BICESTER: Two smokers have been fined £400 after dropping cigarette butts.

Christopher Ahlgram, of Cox’s Lane, Enstone, and Michelle Laurie, of Hawksmead, Bicester, were fined £75 but neither paid the fines. Cherwell District Council took the matter to court. After failing to turn up for a hearing last Friday, they were both fined £200, ordered to pay £100 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.