Local News

The scheme has been amended to exclude key town centre routes New 20mph speeds on the majority of roads in Banbury have been agreed, but the case brought by local councillors to retain 30mph limits on key town centre routes has been accepted. Oxfordshire County Council’s Cabinet Member for Highways, Councillor Andrew Gant, accepted the […]

People should book a place if they have an issue they would like help with Banbury’s new MP Sean Woodcock has organised his first constituency surgery since being elected. Mr Woodcock is inviting people to attend if they have an issue they would like help with. The surgery will be held in the Ruscote area […]

He had been driving at speed and wasn’t wearing a helmet Police in Brackley are requesting people send them any CCTV footage after a male was seen riding an electric motorbike at speed around a residential estate. The incident happened at around 5pm yesterday (Wednesday) in the Juliet Drive area with children out playing at […]

The move by Brackley Town Council gives the local community rights if the site comes up for sale The site of the former Southfield Primary School in Brackley has successfully been registered as an Asset of Community Value. The move, by Brackley Town Council, looks likely to have influenced the decision by West Northamptonshire Council […]

The offender had been trying to purchase alcohol, but had been refused Police are trying to track down a man who punched and kneed another man in the head during the early hours of a Sunday morning in a Banbury town centre shop. The offender had been in the shop on Broad Street trying to […]

The public can learn the essential skills in Spiceball Park this Saturday Free life-saving first aid training is available to people in Banbury this Saturday. The sessions are part of a national drive by volunteers from St John Ambulance to teach 50,000 people in England vital first aid skills during September. The Save a Life […]

Lynnie and Sally will be raising money for the Katharine House Hospice Longtime friends Lynnie Hanson and Sally Green will this weekend repeat a charity skydive challenge which they first completed two decades ago.   Back in 2001 Lynnie and Sally first jumped out of a plane at 13,000 feet to raise money for Katharine House […]

The council are exploring options to bring the site back into community use Its back-to-school week, but one local primary school won’t be reopening this academic year. Southfield Primary Academy in Brackley closed its doors for the final time at the end of July.   The school’s governors announced in October last year that falling numbers […]

The Council’s Executive will consider transferring the upgraded system to the force Cherwell District Council could be about to join the Thames Valley CCTV partnership, if councillors agree to spending a quarter of a million pounds on the project. Currently the Council owns and operates a network of 63 CCTV cameras across the district.   The […]

A number of buildings would be converted to residential homes but the pub would be retained The owner of the Cartwright Hotel in Aynho has applied for planning permission to convert parts of the hotel into residential homes, but they are planning to retain the front of the building as a pub. Oxfordshire Hotels Ltd […]