The Oxford Times | Banbury

Town to get use of sports pitches

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:00:00 +0000

TWO sport pitches will be brought into greater use when they come under the management of Banbury Town Council, bosses say.

SCALES OF JUSTICE: Some of the recent offences at Banbury magistrates' courts

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:00:00 +0000

Danny Rayson, 21, of Skimmingdish Lane, Bicester, admitted using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour with intent to cause a fear of violence in Bicester on October 20. Given a 12-week curfew and told to pay £85 costs.

Delays for train passengers

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

TRAIN passengers in Oxfordshire were faced with lengthy delays over the weekend as two trains broke down north of Oxford.

Man sentenced for park attack

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

BANBURY: An 18-year-old man has been given a community order for attacking a boy in a park.

Worker killed in forklift accident

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:30:00 +0000

A worker died after an accident with a forklift truck at a Banbury builders’ merchant.

Loophole open for developers

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

developers could get the upper hand in battles to build new estates, a council boss fears, after it was revealed a key housing target is being missed.

Grill catches fire

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:30:00 +0000

BANBURY: A woman’s grill accidentally caught fire in the early hours of Thursday after making a snack ‘while tired’.

Solar farm scheme shot down

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:10:00 +0000

A SOLAR farm scheme which could have forced a planned Spitfire squadron out of Oxfordshire has been rejected.

Plans ‘an eyesore’

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:00:00 +0000

PLANS for six major industrial units by the M40 have been criticised by Banbury Civic Society.

Trial postponed

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:00:00 +0000

BANBURY: The trial of a man accused of stealing charity cash boxes has been put back to February 23.

SNOW: Travel update

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:57:55 +0000

STAGECOACH buses on route S4 between Oxford and Banbury are now able to run via Duns Tew and on the normal route through Middle Barton.

Man arrested after drugs seized

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:00:00 +0000

POLICE seized more than 25 cannabis plants and a quantity of Class A drugs after raiding a cannabis factory off Oxford Road, Bodicote, on Tuesday, after officers spotted a man behaving suspiciously outside. A 28-year-old man from Banbury was arrested on suspicion of cultivating cannabis and possession with intent to supply and bailed until March 8.

SNOW: Travel round-up

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:31:51 +0000

OXFORDSHIRE bus operators are running near-normal services this morning following the overnight snow but say journeys may take a little longer than usual.

Police swoop in cannabis raid

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:46:21 +0000

Police have seized more than 25 cannabis plants and a quantity of Class A drugs after raiding a cannabis factory in Banbury.

Another post office faces uncertain future

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:00:00 +0000

UNCERTAINTY hangs over the future of Cropredy’s post office after the village branch shut.

Threat to town's 'retail heart'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:10:00 +0000

Plans for an out-of-town retail park will “threaten the retail heart of Banbury” the manager of Castle Quay fears.

'Talking therapy changed my life'

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:10:00 +0000

LAURA thought she had tried every type of therapy available to treat her anxiety and depression.

Turbine plan rejected

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 08:30:00 +0000

N OXON: An appeal has been lodged after controversial plans that could lead to eight wind turbines being put up were rejected by planners.

Campaigners issue Transport Secretary ultimatum over HS2

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:23:01 +0000

CAMPAIGNERS against the highspeed rail link have issued the Transport Secretary an ultimatum to scrap her approval of the £16.4b scheme.

Scales of Justice

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:00:00 +0000

People convicted of offences at Magistrates' Courts around the county recently OXFORD SARAH Gallagher, 30, of Kingsclere Road, Bicester, admitted being drunk and disorderly in Kingsclere Road, Bicester, on December 30 and commission of a further offence while subject to a conditional discharge. Original offence of criminal damage resentenced. Fined £100, a £15 victims’ surcharge and £40 costs.