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Cllr Glynis Campbell Sinclair was spotted cleaning her windows while on camera during a meeting of Highland Council's Inverness Area Committee Picture: Highland Council / SWNS

Councillor cleans her home's windows during live-streamed meeting

Cllr Ian Middleton, leader of the Green Party on Cherwell District Council.

Councillors fall out over 'playing politics' with Banbury area issues

Cllr's Mark Cherry, Amanda Watkins, and Rebecca Beagle alongside The Sunshine Centre's Jill Edge.

Life-saving defibrillator installed at Banbury community support centre

Ellen Badger Hospital closed its doors in January 2022 in order to demolish and rebuild parts that were deemed beyond repair.

Councillors to lean on 'soft power' in fight for Shipston hospital beds

The town council is inviting residents to speak to councillors at this month's open session.

Banbury residents invited to speak with town councillors this Saturday

Chairman and founder of the Banbury Advice Centre, Andy Willis, has received a British Citizen Award for his work in the local community.

Award-winning charity celebrates seven-year anniversary with council grant

Councillors to ask NHS to consult public over plans for no in-patient beds at Shipston hospital

Councillors to ask NHS to consult public over plans for Shipston hospital

Important deadlines to be aware of to vote in May elections

Polling station

Everything you need to know about registering to vote in May elections

The North Oxfordshire Socialist Association group which ran the commemorative walk dedicated to working class hero Herbert Payne

Banbury working class hero, remembered for work for the town, died a broken man

Matt Hodgson, Dr Chukwudi Okeke Urge, Mark Cherry at the Warwick Road

Councillors join forces to get Banbury road resurfaced

District councillors in Cherwell will benefit from a £132 boost to their annual allowances as recommended by an independent panel.

District councillors will be given a £132 boost to their annual allowances

Despite outrage from members of the public, the county council is not changing its mind on the withdrawal of certain routes.

Councillors adamant that spare seats scheme in Oxfordshire has not been axed

Nicola Bulley went missing on January 27

Nicola Bulley: Councillors remove contact details over harassment

Cherwell District Council have given themselves more time to allow further consideration on the Cherwell Plan.

Council consultation on development in Banbury area deferred

Councillors in West Oxfordshire will require more robust reasons for refusing housing plans over the next year after confirmation that the district is falling short of its targets.

Decisions will continue to be affected as housing land shortfall is confirmed

Jill Scott celebrates after England's UEFA Women's Euro 2022 final victory over Germany

Jill Scott to be awarded freedom of the city of Sunderland

Councillors have been warned that Oxfordshire’s school street schemes are “beginning to collapse” due to volunteer fatigue.

Councillors warned school street schemes are “'beginning to collapse'

Councillors concerned with county councils response to road repairs.

Councillors concerned over county council's response to road repairs

Oxfordshire County Council

Oxfordshire council employee leads petition against pension investment in fossil...

Councillors went against the advice of planning officers to back more than 120 objections to an enlarged farmhouse being relocated closer to a village to the north-west of Banbury.

Councillors back more than 120 objectors by refusing plans to relocate farmhouse...

Banbury Town Hall where a drop in for residents will take place on Saturday

Take your issues to town councillors at Banbury drop-in this weekend

Banbury residents will be able to discuss matters they care about at a town council walk-in session on Saturday October 1.

Banbury Town Council invites residents to discuss important matters at drop-in s...

Banbury residents will be able to meet town councillors face to face on Saturday 3 September at an open house session in the town hall.

The first Banbury Town Council drop-in session will start next week

A housing development that would have seen a pig farm replaced by wind turbines and eco-homes, some of which would have been built into the ground, has been blocked due to a council’s definition of what constituted ‘open countryside’.

Eco-homes development blocked on site of controversial pig farm near Banbury ove...

Shipston High School, which is to get £10m improvements to increase capacity. Picture by Google Streetview

A school in Shipston is to get £10m of improvements

Expansion is on the cards for a family business on the outskirts of Oxhill after it was given permission to build a second house on its premises to help ramp up security.

New home will boost security for family business near Banbury that is ‘susceptib...

Cherwell’s district councillors have passed an increase to their allowances in line with staff salary rises – despite Labour voting against.

Cherwell District Council: Councillors vote to increase their allowances to cove...

A plan for 49 homes that “extends Banbury into the open countryside” has been granted permission despite not complying with council policies.

Developers get green light for plans to build up to 49 homes on the outskirts of...

HS2 is 'ruining' Northamptonshire countryside, says a local MP

MP Dame Andrea Leadsom accuses HS2 of 'ruining' South Northamptonshire countrysi...

Tunnels will take HS2 under three miles of South Northamptonshire countryside

Council to spend £300,000 keeping an eye on HS2 work near Banbury in West Northa...

A parish council has failed in its bid to stop a stable block being built on the outskirts of Kineton

Kineton councillors lose battle against plans to stop stable block being built o...

New electric vehicle charging points across council car parks in Banbury, Bicester and Kidlington have been granted planning consent. (GettyImages)

Cherwell District Council: Electric vehicle charging points approved for council...

County councillors in Oxfordshire will get a nine per cent rise in allowances despite the leader declaring it “really absurd” that they had to vote on their own pay. (File Banbury Guardian image)

Oxfordshire County Council: Councillors vote through their own pay rise

Cherwell councillors want to hear residents' views about what they would like to see in a plan for future development

Councillors urge householders to give their views on building thousands of new h...

Up to 85% of the 30mph zones in Oxfordshire could see their speed limit reduced to 20mph

Councillors fear 'bun fight' over which areas of Oxfordshire will see speed limi...

The Banbury Town Council has voted to back a bid by internet broadcaster Banbury FM for an ‘on air’ licence. Banbury FM is run by Adderbury-based professional broadcaster Andy Green, who is pictured here. (Submitted photo)

Banbury Town Council backing application for ‘true local’ radio station for nort...

Planning

Permission given to developer who relocated bin store without prior approval

The Horton General Hospital, Banbury

Are hospital bosses planning to move the Horton General Hospital to a new site i...

Letters featured in the Banbury Guardian this week

Your View - Bin plan 'not thought through'. Do shoppers avoid the town centre be...

Northamptonshire County Council will cease to exist from April 1

'Have we done a good job?' Cold water poured on congratulations for turning arou...

A screengrab of the last-ever Northamptonshire County Council meeting on Zoom

'Now is the time to say goodbye': Northamptonshire County Council meets for the ...

Northamptonshire County Council will be abolished from April 1

High praise for turning around Northamptonshire County Council's fortunes due at...

Local local leaders across Oxfordshire are stressing the importance of postal votes ahead of the upcoming election

Oxfordshire’s political parties urge postal vote usage during ongoing Covid-19 p...

Peoples Park where town councillors hope to create an official sensory garden.

Banbury town councillors approve 'transformative renewal' of sensory areas in to...

West Oxfordshire Councillors approve removal of recycling sites to stop anti-social behaviour and fly-tipping (photo from West Oxfordshire District Council)

West Oxfordshire Councillors approve removal of recycling sites to stop anti-soc...

Latest Banbury Guardian News

Pupils from Harriers Banbury Academy protesting about unsafe parking near to the school.

Banbury primary school pupils take to the streets over poor road parking

A woman from Cropredy has said that she fears for her health due to the excessive mould in her bungalow.

Woman near Banbury fears for her health due to mouldy home

The police have released an image of a man they wish to speak to regarding a robbery at Banbury Cash Converters.

Banbury pawnbroker shop robbed by man claiming to have knife