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Children will be able to meet Santa and post their Christmas wishes to him at Castle Quay's wish land.

Banbury's Castle Quay creates free mini Christmas winter wish land

Police are investigating after three men were stabbed in Halifax

Murder investigation launched after 3 men stabbed

Pedestrians walk past a branch of a NatWest bank in London.

36 more bank branches to close across UK next year - full list

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland have all announced more closures coming this year

Lloyds, Halifax & Bank of Scotland to close 53 more branches

Tejay Fletcher, 35, pleaded guilty to running the iSpoof website

Fraudster jailed for running multimillion-pound scam website in UK

Ed Sheeran addresses rumours he turned down King Charles Coronation Concert as fans ‘disappointed’ at absence

Ed Sheeran addresses rumours he turned down Coronation Concert

As King Charles’ coronation nears, here’s the list of banks that will be open over the bank holiday weekend

Which banks will be open this bank holiday?

Halifax’s online and mobile banking services are down leaving thousands unable to access their bank accounts

Halifax internet banking leaves users without access to accounts

The most expensive seaside location in Great Britain is Salcombe, where the average property goes for £1.2 million - 33% (more than £300,000) higher than in 2021. (image: Adobe)

Most expensive place to buy a seaside home in Britain revealed

The UK’s top trending destinations to get away this Easter

Martin Lewis pictured on set of The Martin Lewis Money Show (Credit: Multistory Media/Jonathan Hordle/ITV)

Martin Lewis names banks offering switching deals of up to £200

TK Maxx and Homesense to close stores across the UK - full list

Customers use a NatWest bank on the High Street in Winchester, south west England on March 31, 2021. (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP) (Photo by ADRIAN DENNIS/AFP via Getty Images)

NatWest to close a further 23 bank branches across UK - full list

Halifax are set to close dozens of branches (Photo: Adobe stock)

Over 80 Halifax branches set to close

UK sees biggest fall in housing prices since 2009 financial crisis according to Halifax report.

UK sees biggest fall in house prices since financial crisis

Halifax reveals towns & cities with biggest property price increases

The most expensive streets in England and Wales have been revealed

Toronto in Canada

Great Rail Journeys presents the ultimate coast-to-coast Canadian Adventure

Kelly Firth took her grandson's on a trip to Blackpool using the winnings.

‘It was a sign’: Daughter wins lottery using dead mum’s numbers

Halifax customers have been experiencing issues today. (Pic: Getty Images)

Halifax internet banking and credit card issues - what we know

Lloyds and Halifax to close 66 more UK branches by next year - full list

The company will be closing a number of Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland branches (Photo: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Lloyds Banking Group to close 60 branches as customers continue to bank online

HSBC is one of many banks to announce branch closures in 2022 (Photo: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images)

HSBC to close 69 branches - list in full and the other banks closing branches in...

Revealed: these are the top 20 property hotspots and coldspots of 2021

Lloyds and Halifax customers experience trouble accessing banking apps today

Lloyds and Halifax to close 48 branches - full list of impacted stores

Do you know why bank holidays are called bank holidays? (Photo: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images)

Opening times for Barclays, Santander, Halifax and more this August bank holiday

Average UK house deposits for first-time buyers rose by £10,000 last year, according to research from Halifax (Photo: Shutterstock)

Average deposits for first-time buyers rose by £10,000 in 2020 - here’s how they...

Lloyds is bringing back 10% deposit mortgages for first-time buyers - how it wor...

Watch the moment a big black cat is caught on CCTV prowling around historic hall

Will banks and post offices be open during England’s lockdown?

Fake texts from Halifax and Lloyds banks have been circulating - how to spot the...

House prices have risen rapidly as lockdown has eased. (Photo: Shutterstock)

House prices are at an all-time high due to coronavirus - this is why

More than 2.5 million drivers in the UK currently have at least one penalty point on their driving licence (Photo: Shutterstock)

These are the places where UK drivers have the most points on their licence

Brackley Town's Matthew Barnes-Homer is closed down by Boston United's Tom Batchelor and Nat Brown

Wilkin admits play-off push may have runs its course

Brackley Town manager Kevin Wilkin

Wilkin knows his Saints have to be ready for big test

Blisworth Canal Festival. NNL-151008-134327009

South Northamptonshire in the top 50 of the best places to live in the UK

Property

Congratulations, it’s Rental Freedom Day - but not for Londoners!

Property

Annual cost of owning and running a home on the rise

Savings highs and lows revealed by Halifax stats

Latest Banbury Guardian News

Cherwell District Council will increase brown bin subscriptions next year to £49.

'It's ludicrous' - pensioner outraged by increase in brown bin charges

Cllr Lidia Arciszewska, and Cllr Andrew Prosser, from West Oxfordshire District Council, stood at Deer Park’s orchard, Witney

West Oxfordshire residents invited to create over 50 orchards in district

There will be limited Chiltern Railway services this weekend, including no trains at all on Sunday.

Limited Chiltern trains through Banbury this weekend due to strike action