Oxfordshire County Council has announced that free home to school transport to special schools for pupils aged 16 years and over with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (‘SEND’) will be retained.

The leisure extension to Banbury’s Castle Quay shopping centre entered a new phase today as a ground breaking ceremony marked the start of construction works at the canal-side site.

As scrutiny of the decision by Oxfordshire University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUHFT) to downgrade maternity provision at the Horton General Hospital continues, local representatives today requested the Oxfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) hear evidence from other small obstetric

Another hugely exciting project is coming to Banbury as Conservative-controlled Cherwell District Council announced today a new leisure and entertainment destination in the town centre.

Banbury’s brand-new skate park had its grand opening at the Banbury and District Show today. Funded by the Conservative-controlled Banbury Town Council, the £95,000 replacement ramps were designed for all types of extreme sports equipment and to accommodate varying abilities.

Conservative-controlled Cherwell District Council has secured £770,000 of Government funding to further the Bicester Garden Town project.

On Friday 3 May, local politicians gathered at Spiceball Leisure Centre in Banbury for the results of the Cherwell District and Bicester Town Council elections.

Controversial plans by NHS England to change the provider of cancer screening scans (PET-CT) in Oxfordshire will be referred to the Secretary of State for Health following an intervention from Oxfordshire County Council’s Joint Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee (JHOSC).

Fresh calls have been made for an additional M40 junction south of Banbury.

From today, independent businesses in Cherwell’s town centres will benefit from reduced business rates.