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Police are appealing for witnesses after a motorcyclist sadly died in a crash yesterday.

Motorcyclist dies following collision with van near Banbury

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Watch: HS2 teams move huge box structure into place under A-road

Piling rig at work on the site of the A43 overbridge.

In pictures: Steel beams for the giant HS2 bridge near Brackley are fitted

An aerial view of the HS2 tunnel at Chipping Warden. Credit Chipping Warden Parish Council.

Drivers warned of road closure and disruption on A361 as HS2 bridge is inspected

The A43 near Brackley will be closed for two weeks so HS2 crews can continue installing steel beams for an overbridge.

A43 set to close for two weekends for HS2 bridge installation

Work has begun assembling a new green bridge over the HS2 railway line near Brackley.

Work begins assembling UK's 'largest green bridge' across HS2 railway

The M42 diversions northbound for the weekends the motorway will be closed

Traffic bulletin for Banbury motorists heading north

Emergency services close the road while the heavy steel girder is removed from the roof of an HGV in Farthinghoe

Banbury villagers' road anger boils over as serious injury narrowly missed

A43 overbridge foundation works looking towards Brackley

HS2 begins foundation works for key A43 bridge just outside Brackley

Motorists have been warned about the installation of temporary traffic lights along the A422 near Brackley.

Motorists warned of temporary traffic lights on road leading into Brackley

Students from Wykham Park Academy arrive on site

Banbury students visit HS2 construction site

The computer generated image gives a birds eye view of the road layout on top of the Turweston green bridge

Largest 'green bridge' over HS2 near Brackley - images are unveiled

The main street through Farthinghoe cannot accommodate modern heavy goods lorries, villagers say

Bsanburyshire village fears opportunity to use HS2 money for bypass may be lost

Farthinghoe is notorious for its severe bends including one that is a bottleneck that has caused countless traffic problems

Banburyshire bottleneck village should get HS2 roads money

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images.

Betrayal of the North: Boris Johnson hits out at PM on HS2

An aerial view of the groundworks construction of the HS2 high speed rail network progresses around the A38 dual-carriageway near Streethay on January 27, 2023 in Lichfield (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Gravy train: £280 million spent on HS2 consultants in years

According to a leaked photograph, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Labour mayors join forces to urge Sunak not to scrap HS2 Northern link

The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split

According to a leaked photograp, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Rishi Sunak refuses to guarantee HS2 will link Manchester and London

The pupils spent the day learning about construction safety and the building of tunnels, bridges and viaducts.

Primary school pupils near Banbury learn about construction safety at HS2 site

Sinkhole which has opened up above HS2 work in Buckinghamshire

Sinkhole opens up above a tunnel built for the HS2 high rail line

Construction on sections of the HS2 route have been delayed (Photo by Mark Case/Getty Images)

HS2 needs to be completed to transform north of England

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like.

Part of HS2 to be delayed in bid to cut costs

The final design image of the HS2 bridge near Banbury.

More details on HS2 bridge to be built over canal in south Warwickshire

Brackley Town Football Club has received a £75k grant from HS2’s Community & Environment Fund (CEF) to help build a new clubhouse.

Brackley Town FC clubhouse rebuilt thanks to £75k HS2 grant

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

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 view of the entrance/exit portal of the proposed green tunnel to be built near Greatworth

HS2 reveals images of first landscaped ‘green tunnels’ for the Banbury area - on...

Highways England has issued advice to motorists heading off during the Christmas period

Motorists warned of M42 complete closure for a week over the Christmas period fo...

Nicholas Ward sits in front of one of the five 'newt marina' ponds. A red life-belt is visible behind him

HS2 is 'unnecessary, wasteful and ludicrously expensive' and a newt marina is an...

Campaigners in South Northants are still fighting HS2

Banburyshire MP 'ashamed' over treatment of South Northamptonshire villagers bli...

Villagers in Greatworth have taken delivery of a 16-seater minibus through a lease funded by HS2 money

Bus funded by HS2 is proving a big hit with residents of a Banburyshire village

The HS2 installation at the Chipping Warden Church Festival last weekend

Updated - HS2 responds ; South Northamptonshire church festival includes graphic...

Rt Hon Dame Andrea Leadsom DBE, MP for South Northamptonshire, West Northamptonshire Council Cllr Phil Larratt, and Nigel Galletly, chair of Chipping Warden and Edgcote Parish Council join HS2 staff and contractors at the opening of the Chipping Warden relief road. (submitted photo)

New relief road opens around Banburyshire village

£10,000 HS2 grant helps fund replacement of South Northamptonshire village’s 40-year old wooden shelters

HS2 funds to deliver new bus shelters for Banburyshire village

Woodford cum Membris Parish Council gets £37,000 HS2 grant for woodland walkway

HS2 grant to help fund new footpath for Banburyshire village

Artist's impression of the Oxford Canal Viaduct by Moxon Architects © HS2 Ltd

These are the first images of a planned HS2 viaduct over countryside near Banbur...

Part of the A425 between Southam and Leamington from the Dallas Burston Polo Club and the Ufton crossroads is being closed for nine months for HS2 works. Image courtesy of Google Maps.

Cross-party group of councilors demands statement from HS2 over possible delay o...

Part of the A425 between Southam and Leamington from the Dallas Burston Polo Club and the Ufton crossroads is being closed for nine months for HS2 works. Image courtesy of Google Maps.

Fears that revisions to HS2 construction works could lead to long delay in re-op...

The HS2 Brackley office

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The HS2 line will run from London and Birmingham.

HS2 is giving villagers in Greatworth access to a minibus service as compensatio...

An artist's impression of the proposed viaduct at Thorpe Mandeville

HS2 reveals plans and pictures of proposed viaducts over Banburyshire countrysid...

Dr Helen J Wass who will deliver a lecture about the riches found during archaeological searches on the HS2 route

Archaeological riches found in searches along HS2 route - expert to divulge in B...

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