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Gold medal-winning dancers from the School for Stars dancing academy will join the mayor in switching on the Christmas lights this year.

Banbury's gold medal-winning dancers to join mayor in Christmas light switch-on

Opening the fair. Left to right are the mace bearer, William Wilson, mayor Fiaz Ahmed, Cllr Les Sibley, and town clerk Mark Hassall.

Town mayor gets Banbury's historic Michaelmas Fair underway for four days of fun

This caravan covered in ULEZ protest slogans was chained outside Sadiq Khan’s house in Tooting, London.

ULEZ ‘cash grab’ caravan dumped outside Sadiq Khan’s house

Taylor Swift has announced she is performing at Edinburgh's Murrayfield Stadium in 2024 as part of her UK Eras tour (Getty Images)

Taylor Swift Era’s tour: Every surprise song performed so far

Taylor Swift performs onstage for the opening night of "Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour" at State Farm Stadium on March 17, 2023 in Glendale, Arizona. The city of Glendale, Arizona was ceremonially renamed to Swift City for March 17-18 in honor of The Eras Tour. (Photo by John Medina/Getty Images)

Taylor Swift announces UK Eras tour dates with extra show

Christine Lester, left, and Margaret Little are pictured with Cllr Fiaz Ahmed who joined St Hugh's Church groups at a celebration on June 6

Double anniversary marked with Town Mayor at Banbury church

The oldest church in Brackley is celebrating its 800th anniversary with a series of special events.

Brackley's oldest church announces year of events to celebrate 800 birthday

Mayor of London calls for duty-free shopping to be reinstated

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Pensioner returns book 58 years late racking up £42k in late fees

The Brackley Morris Men have been dancing on Boxing Day since 1964

60 years of dancing celebrated by Brackley’s Morris man

Marvel’s Jeremy Renner has been hospitalised following a snow-ploughing accident on New Years Day

Marvel actor Jeremy Renner ‘critical but stable’ after accident

Flowers left to mark the passing of Elizabeth II will be composted and used to grow a Queen's Tree

Brackley flowers to mark the death of Elizabeth II will become a Queen's tree fo...

Orinoco the Oxfordshire Scrapstore's new location on 57-58 High St, Banbury.

Popular Banbury scrapstore Orinoco announces grand reopening at bigger premises

Steve Taylor, Gill Cleeve and Jo Carroll with the new defibrillator. Photo by David Fawbert Photography

Couple pledge to make CPR training an annual event after near-death incident dur...

Councillor Les Sibley

Councillor records a unique hat trick of achievements after becoming chairman of...

EKFB's Community Engagement Team with the Mayor of Brackley and local councillor at the external launch of the Mobile Visitor Centre in Brackley on March 8 - pictured: Chris James, Dave Butcher, Kim Birtwistle, David Griffiths-Allen, Don Thompson, Cllr Tony Bagot-Webb, Simon Davies. (photo credit Jeff Russell with HS2)

HS2 launches new mobile information centre in Brackley

Dashwood School building in Banbury from 1902 (Submitted photo)

Banbury primary school set to celebrate 120th anniversary this spring

QD’s new store in Chipping Norton is now officially open (photo: Left to right, Chris Reeve, QD store operations manager; Mayor of Chipping Norton Cllr Georgia Mazower, Gary Stewart, assistant manager and Kerry Warren, store manager at QD Chipping Norton.)

Mayor opens new retail discount store - QD - in town centre of Chipping Norton

Discount retailer QD – QualityDiscounts.com is opening a new store in Chipping Norton. (Image submitted from the business QD)

New discount retail store set for opening next week in Chipping Norton

Club members gather in 2016 for Banbury Star’s 125th anniversary ride. Their 130th year celebration will take place on Sunday, August 8

Cycling club celebrating 130 years - and they weren't even Banbury's first!

The mayor of Brackley, Cllr Don Thompson, officially reopened the Brackley Town Football Club events space, 'The Venue' after two years of hard work and reconstruction following the devastating fire in 2019. (Image from Brackley Town Twitter account)

Mayor of Brackley reopens Brackley FC clubhouse after devastating fire two years...

Former Mayor of Brackley - Mark Morell - ‘Mr Pothole’ - the world’s best-known pothole campaigner – has hailed a brand new weapon designed to do battle with the national scourge. (Image from JCB)

Brackley's Mr Pothole hails new solution to national scourge

Downing Street has refused to comment on whether Johnson regrets his past language (Photo: Charles McQuillan - Pool / Getty Images)

Boris Johnson has refused to apologise for past sexist comments - despite his pl...

Margaret Ferriman, long time councillor and worker for equality, who has died aged 86

Margaret Ferriman MBE, Labour councillor, Banbury Town Mayor, worker for racial ...

1 in 30 people living in London now has Covid - as a ‘major incident’ is declare...

May’s elections could be postponed across the UK for the second year in a row

Hospitality, retail and leisure businesses will be able to claim up to £9k with ...

You could buy a house in Italy for just 90p - here's how

The mayor of Banbury’s annual Christmas toy appeal has been cancelled this year because of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

Mayor of Banbury cancels annual Christmas toy appeal

What the PM said: Boris Johnson confirms three-tier alert system for England (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)

What the PM said: Boris Johnson confirms three-tier alert system for England

Circuit breaker lockdowns could be introduced in response to a rise in infection rates (Photo: Shutterstock)

The UK’s first local ‘circuit breaker’ lockdown could be imminent - here’s what ...

Historian Liz Woolley who will deliver the online lecture about the Kingerlee family of builders

A housebuilding explosion of the past - historic Banbury builder and landlord of...

Birmingham is now an “area of enhanced support” (Photo: Getty Images)

New towns and cities have been added to the UK lockdown watchlist - here it is i...

George Floyd died while in police custody (Getty Images)

Here’s why people are protesting in the US after a black man dies in police cust...

Peter Barwell MBE, former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, who has died

Peter Barwell of Bloxham, a former Lord Mayor of Birmingham, has died

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The South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) has reminded people to use its 111 service this winter.

Ambulance service asks people to assess situation before calling 999

Children from the Little Sparrow Nursery Kids with residents of Glebefields CareHome in Drayton.

Care home residents embrace inner child during visit from local nursery

Mayor Fiaz Ahmed on stage alongside the talented The School For Stars academy dancers.

Large crowds gather in Banbury to enjoy the switch-on of the Christmas lights