The trouble-hit Faringdon Community Centre has now completely closed down, as an unpaid £500 bill led to electricity supplies being cut off.

Meanwhile, Faringdon Town Council, as landlords, are taking legal advice on the terms and conditions of the lease under which the Community Association rents the building. Documents are also likely to be examined to establish the status of a sub-tenanted flat from which the Association currently collects the rent. Questions will be asked, too, about how a £500 Council grant to the Association towards roof repairs appears to have been swallowed up by debt repayment. At the same time, the Council will also need to resolve what action to take over the £4,000 rent arrears owed to it by the Association - a bill which continues to mount up for local tax-payers......