Banbury, England News

Police are appealing for help in tracing a missing man from Banbury. Harold Dalton, 80, from the Bretch Hill area, was last seen at his home at about 1.20pm today.

John Frazer, 35, of Main Road, Little Chesterton, Bicester admitted drink-driving in South Wold Lane, Bicester, on May 24.

A CAR crash has left three people in hospital, two with serious injuries. At about 6.30pm yesterday a green Skoda Felicia and silver Vauxhall Astra collided in Little Rollright.

ONE of the most inovative and defining groups in British music history will be returning to Hook Norton's 13th Music At The Crossroads festival.

POLICE have stepped up patrols around Banbury primary schools after reports of an attempted abduction.

FOUR eateries in Banburyshire have been told their hygiene standards are poor and do not meet requirements.

CHERWELL residents will have no excuses for not recycling when they are out and about after a council put a further 20 bins on the streets.

It's a time of opportunities. For opera lovers who've survived the credit crunch, it's time to don the evening dress and posh frocks, bring out the picnic sets, and head off to Garsington, Grange Park, Glyndebourne or Longborough.

A FUNDRAISING hospital shop which started life selling sweets from a makeshift table, will this year celebrate its 60th anniversary.

TRADING could be banned on main roads into Banbury in a bid to clamp down on the growing number of unofficial a car lotsa across the town.

A Banbury teenager is urging people to vote for her to win a place in the Miss England contest.

ROADS across Banburyshire are moving slowly this morning after a major crash on the motorway.

A man was killed in a crash today which is expected to shut the M40 in Oxfordshire for the morning.

Fed up residents claim their street is starting to resemble a used car lot. People living in Woodgreen Avenue say there can be up to 12 cars for sale at any one time and the road has become an eyesore.

Highway bosses have said they are unsure when the M40 will reopen following the death of a man in a crash.

PART of the M40 is closed in both directions this morning causing gridlock in Banbury.

THE biggest drugs crackdown in Banbury for five years took place on Monday with a series of morning raids across the town.

FIREFIGHTERS and police officers were called to a car on fire in Banbury last night .

Police are appealing for information after a man was attacked with a baseball bat in Banbury.

Tuesday May 12, 2009 Breaking News Wrap studies Chinaa s attitude to UK recovered materials By Anthony Clark PLASTICS & RUBBER WEEKLY STAFF BANBURY, ENGLAND -- A survey by Wrap reveals a more optimistic outlook for exports of the UKa s recovered paper and plastics to China.