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Hot Topics on the Annual Parish Meeting Agenda
Adderbury’s Annual Parish Meeting will take place next Tuesday with traffic calming, the new community and sports facilities on the Milton Road and health and well being taking centre stage.The yearly meeting is open to anyone and those on the Adderbury electoral role are able to pose questions. The meeting is being facilitated by Adderbury Parish Council and will be overseen by Parish Council Chairman Diane Bratt, although it is not officially a Parish Council meeting.Three speakers are lined...
10/04/2019
Gracewell Of Adderbury Named One Of South East England’s Top Care Homes
Staff and residents at Gracewell of Adderbury care home on the Oxford Road are celebrating after being named one of the top twenty care homes in the South-East – for the second year running. The Top 20 Care Home Awards 2019 highlight the most recommended care homes in each region of the UK as revealed on the care home review website carehome.co.uk.The award results are based on reviews from residents and their loved ones. Gracewell scored a perfect 10 for all of the reviews posted on the site,...
03/04/2019
Volunteers sought to ensure Day of Dance goes ahead safely
An appeal for volunteers to oversee the road closure for this year’s Day of Dance has been issued. The annual celebration is planned for Saturday 27 April 2019 but can only proceed with the main road through the village closed to ensure public safety. Volunteers are needed to marshal the road closure, with each person asked to give just an hour of their time.A road closure was introduced back in 2010 after the Day of Dance began to become hijacked by teenagers who travelled to the village to i...
02/04/2019
Crack down on anti-social behaviour starts
Thames Valley police were in Adderbury over the weekend in an attempt to stem the recent spate of anti-social behaviour in the village. Members of the Banbury Neighbourhood team patrolled the area on bike and by foot.Over recent weeks problems in the village have included fires being started in the Lucy Plackett field, broken windows at the church and damage to the Parish Council noticeboard outside Church House. The new Barwood Homes building site on the Oxford Road has fallen victim to damage ...
02/04/2019
Arson: Deliberately lit fire on pitch puts Adderbury Park’s football matches in jeopardy
Scheduled football matches for Adderbury Park Football Club have been put in question after a significant area of the pitch at the Lucy Plackett Playing Field was damaged by fire. Overnight last Saturday (23 March 2019) a fire was started in the centre of the field which has resulted in the grass being destroyed and fire debris left around. This latest fire follows another having been started in a litter bin in the Lucy Plackett field in January, and increased reports of anti-social behaviour in...
30/03/2019
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