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“It’s just so lovely that people enjoy it so much and it brings so much joy to them at this time of year” This year’s RC Baker Christmas Tractor Run has already smashed a previous record for the amount raised – and the money is still being counted! By Monday morning over £30,000 had been […]
Councillors have already said they wouldn’t have passed the application Developers are once again trying to gain outline planning permission to build on 140,000 square metres of farmland near the small hamlet of Nethercote. Greystoke CB first submitted a speculative application for fields at Huscote Farm in May 2022. That was yet to reach the […]
Kaleb Cooper will be taking part again The eighth annual RC Baker Christmas Tractor Run will head out tomorrow evening (Saturday). Following the success of the route being extended into Banbury last year, people in town will once again be able to enjoy the spectacle. The event’s first run happened in 2016 with just 26 […]
A number of OX7, OX15, OX16 and OX17 postcodes are covered For many people the preparations for Christmas are still in full swing, but we’re being reminded of an environmentally friendly way we can organise part of the post-Christmas clear up, whilst raising money for the Katharine House Hospice. As the festive period comes to […]
Those struggling with the cost-of-living can find help close to them People needing help with winter provisions or somewhere friendly to escape the cold can benefit from two interactive maps which have been made available showing the closest places to find help. With Christmas approaching the maps are part of a support package available to […]
GP practices are closed for four days over Christmas and three days over the New Year bank holiday We’re being reminded to order repeat prescriptions in plenty of time ahead of the festive period. With just one full week left until some community pharmacies and all GP surgeries close for the Christmas period patients are […]
The site would have used straw, maize and poultry manure from nearby farms to create biomethane by Nadia Lincoln, Local Democracy Reporter A major application for a biogas plant on nearly nine hectares of open countryside to the south of Brackley has been turned down by West Northamptonshire Council. A total of 193 letters of […]
Oxfordshire county councillors still receive less than other councillors in the south-east by Noor Qurashi, Local Democracy Reporter County councillors are set to get a pay rise after they passed a motion recommending an increase in their own allowances. An added 5.7 per cent was the suggestion made by the Independent Remuneration Panel to Oxfordshire […]
Team Joyful will be heading to Florida next April A local cheerleading squad has been picked to take part in a prestigious Cheerleading Summit in Florida next April. Team Joyful from Vibes Fitness and Cheer in Banbury has also secured a bid to compete in the prestigious Open Championship Series event in Orlando. The good […]
A proposal to disband the committee was voted down but the Administration say it will be discussed again Moves to disband a committee which was set up to safeguard the Horton General Hospital have been rejected by united opposition party councillors at Oxfordshire County Council. However, the future of the committee remains unclear. The Horton […]