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Its the biggest Sealed Knot re-enactment of the year The sights, sounds and smells of an influential battle in the English Civil War will be brought back this weekend. The Battle of Cropredy Bridge was fought on Saturday June 29, 1644.   Around 10,000 soldiers on each side battled at the bridge and in the surrounding […]

Chief Constable receives positive feedback about the work police are doing The growing issue of county lines crime, football matchday policing, drug use by young people and dangerous driving were amongst the subjects discussed during visits to Brackley and Evenley by the Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner. Danielle Stone visited the owners of Barn […]

Riders and charities came together at Broughton Castle on Wednesday evening July’s popular Broughton Castle Sportive cycling event raised £6,100 for local charities this year.   A presentation night for the event was held at the castle last night (Wednesday). Trophies were handed out to the fastest teams on the 100, 75 and 50 mile routes. […]

The college’s learners includes maturer students and those resitting exams Students from a variety of different walks of life are celebrating after receiving their GCSE results at Banbury and Bicester College. Many of the college’s learners are those resitting maths, English or both, to continue in education or progress their career.    This includes mature students. […]

The school notes an improvement in achievement in comparison to last year Students at Wykham Park Academy were back in school this morning to collect their GCSE results. At 9.30am those who had sat their examination earlier in the summer were handed details of the grades they had achieved. Simon Sterland, Associate Assistant Principal, said: […]

Many students plan to return to BGN’s Sixth Form At Blessed George Napier Catholic School half of the students receiving their GCSE results today achieved a grade 7 or above – with more than one-in-five attaining a grade 9 in at least one subject. 85 percent of students gained at least a grade 4 or […]

A third of students achieved Grade 7 or above in their triple Sciences Warriner’s Head of School Sharon Nicholls has described it as a “real privilege” sharing the moment the school’s year 11s discovered their GCSE exam results this morning. Close to half of the 279 students who sat GCSE exams this summer attained a […]

Celebratory atmosphere as students collect their results in Middleton Cheney The Chair of the Governors at Chenderit School has described the scenes of happy students collecting their GCSE results this morning as “heart warming”. 82 percent achieved a standard pass in English and 75 percent achieved a standard pass in maths.  Overall 68 percent of […]

Banbury’s MP supports the government move but a number of his fellow party members don’t by Noor Qurashi, Local Democracy Reporter Local Labour politicians have gone against the position of their party nationally in opposing the re-opening of a controversial immigration detention centre, branding the move “disappointing”. The new Labour government has announced it is […]

The board says residents’ concerns surrounding the Horton remain a priority for them The Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board (ICB) have responded to a number of questions they were asked at their last meeting in relation to the future of the Horton General and the return of a full consultant led maternity […]