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It was the seventh year the Halloween experience was set up The Brackley Horror House generated plenty of screams and an amazing £3,064.95 for charity. The Halloween fright night experience opened for the seventh year last Thursday on Orion Drive.   Cash was collected for Parkinson’s UK.   Thousands of people went to enjoy the scarefest which […]

Parents will find out which school their child will be attending next April The application window for new primary school places in Oxfordshire next September has opened. Parents and carers of children born between September 1, 2020 and August 31, 2021 can now submit details of their first four preferences for the schools they would […]

The cost of the relocation is set to hit £5.146m The cost of Cherwell District Council’s office move from Bodicote House to Castle Quay is predicted to go over budget by an estimated £646,000. £4.5m had been allocated for the project, but a Capital Expenditure report for the Council’s Executive indicates that £5.146m will now […]

The best option is to attend a professionally organised public event Over the next few days lovers of fireworks have a number of organised displays to enjoy around the area.   Ahead of that Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue is reminding us of the ways to enjoy the occasion and stay safe.  They say this is best […]

A case officer felt the scheme representing an unsustainable form of development in the open countryside Plans to create fishing lakes and build accommodation lodges on a green field site just outside Wroxton will be refused next week – if Councillors on Cherwell District Council’s Planning Committee follow an officer’s recommendation. ATE Farms wants to […]

“the results consistently show the commitment and expertise of our team” For the twelfth year running the Hip Fracture Team at the Horton General Hospital has been named as one of the best in the country. The annual National Hip Fracture Audit compared the performance of 174 hospitals in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland in […]

Some people can find trick or treaters intimidating Its Halloween and around the area people are preparing for a night of fun, but Thames Valley Police are reminding those going out trick or treating that not everyone likes Halloween or having trick or treaters call at their door.  The force has made available a poster […]

The government’s house building plans only carried limited weight as the new rules were still being decided The Planning Inspector has rejected a developer’s appeal to build on farmland at the edge of Bloxham. Gladman Developments wanted to build up to 60 houses on the Tadmarton Road between the new housing opposite Bloxham Primary School […]

Money was raised in-store for the project Visitors and staff at the Katharine House Hospice can now enjoy tasty treats in a brand new cafe which has been funded and renovated by the team from Tesco in Banbury. The Hospice’s own catering team will provide the new café with a selection of hot and cold […]

Councillor Eddie Reeves says Labour must do the right thing and protect pensioners on the lowest incomes Local Conservative Councillors and their colleagues have given Banbury’s Labour MP, Sean Woodcock, details of a petition signed by 240,000 people across the country calling on the Labour government to back down on pushing through removing Winter Fuel […]