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A photo from last year's Remembrance Day parade.

Remembrance Day to include parade, church service and wreath-laying ceremony

Members of the armed forces raising the flag at Banbury Town Hall last year.

Banbury prepares to come together and celebrate Armed Forces Day

The new plastic-free poppy (Photo: Royal British Legion)

Royal British Legion announce new plastic-free Remembrance Day poppies

A procession of current service personnel, cadets, veterans, scouts, local organisations, and civic dignitaries marched through the town to St Mary’s Church.

Photos from Remembrance Day parades and services

War veterans David John Dade (Left) and Ken Sprowles at the launch of the Royal British Legion's Poppy Appeal in central London (photo: Getty Images)

Annual Poppy Appeal is launched across the UK

Wreaths lay at the foot of the Cenotaph after the Remembrance Day (getty images)

What you need to know about Remembrance Day

UK November train strikes: When are the next RMT strikes and how will industrial action impact Sunderland and the Metro? (Photo by Hollie Adams/Getty Images)

Network Rail November rail strikes - new dates

Joseph Doherty sadly lost his life at the age of 37 whilst serving in the First World War.

Lost soldier's name finally added to Brackley War Memorial - 106 years after he ...

Amazon Banbury team hosts garden memorial service for Remembrance Day (Submitted photo)

Amazon Banbury team hosts garden memorial service for Remembrance Day

Remembrance 2021 started in Banbury this week with a short but moving armistice film projected on to the side of the town hall. (Image from Banburyshire Info)

Moving tribute film projected onto town hall helps mark Banbury’s war dead

More people in Shipston will be able to pay their respects to the fallen on Remembrance Sunday thanks to a big screen which will show the service live. (Pictured: Mike Wells, Helen Morgan (Shipston town clerk), Revd Sarah Edmonds (Rector at St Edmund’s), Cllr Ian Cooper and Glyn Slade.

Shipston installing big screen to stream Remembrance Sunday activities

Photo shows a scene from the wreath-laying ceremony in Banbury from 2019. (Submitted photo from Banbury Town Council)

Banbury Remembrance Day to include street parade, church service and wreath-layi...

The armed forces flag was raised above Banbury Town Hall on Monday to mark the start of Armed Forces Week. Leader of Banbury Town Council and president of the Banbury branch of the Royal British Legion Kieron Mallon was joined by chairman of the Banbury RBL Chris Smithson and others. Pictured: Colin Garnham-Edge, Cllr Kieron Mallon, bugler Chris Page, bugler Don Claridge. Chris Smithson, bugler Mike Neal, Tony Ingram of Oxford Sea Cadets, and standard bearer Anthony Smith RAFA.

Banbury’s Armed Forces Day celebrations will go-ahead on reduced scale

Armed Forces Day is set for return to Banbury later this month on Saturday June 26 (Photo of Armed Forces Day 2019 as submitted from Banbury Town Council)

Banbury's Armed Forces Day events - including thrilling fly-past by two Second W...

A drummer from the The Sealed Knot charity helped local members celebrate the 100th anniversary of Royal British Legion at the war memorial in Middleton Cheney (photo by Richard Solesbury Timms)

Sealed Knot charity helps Banbury area village celebrate Royal British Legion's ...

Members of the Banbury Branch of the Royal British Legion met at the War Memorial in Peoples Park, Banbury to commemorate 100 years of the Royal British Legion.

100 years of the Royal British Legion remembered at Banbury war memorial

Norman West in his service days - and collecting his award.

War veteran from a village near Banbury praised for raising thousands of pounds ...

Poppy merchandise bought on Amazon or eBay may not be helping charity - how to c...

Here’s how to download and print a poppy poster for your window this Remembrance...

How to join in on a doorstep two-minute silence on Remembrance Sunday - and othe...

Why red poppies are worn for Remembrance season - and what the alternative colou...

This is why some people wear white poppies to mark Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day: the history of the Poppy Appeal and the Royal British Legion

Here’s how to support Royal British Legion’s poppy appeal this year

Coronavirus restrictions will impact Remembrance Day services - what you need to...

John Campion, also known as Capper to his friends and family, looking at his birthday card from the Queen

Cake and family help - John 'Capper' Campion - celebrate 100th birthday at Kinet...

Edna Sewell, 95, and Margery Hawes, 97, were honoured on VE Day

Two Banburyshire care home residents honoured for their WWII service on VE Day

Jack Harding, a chef in the Royal Navy, will be sleeping rough in Brackley town centre to raise money and awareness of homeless veterans. NNL-180419-153215001

Royal Navy chef from Brackley to sleep rough for homeless veterans

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Clockwise from top left: Phil at base camp; Everest at sunrise; Phil near the top of Nangkar Tshang; Sun setting over Everest and Nuptse.

Banbury Guardian editor reaches Everest Base Camp – in his shorts, of course!

Northamptonshire Police are appealing for information about the theft of a spare wheel from a vehicle in Brackley.

Spare wheel stolen from vehicle outside Brackley Leisure Centre

Great Britain kayaker James Russell leading last Sunday's K1 race.

190 paddlers take to Banbury's canal for annual memorial race of local kayaker