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Adderbury Post Office should be back open next Tuesday A village is set to get its Post Office back after it was forced to close temporarily in July. Adderbury Post Office had to shut at short notice after the ceiling in their building collapsed. This exposed damp and mould which the building’s landlord has had […]
The award recognises the partnership’s work supporting grassroots efforts to reduce, reuse and repair Oxfordshire County Council and more than 100 community action groups spread across the county have jointly scooped a national award for their efforts to improve recycling and reduce waste. They won the partnership category at the 2024 Local Authority Recycling Advisory […]
“I promise you that I will work hard every day to deliver for you” Banbury’s MP has given his maiden speech in the House of Commons. Speaking during a debate on Thursday lunchtime Sean Woodcock took the opportunity to thank those who had given him the role he had always aspired to, to proudly talk […]
The Halloween Trail will be up and running for a couple of weeks from Saturday With two weeks to go until the spookiest night of the year the organisation representing Banbury’s town centre businesses is launching its Halloween Trail this Saturday. Banbury BID is inviting families, individuals and friends to hunt out mischievous monsters which […]
Thrill seekers can enjoy the fair until the end of Saturday Banbury’s Michaelmas Fair got underway on Wednesday (October 16) with excited families heading to enjoy the thrills, sights, sounds and smells of the popular annual event. The fair was opened by town mayor Councillor Mark Cherry and Councillor Dr Chukwudi Okeke, the Chairman of […]
The attack happened during the early hours of last Saturday morning A man was left unconscious and requiring hospital treatment after being struck over the head with a metal object during an attempted robbery in Banbury. The man, who’s in his thirties, was walking home from the town centre along the Warwick Road between 3am […]
The building has been empty for over ten years Plans have been submitted to convert a Parson’s Street shop which has been empty for over ten years into four flats. 43 Parson’s Street, next to the Old Auctioneer, was last used as a sandwich shop. The Land Registry details the property as having been sold […]
“This abhorrent and sustained attack on a young woman was absolutely horrendous” Three men have been convicted in connection with multiple rapes and the assault of a young woman in Banbury. Patryk Kubacz, aged 30, of Edinburgh Way in Banbury, and 28-year-old Damian Sidor and 57-year-old Jaroslaw Szklarski, both of no fixed abode, were convicted […]
One third of all of Oxfordshire’s waste was incinerated in 2023 Since 2015 Oxfordshire County Council has reduced the amount of our waste its sends to landfill – by increasing the amount that is incinerated. Last year over one-third of county’s waste was used in “energy from waste” systems, where rubbish is burned to generate […]
The abuse happened over a number of years in the 2000s A man has been jailed for four years for sex offences against a child in Banbury. During a trial at Oxford Crown Court earlier this year twenty-seven year old Cameron-John Brady, of Thornton Street in Birkenhead, was found guilty by unanimous jury verdict of […]