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There has been an unavoidable delay in printing our Broadsheet this month but you can see the perfect electronic version here

A new alert has been issued by Action Fraud, warning about quishing, a form of phishing where a fraudulent QR code is scanned, designed to steal personal and financial information. The warning encourages people to stay vigilant and double check QR codes to see if they are malicious, or have been tampered with, before scanning

This year’s Wildlife Day has a wonderful range of activities suitable for all ages.  The event is based at All Saints Church in Great Bourton: there will be two experts talking about birds and for those of you who are keen gardeners, there’s a plant sale.  Free bird boxes and bat boxes will be available

Thank you to all those who attended our Community Crime Prevention meeting at the Village Hall this evening.  We were pleased to welcome three Thames Valley police officers from the Banbury Neighbourhood Watch team, and two Cherwell District Community officers who provided some ideas for us on how to protect ourselves and our property. Every

More than nine out of ten Oxfordshire children with applications to start reception year in primary schools across the county have been offered a place at their first choice for the next school year. In total 94.04 per cent of children in Oxfordshire have received a first preference offer and over 99 per cent have

In light of the recent spate of burglaries in the Bourtons and surrounding villages, we have invited the Thames Valley police to attend a Community Safety Event on May 2nd in the Village Hall from 6pm – 7.30pm.  PC Shaireen Khan, from the Banbury Neighbourhood Team, will be leading the event and provide valuable information

Hello Bourtons, Welcome to our March newsletter! Highlights include: Passwords – 3 easy steps to keeping your information secure Local news from Neighbourhood Watch groups Transitioning to digital landlines – everything you need to know Understanding the Internet of Things and cyber security Read the March edition.    We hope you enjoy this edition of

Concessionary Tickets have been reduced this year to only 50 tickets for the Bourtons’ and will be £75 each. Therefore this year we shall have to hold a ballot to allocate tickets. This then, will be the procedure for this year: Fill in the application form, which will be available in the Bourtons Broadsheet or

Residents who have already fallen victim to investments scams (including bogus rare earth metal and carbon credit investments) are being written to by the same scammers. The bogus letters bear the address and logo of the Chartered Trading Standards Institute (the CTSI – a genuine organisation) and claim that the institute is undertaking a Trading Standards investigation into

Hello, I’m Amie Longhurst from Thames Water and I’m writing to let you know that we’ll soon be starting work in Southam Road between Bourton Road and Hardwick Hill, this is to replace your water pipes so we can give you a more reliable service. Our delivery partner for the work will be Morrison Water