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Banbury's St Mary's Church has been preparing for a busy schedule of arts events set to take place over the next few weeks.

Banbury's St Mary's church host busy month of arts events

Participants at last year's Oxfordshire Homeless Movement CEO Sleepout.

Oxfordshire homeless charity invites business owners to sleep under the stars

In order to take part, you’ll need to have a smart meter installed and your energy supplier must be signed up.

Millions will be paid to cut energy to avoid blackouts in winter 2023

Top 10 coastal destinations revealed - is your area on the list?

Banbury Steam and Country Fair attracts crowds from far away with its superb collection of working exhibits

Banburyshire Treasure Hunt hundreds of pounds leads up to Steam and Country Fair

X Factor star Rebecca Ferguson has called for an independent inquiry into reality shows

Rebecca Ferguson calls for independent inquiry into reality shows

Big Brother is returning for its twentieth series to its new home of ITV.

Big Brother producers looking for participants to apply for new series

Eurovision fans suffered a voting mishap through the official app

Eurovision app frustrates users in voting mishap

Banbury mother of two Christina Page will take part in her ninth charity swim next month.

Banbury mum to take the plunge for ninth consecutive charity swim for next month

Finland to teach Brits how to be happy on all-expenses paid trip to luxury Finnish resort

Finland to teach Brits how to be happy on free luxury trip - apply now

Westminster Abbey’s mediaeval Cosmati Pavement can be walked on by the public for the first time in living memory - Credit: Getty Images

Westminster Abbey’s Cosmati Pavement opened to public for coronation

There will be free sanitary products, breast-feeding areas and more support for women on the day

London Marathon to hand out free sanitary products in this year’s race

Sophie and Pete, from Blackpool, have revealed all - Credit: Channel 4 / Gogglebox

Gogglebox stars Pete and Sophie reveal ages and real life jobs

A UK vape company, Blo Bar, has launched a new scheme to encourage users to recycle their empty vapes rather than throwing them away.

Free vape pen for users who recycle under new scheme

The television series "Worst House On The Street" is looking for Banbury residents to take part in its new series.

Channel 4 home renovation show is looking for people from Banbury to take part

Experts warn that these common foods can increase cancer risk

Mike Tindall charges £20k to go shooting in the Cotswolds with him

National Grid will be rewarding some UK households for reducing energy usage tonight

Households to be rewarded for reducing energy usage tonight

People of all ages were delighted to see the return of the Loony Dook and this plucky pensioner was determined to get a good view from the beach!

Can early retirement lead to a decline in cognitive ability?

The double McPlant burger is set to launch in McDonald’s stores on January 4 2023.

Double McPlant burger to land at McDonald’s stores - here’s when

Alcoholics will be offered ketamine to help them stay off the booze for longer in a new medical trial led by the University of Exeter.

Alcoholics to be offered ketamine in new NHS medical trial

Silentnight warns that Black Friday shoppers could lose out on sleep.

Third of people in Britain could lose sleep over Black Friday deals

The ballot results for the London Marathon 2023 have been announced

London Marathon 2023: Ballot results announced and other ways to enter

Home Instead North Oxfordshire client Elaine with her ‘GroWet’ plant.

Care home company near Banbury gets involved with wetland plant conservation pro...

Members of the public finish during the 2021 Virgin Money London Marathon

London Marathon 2023: How to enter ballot to race next year

Residents of the Julie Richardson enjoy an afternoon of sports organised by Banbury's Malayali community.

Community sports day raises dementia awareness

A person with suspected stroke may have sudden trouble seeing in one or both eyes (Photo: Adobe)

Irregular evening meal times could increase stroke risk, study warns

Robert Downey Jr who played the most popular screen detective of them all, Sherlock Holmes (photo: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images)

It's elementary for the top named screen detective

The World's First Edible Christmas Cracker

Woman sleeping

Going to sleep between 10pm and 11pm linked to lower heart disease risk, study f...

Bring some joy to needy children abroad this Christmas by filling a shoebox with gifts to be distributed by Operation Christmas Child

Operation Christmas Child gets into gear in communities across the Banbury area ...

The blood test can pinpoint exactly where in the body the disease is coming from (Photo: Getty Images)

New NHS blood test detects more than 50 types of cancer before symptoms show

Anyone over the age of 18 in the UK can opt in to the antibody testing programme (Photo: Getty Images)

How to get a Covid antibody test as new UK programme launches this week

The grand opening of the Boddington cycle tracks is set for next weekend on Saturday August 14. (Submitted photo)

Grand opening of Banbury area cycle tracks set for next weekend

Participants in a previous Reach Up programme in 2020 (photo submitted by the Reach Up programme)

Employability programme for young people in Banbury area set for launch next wee...

The charity Fantasy Football League will help three worthy Banbury charities

An innovative Fantasy Football League has been set up to boost funds for three w...

Banbury’s Cherwell Theatre Company are delighted to announce their annual ‘Play in a Week’ and 'Play in a Day' drama workshops will return this August. (Image from Banbury’s Cherwell Theatre Company)

Banbury’s Cherwell Theatre Company announces return of annual ‘Play in a Week’ a...

Why young people are being offered £5k to be reinfected with Covid

Why young people are being offered £5k to be reinfected with Covid

The Cherwell Theatre Company is offering some free online workshops for young people, which are linked to their Tell Your Story Festival project.

Banbury theatre company offering free workshops this weekend

Pfizer said the jab 'demonstrated 100 per cent efficacy and robust antibody responses' (Photo: Nick Potts/PA Wire)

Trials show Pfizer's Covid vaccine is ‘100 per cent effective’ among children ag...

Around half of people diagnosed with MS have a progressive form which causes an accumulation of nerve damage (Photo: Shutterstock)

MS treatment trial could find existing drugs can prevent or even reverse symptom...

You could be paid £4,500 to contract Covid as part of a new research project (Photo: Shutterstock)

You could be paid £4,500 to contract Covid as part of a new research project

‘Game changer’ weight loss drug trial ends successfully - but is it a long term solution? (Photo: Shutterstock)

‘Game changer’ weight loss drug trial ends successfully - but is it a long term ...

New Christmas guidance has been announced - including rules on carol singing and...

New blood test which can detect 50 types of cancer to be trialled by NHS

Vegans are more likely to break bones than meat eaters - according to a new stud...

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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