (north of St Mary’s School) as far as Old Parr Road, shortly before the Horton General Hospital. Labour County […]

The Toyota Rav4 was taken from the High Street Police are appealing for witnesses following the theft of a vehicle from Croughton at the weekend. The blue Toyota Rav4 was stolen from the High Street between 6pm last Friday evening and 10am the following morning. Anyone who saw suspicious people or vehicles in the area […]

The move has come to light as part of a countywide consultation on service changes The number of firefighters at Banbury Fire Station on Cope Road will fall from 28 to 24 if proposals by Oxfordshire County Council move forward. A consultation on a number of changes to the service across the county was launched […]

Nigel Farrage spoke at Prime Minister’s Questions by Nadia Lincoln, Local Democracy Reporter Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has claimed that West Northants Council (WNC) will be issuing foreclosure notices on local hotels housing asylum seekers “within the next few days”. Speaking at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday (November 12), in the House of Commons, Farage […]

Youngsters will be able to carrying their own creation on the day There’s now 17 days until Brackley’s annual Lantern Parade, which culminates with the town’s Christmas Lights being turned on. Children interested in joining the parade on Saturday November 29 are invited to head along to one of a number of Lantern making workshops […]

Sean Woodcock says “we have a Labour Prime Minister who retains my support” In the face of national media rumours, the Prime Minister continues to have the backing of Banbury’s MP. Amidst speculation over the future of Sir Kier Starmer, Sean Woodcock has dismissed the rumours. This morning Health Secretary Wes Streeting denied he is plotting to […]

Cherwell is not achieving house building targets despite 11,000 waiting to be built There’s now 11,000 houses which have been granted planning permission in the Cherwell District which developers aren’t yet building. Because of this the district is not achieving government house building targets – a fact used by developers to force through planning applications […]

The deadline is January 15 next year The application window has opened for the parents and carers of children who will be starting primary education next September to apply for their chosen school. Youngsters born between September 1, 2021 and August 31, 2022 are affected. In Oxfordshire last year just under 95 percent of children […]