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Focus on ‘illegal’ sewage spills not using poo to heat homes, campaigners say. (Photo: NationalWorld/Kim Mogg/Adobe Stock/Henley Mermaids)

Focus on ‘illegal’ sewage spills not using poo to heat homes

Water providers could owe £800m in compensation to bill payers for ‘unfairly overcharging customers’

Bill payers could be owed £800m in compensation

Thames Water face £3.3m fine over sewage spill that turned rivers ‘black’ and ‘grey’

Thames Water face £3.3m fine over sewage spills

Government ‘preparing for Thames Water collapse - contingency plans’

Thames Water CEO Sarah Bentley quits after Reading-based company’s poor environmental performance

Water company boss resigns with immediate effect

Pauline Turner, whose experience of Thames Water's AI chat-bot system proved a long and frustrating experience

Banbury area woman suffers AI nightmare over water bill

A map of the site of the proposed care home at Longford Park, Banbury

Care home for 128 set for approval on housing estate in Banbury

Water gushes out of the pavement and driveway of David Murray-Hundley's home in Clifton

Banburyshire home plagued by flood but authorities are shelving responsibility

Last weekend's protest against sewage being discharged into the Banburyshire waterways, held at the Banbury lock

Protesters hold demo over discharge of sewage into Banburyshire waterways

The newly-laid surface of Crow Lane, Great Bourton which is being dug up by Thames Water

Newly surfaced road in village near Banbury is dug up for water works

Banbury MP Victoria Prentis on her visit to the Banbury Sewage Treatment Works.

MP visits sewage works to hold Thames Water accountable for waste discharge

Customers can claim a refund if it shows they overpaid their water bill.

How to know if you overpaid your water bill & how to request a refund?

A temporary hose pipe ban has been confirmed across the Banbury area.

Temporary hosepipe ban confirmed across the Banbury area

“Given the long-term forecast of dry weather and another forecast of very hot temperatures coming this week, we are planning to announce a temporary use ban in the coming weeks," said Thames Water.

Hosepipe ban set to be introduced in Banbury

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Banbury school expected to reopen next week after temporary closure due to a burst water pipe

Update: Banbury school expected to reopen next week after temporary closure

A Banbury school has only partially reopened after a water pipe burst on its grounds for the second time.

Update:Banbury school hit with burst water pipe for second time - forcing partia...

Pupils and staff sent home for remote learning at Wykham Park Academy after a burst water pipe at the school

Update: Banbury school closes due to burst water pipe

Road closure in Banbury neighbourhood to continue for repairs to a burst water pipe to be completed

Road closure in Banbury neighbourhood to continue for works on burst water pipe

Two burst water pipes in Banbury lead to road closure and temporary traffic lights on Broughton Road in town

Banbury pub among properties impacted by two burst water pipes

Thames Water has confirmed a road closure in a Banbury neighbourhood has started from today, Monday November 1, for sewage works to begin on the road.

Sewer works lead to road closure in Banbury neighbourhood

Motorists should expect delays in the Banbury Road area of Brackley this afternoon after it closed due to a burst water pipe.

Motorists should expect traffic delays in Brackley town centre due to road closu...

Raw sewage spews onto Bankside from a drain blocked by a fatberg

Fatbergs cause raw sewage to erupt through manholes in two areas of a Banbury es...

King's Sutton Parish Council hosted a public exhibition for developers Rectory Homes to talk about their proposed housing development coming to the outskirts of the village (Image from King's Sutton PC website)

Drop-in exhibition for new housing development near Banbury area village draws 1...

Motorists should expect traffic delays in the Banbury town centre after a partial road closure due to ongoing repairs from a burst water main.

Earliest date revealed for reopening of partially closed Banbury town centre roa...

Motorists should expect delays after the northbound lane of North Bar Street remains closed after a burst water main occurred over the weekend.

Motorists should expect traffic delays in Banbury town centre after partial road...

Andy Beadsley, director of The Wheelyboat Trust, using the new C16 Wheelyboat (Photo from Thames Water)

Disabled anglers across Oxfordshire can fish independently with new wheelchair-a...

The traffic lights that have been in place on Broughton Road for months while Thames Water extracts water to prevent flooding

Motorists anger boils as Broughton waterworks hold-ups hit a new high

This is why you shouldn't be flushing kitchen roll (Photo: Shutterstock)

This is why you shouldn’t flush kitchen roll or wet wipes down the toilet

Water use

What a whopping figure – homes use nine billion litres of water a day

Latest Banbury Guardian News

The good news is that more five stars have been handed out.

New food hygiene scores released - Banbury takeaway gets zero rating

Experts talk about the development of the McLaren supercar at the British Motor Museum in Gaydon

Engineers share exclusive insights into the development of the McLaren supercar

Louise Regan is set to star in TV series

Talented stonemasonry student from Banbury set to grace our TV screens this mont...