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Barratt and DWH's teams in Banbury wearing pink for Breast Cancer Now

Thinking Pink: Banbury construction staff raise awareness for breast cancer

Maternity services at Northampton General Hospital have been rated 'requires improvement'.

Maternity services rated ‘requires improvement’ for second time in four years

Boxed items from the Banbury Cross Health Centre with practice nurse Sue Hiam (submitted photo)

Nurse at Banbury Cross Health Centre organises collection for Ukrainian refugees

Banbury business Meanwell Packaging is offering 50 PPE packs to local schools and charities as a way of showing their thanks for their service to the community.

Banbury business offering 50 PPE packs to local schools and charities

Almost 4 in 10 Brits admit to leaving litter on a beach - and say they will cont...

12.6 billion PPE items are stored in the UK as central stock, which costs around £6.7 million per week (Photo: Getty Images)

Taxpayers will be paying costs of pandemic for decades - with Covid bill already...

Restriction rules were relaxed today but in Banbury many shoppers still wore their masks. Picture by Getty

'Freedom Day' came today (Monday) but many in Banbury are sticking to their mask...

Owners Steve Taylor and Jo Carroll Smaller. Photo by David Fawbert Photography

Glamping retreat owners on Warwickshire/Oxfordshire border maintaining safety me...

Boris Johnson’s former aide Dominic Cummings has published a WhatsApp exchange in which the Prime Minister appeared to describe Health Secretary Matt Hancock’s performance as “totally f***ing hopeless” (Photo: Shutterstock)

Johnson called Hancock 'totally f***ing useless' in WhatsApp messages, Cummings ...

The government was not as prepared as it could have been for the Covid pandemic, the National Audit Office found (Photo: Shutterstock)

Government did not have ‘detailed contingency plans’ in place for pandemic

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Porsche Macan EV pictured testing on public roads

South Central Ambulance Service managed to reorganise patient transport for thousands of patients over the peak of the pandemic

Special ambulance transport system helped patients from Banbury area get to dial...

Care home residents in England will be allowed two regular indoor visitors from mid-April, the Government has announced (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care home residents in England allowed two indoor visitors from 12 April

When can car washes reopen in England? What the roadmap out of lockdown means fo...

More than one million face masks issued to NHS workers may fail to meet safety standards, the Government has warned (Photo: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

NHS told to stop using over a million masks issued to workers that ‘may not meet...

Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic procurement contracts - what happens now? (Photo by Molly Darlington - WPA Pool/Getty Images)

Matt Hancock acted unlawfully over pandemic procurement contracts - what happens...

A multitude of healthcare bodies in the UK are asking the Government for better personal protection against Covid-19 (Photo: Shutterstock)

UK health workers want the government to update 'inadequate' Covid PPE guidance

Stephen Randles an airline pilot from Chacombe shares his Covid-19 survival experience with the Banbury Guardian (submitted photo)

Two weeks in hospital - Nine days in intensive care - Banbury area man shares Co...

The most commonly recorded symptom was flashbacks of the patient's time in hospital (Photo: Shutterstock)

Around a third of Covid patients thought to experience PTSD symptoms after being...

Palliative care doctor, journalist and author Dr Rachel Clarke. Picture by Laura Gallant

Banburyshire hospice doctor and national NHS campaign figure publishes extraordi...

10,000 care homes with older residents have now been offered a Covid vaccine (Photo: Getty Images)

A Covid vaccine has been offered to all care home residents in England - what ha...

More than 850 health and social care workers have died of Covid in England and Wales since the pandemic began (Photo: Shutterstock)

More than 850 health and social care workers have died of Covid in England and W...

Highmarket House care home resident, 86-year-old Mavis Ede, was one of the first residents at the home to receive the vaccine (photo from Highmarket House care home)

Covid-19 vaccinations rolled out at Banbury care home

Meeting others outdoors still poses Covid risks - could it be banned?

Army enlisted to help roll out the Covid vaccine in the UK - this is the plan

How to groom your dog at home during lockdown - and are dog groomers open?

£122m worth of Covid PPE bought for the NHS has never been used

1st and 2nd class stamps are going up in price - here's how much you'll have to ...

Experts warn that the nation is in for a big freeze – as gas engineers expect to...

NHS doctors and nurses will get a pay rise next year - how much will staff get?

You can book to get a ‘drive through’ flu jab - full list of locations

Companies recommended by MPs were handed billions worth of Covid contracts - acc...

Fire services are giving this advice to people with fireplaces and chimneys

HelloFresh - the Banbury food packing plant in Chalker Way. Picture by Google

Banbury food packing company Hello Fresh promises litter sweep after resident's ...

Care homes will be prioritised for testing. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Care homes will be given free PPE until March under new coronavirus plans

A study in China found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower risk of catching COVID-19 (Photo: Getty)

Does wearing glasses or goggles protect you from coronavirus?

The care home has since expressed gratitude to the MP for raising the issue (photo: Shutterstock)

The care home which sacked an employee over claims of lack of PPE has admitted i...

Paul Beard has worked for Oxfordshire County Council’s support transport team for eight years.

Oxfordshire County Council's transport support team helping #stopthespread of CO...

Nurses at Katharine House Hospice in donated scrubs

Volunteers help Katharine House Hospice through COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

Nurses with face visors from Rochester School

From hospice to response centre and back: Katharine House Hospice’s COVID-19 exp...

HelloFresh's food packing company in Banbury.

Food packing company in Banbury says its Covid-19 measures are robust, despite w...

The Mill Arts Centre in Banbury has reopened this week (Thursday September 3)

The Mill Arts Centre reopens to public with workshops launching next week

(Photo: JONATHAN KLEIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Ayanda Capital supplied 50 million faulty face masks to the UK - this is what th...

A resident and her grandson at Featherton House

Residents at Deddington care home reunited with their families

If small businesses fail, who will help our local economies and communities?

(Photo: Shutterstock)

When driving lessons and tests can restart and why you'll have to rebook your te...

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