Young people inspired by London 2012, or those wanting to get in shape, are being offered discounted swimming and gym sessions in south Northants this summer.

It is all change at Cherwell District Council with the passing over of the chairman’s chains to a new councillor.

A campaign to encourage people to get involved in the community is aiming to double the number of volunteer readers in Northants schools over the next five years.

A company has been appointed to design and build Bicester’s new community hospital.

A resident who will be on the front line of the Towcester expansion has said the plan to build 2,750 new homes ignores the needs of existing residents.

Children at Greatworth Primary School have received a donation of 200 books for the school library in memory of Mary Rouse.

The investigation into the unexplained death of 20-month-old Sarah Dahane continues.

The chief executive of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) will speak at a business support event at Whittlebury Hall near Towcester next month.

Young members of Harmonie De Thizy gave a morning ‘coffee and cake concert’ at Winslow’s St Laurence Room during last weekend’s twinning visit, before joining forces with Winslow Concert Band in the evening for a spectacular musical programme played to a packed hall at the Winslow Centre.

A Buckingham man has been fined after dropping a carrier bag of litter from his car.

A consultant has said a more sensible and efficient solution could have been found after permission for a £6million 
solar farm, which is up and running producing emission-free energy, was refused.

A father has paid tribute to his 20-month-old daughter who was found dead at a home in Bicester yesterday, Thursday.

Nine out of 10 business owners would set out on their own again despite the difficulties of running their own firms.

A child whose body was found at a home in Bicester on Thursday has been named by police.

Cuddly toys and floral tributes have been left outside a Bicester home where the body of a two-year-old girl was discovered by police yesterday, Thursday.

Thames Valley Police has released CCTV images of two men it would like to speak to in relation to an assault in Bicester on May 6.

Chiltern Railways have welcomed the result of a judicial challenge against the building of a new railway line between Oxford and London, through Bicester.

The former home of Buckingham Town Football Club has been bought by the University Of Buckingham.

Thames Valley Police believe the mother of a two-year-old girl found dead in Bicester today, Thursday, may have left the country.

The Milton Keynes Credit Union has expanded its operation into Buckingham and Winslow.