This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.
Local News
Page: 91
Royal Mail says a number of staff vacancies can cause problems getting the post out Complaints about the state of our local postal service led to a visit to the Banbury sorting office by Banbury’s MP last week. Victoria Prentis was shown around the Royal Mail’s Merton Street base and discussed issues with the postal […]
The crash happened at 4.28pm on Wednesday The M40 remained closed to southbound traffic through the night and during Thursday breakfast following a serious collision, which saw a lorry cross the central reservation. The incident on Wednesday afternoon also left the northbound carriageway with restrictions. Police reported the incident as “damage only”. The collision happened […]
Veterans and serving personnel heading from Banbury to the Cenotaph in London can travel on Saturday or Sunday Military personnel and veterans attending services of remembrance this weekend can travel to and from the events by train for free. The offer is open to all those travelling to and from services anywhere in the country […]
Gerard Kennedy committed a stalking offence earlier this year A former Metropolitan Police officer from Kings Sutton has been jailed after being found guilty of stalking. Fifty-three year old PC Gerard Kennedy committed the offence between February and March this year. He had been attached to Met Operations before being suspended. After receiving a report […]
The early bird discount has also been axed The cost of having your garden waste collected by Cherwell District Council is set to rise by £6 next year. The 14% increase was approved by the Council’s Executive Committee on Monday evening. Councillors also agreed to remove the early bird discount which gave people the chance […]
An extra £4.5m is being set aside to cover costs with money from the sale of the existing site also being used Cherwell District Council’s proposed move out of its Bodicote House offices and into Castle Quay in Banbury has taken a step closer. Last night members of the Council’s Executive Committee agreed to push […]
They had reached Alma Road when the incident occurred A man and woman were followed out of Banbury town centre by a group of men who attempted to take the man’s mobile phone. During the incident, which happened at around 9pm on Tuesday October 10, threats were also made. The man and woman had been […]
Up to £500 is available to charities and other groups offering a warming welcome A warm spaces scheme that kept people cosy last year while helping them save on home heating costs will operate again this winter – and Banbury Town Council is offering grants to help fund the popular initiative. Warm spaces are drop-in […]
Products seized at their Mold Crescent home had a street value of £20,000 A Banbury couple had over 44,000 illicit cigarettes and 24.5 kilograms of hand-rolling tobacco stashed within the lounge, master bedroom and loft of their property when raided by Trading Standards and the Police. The illegal activities of forty-two year old Krzysztof Bugno […]
They will highlight local support for the ‘Purple for Polio’ campaign A plush carpet of purple petals will greet visitors to People’s Park next spring when thousands of crocus bulbs burst into flower. More than 16,000 crocus corms were planted in the park this week as preparations for the eye-catching display got underway. Banbury Rotary […]