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Customers were asked to make a festive donation Staff and customers at Morrisons supermarket in Banbury demonstrated their festive generosity by raising £983 for the Salvation Army over the Christmas period. Customers were asked if they would donate a small sum towards the supermarket’s Christmas Giving fund raiser. Members of the Salvation Army were also […]
River levels rose again overnight after heavy rain on Tuesday The Environment Agency has updated a flood alert warning that property flooding is now expected in our area. The alert is in force for the River Cherwell and the streams feeding into it from Charwelton to just above Upper Heyford, but highlights flooding of low-lying […]
The New Year’s Day fixture was held at St James Park The New Year’s Day derby game between Brackley Town and Banbury United was disrupted yesterday lunchtime due to crowd disorder in the away fans area. The game was held at St James Park. The game was paused as a small number of spectators breeched […]
A flood alert and weather warnings are in place Poor weather is affecting the Banbury FM area with a Met Office warning for wind upgraded to amber status and a yellow warning for rain still in force. Today’s rain is falling on already sodden ground with flooding affecting low lying areas around the River Cherwell […]
It costs £12,995 every day to run the hospice What will you be doing to help Katharine House carry on its care in the community this year? The Adderbury based hospice wants people to pledge their support to them in 2024. This could be as simple as agreeing to put coins in one of the […]
Its 81 years since the men aged 19 to 26 lost their lives Shortly before midday on December 28, 1942 a Wellington bomber aircraft crashed in fields to the west of Bodicote. Six men aged between 19 and 26 lost their lives. Today members of the public will walk across the fields to the site […]
Councillor begins fight to keep a post office counter service in Bretch Hill A Banbury community is set to lose its local Post Office. From January 10 the post office counter service in the Londis store at Bradley Arcade on the Bretch Hill estate will close. The news came out yesterday when a consultation began […]
The team at Katharine House have been counting the money from 50 collection buckets since the start of the week A new total has been revealed for this year’s RC Baker Christmas Tractor Run – an amazing £46,538 – and the money is still coming in. Earlier this week it was announced the convoy of […]
Its hoped the initiative will generate increased town centre footfall 48 golden tickets worth over £1,600 are due to be hidden in businesses around Banbury town centre from Boxing Day through to January 6. The initiative, organised by Banbury BID, aims to bring the community together while supporting local businesses in Banbury town centre. The […]
Following pressure from local councillors the surveillance system could soon be operational again Work to fix a broken CCTV camera in an area of Banbury which has been affected by anti-social behaviour is progressing and its hoped it will be fully operational again very soon – maybe even in the next couple of weeks. It […]