Local News

Cover is needed in the town centre, Chatsworth Drive estate and in Ruscote and Easington So far this year we’ve had rain and wind to contend with, but no snow – yet. Its always better to be safe rather than sorry and so Banbury Town Council is looking to add more volunteers to its roster […]

Michael Pickard was diagnosed with reduced kidney function in 2019 A local man who took part in a study into a drug for chronic kidney disease says he is “thrilled” it has been approved for use in the NHS. Michael Pickard joined the University of Oxford’s EMPA-KIDNEY trial, which was supported by the National Institute […]

Power was off for around an hour A number of Banbury homes and businesses were hit by a power cut this morning.   Eighty-one properties were affected in an area from the Horton General Hospital on the Oxford Road to just past the Bloxham Road junction. The Banbury Cross Health Centre lost their supply leaving staff […]

Just one in thirteen people are happy with the roads in the county The number of people who are satisfied with the state of the roads in Oxfordshire has fallen to just 18 per cent – 7 points lower than the national average of 25 per cent. Whilst Highways England maintains major routes such as […]

A car collided with a pedestrian on Friday afternoon A driver who left the scene of a Banbury collision with a pedestrian has come forward. It was around 4.30pm last Friday (January 19) that the victim, a 21-year-old man, was crossing the road on Upper Windsor Street.   Here he was involved in a collision with […]

The main routes were quickly cleared of fallen trees Local people worked through the night to clear fallen trees around the Banbury FM area in the wake of storm Isha. Across the country wind gusts of up to 99mph were recorded with two people killed and thousands left without power.   Locally we survived relatively unscathed […]

The blue Subaru Impreza crashed at around 1.35am A man lost his life after his car hit a roundabout and overturned in Banbury during the early hours of Saturday morning. The man, who’s 33, had been heading up Orchard Way towards the Warwick Road.   His vehicle failed to negotiate the roundabout and collided with the […]

Action by the Football Association could include a fine or sanctioning The Banbury United board of directors will this week be issuing stadium bans and Acceptable Behaviour Contracts to a group of people identified as being involved in disorder during the local derby game between the Puritans and Brackley Town at St James Park on […]

Litter has been cleared, vegetation cut back and signs tidied up A Banbury car park has been given a makeover, bringing an additional twenty spaces back into use and helping improve the appearance of the area. Banbury BID pushed for the transformation of the parking facility in George Street, working with the land owner and […]

People have better health outcomes supported to live happily and independently in their own home An Oxfordshire-wide initiative, which is helping people to return home from hospital more quickly, has delivered significant improvements for patients since it was launched in November. The initiative is called Discharge to Assess.   It enables people who have had a […]