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Latest from the Banbury Online Newsdesk
- The village near Banbury 'having a moment' named among UK's best places to live 14 November 2026
- MOD Bicester Asylum Site: The 28 Conditions Before Anyone Moves In 14 November 2026
- Cherwell Street in Banbury Goes One-Way Southbound 12 November 2026
- MOD Bicester Asylum Site: £1.2m Design Contract Signed 11 November 2026
- Banbury Has Its Quietest Month for Crime Since Early 2025, While Bicester Keeps Rising 8 November 2026
- Bicester's Paused Link Road Is Back, With a Planning Application Due Next Spring 8 November 2026
- Banbury parkrun Christmas Day: On, and New Year's Day Too 6 November 2026
- Banbury Carol Services 2026: Candlelight Carols on 19 December 6 November 2026
- Christmas Shopping in Banbury: 17 Shops From Parsons Street to Hooky 5 November 2026
- Ice Rinks Near Banbury: 8 Places to Skate, From an F1 Garage to Blenheim 5 November 2026
- Banbury to Get Canal Mural on Castle Quay Above Bridge 164 5 November 2026
- Cherwell Planning Bypass Could Cost Council Up to £400,000 5 November 2026
- Cherwell Gets £474,068 to End Rough Sleeping by Christmas 5 November 2026
- MOD Bicester: Labour MPs Reject Asylum Site Test 8 to 6 4 November 2026
- Banbury Toy Appeal: Drop New Toys at Town Hall by 1 Dec 3 November 2026
- Christmas Dinner in Banbury: 11 Tables to Book, From £61 to a Castle 2 November 2026
- Cherwell Kerbside Glass Tops 2,000 Tonnes, Up for 2 Awards 1 November 2026
- Cherwell Abolition Back On: New Council From April 2029 1 November 2026
- Chipping Norton Sports Hub: 4 Clubs Want It in Local Plan 30 October 2026
- Thames Valley Mayor in 2028: Cherwell Gets No Board Seat 29 October 2026
- Banbury Playzones: £3 an Hour, 100+ Bookings a Month 29 October 2026
- Cherwell House Prices Up 2.6%, 4th in the South East 25 October 2026
- Bicester Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Bicester 25 October 2026
- Kidlington Roadworks: Road Closures and Traffic Orders Near Kidlington 25 October 2026
- Bicester Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook 25 October 2026
- Kidlington Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook 25 October 2026
- Banbury Cherwell Street Collapse: Two Workers in Hospital 24 October 2026
- Christmas Trees in Banbury: Perry Tree Farm Selling Now 23 October 2026
- Banbury Petrol Prices: Cheapest Unleaded and Diesel Today 23 October 2026
- Banbury Weather: 7-Day Forecast and Today's Hourly Outlook 23 October 2026
- Banbury Overnight Parking Charge Dropped: Refunds Offered 22 October 2026
- Cherwell Jobless Claims Fall 2.5% as the UK Rises 2.8% 22 October 2026
- Tell Your Story Festival Banbury: Procession Sat 31 Oct, 2pm 22 October 2026
- Bicester London Road Underpass: County Commits £10m 22 October 2026
- MOD Bicester Asylum Plan: MPs Reject Motion 309 to 113 18 October 2026
- North Oxfordshire Full Fibre: 3,880 Village Homes and Firms 15 October 2026
- Bicester Tip: £6m Plan to Replace Ardley Fields by 2030 14 October 2026
- Banbury Pride Fundraiser: Held 24 October, Now Passed 13 October 2026
- Upton House Christmas: Muses Rooms Open From 14 November 9 October 2026
- Brian Mclaren Admits Bloxham Road Death, Sentencing 9 Dec 8 October 2026
- Glebefields Drayton: 17 October Open Day Has Now Passed 5 October 2026
- Banbury Crime Figures: Anti-Social Behaviour at 2-Year High 4 October 2026
- Cherwell Food Hygiene Ratings: All 24 in September Scored 5 4 October 2026
- Banbury Halloween: Hadsham 9.30am Left, Perry Open 10-12 3 October 2026
- Wroxton Motocross Curbs: Officers Can Now Rewrite Them 1 October 2026
- Bloxham Plan Backed 753 to 125: 125 Homes at Painters Farm 1 October 2026
- HMV Banbury DJ Showcase: Held Sunday 4 October, Now Passed 29 September 2026
- What's On in Banbury: Lights Switch-On 29 Nov, Dear Santa 29 September 2026
- Banbury Christmas Market: 55 Traders Named for 28-29 November 28 September 2026
- Santa's Grotto in Banbury: Free at Castle Quay From 28 November 28 September 2026
- Broughton Castle is closed for winter: what is open instead 28 September 2026
- Baynards Green Warehouses: Cherwell Won't Defend Refusal 27 September 2026
- Banbury October half term: 26 to 30 October, what's on 25 September 2026
- Banbury Remembrance Sunday 2026: Held 8 November, Now Passed 25 September 2026
- Cherwell Business Awards 2026: Greencore Homes Wins Overall 25 September 2026
- Banbury panto 2026: The Mill's Dear Santa and The Snow Queen 25 September 2026
- Bicester Buses: New 25 Route Brings Back Chesterton Service 25 September 2026
- Bicester Asylum Camp: Police Put Cost at £1.7m a Year 24 September 2026
- Banbury Jobs Fair 30 Sept: Cherwell Claims Up 105 24 September 2026
- Banbury Roadworks This Week: Cherwell Street One-Way 24 September 2026