Fundraising race night next Friday
A Charity Race Night is being held at the New Inn, Buckingham on Friday, February 28, to raise money for Myeloma UK and Macmillan Cancer Support, in memory of Adrian Barton, who died suddenly of the...
View ArticleSuccess for Cherwell discount recycling bin scheme
Recycling bins used by householders in Cherwell district could hold enough waste to fill three and a half Olympic-sized swimming pools.Cherwell District Council hopes to reap the benefits of a discount...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Gravity, The Haunting Of Connecticut 2
Space movie GRAVITY (12: Warner) lost out to 12 Years A Slave in the coveted best film category, but still dominated the Bafta awards, winning six prizes.The nerve-shredding tension of Speed meets the...
View ArticleMeeting to be held in Winslow on proposed increase in school bus fares
Prices look set to rise in September for parents who pay for home-to-school transport for their children.Bucks County Council (BCC) has launched a pair of consultations on proposals to reduce the...
View Article‘Future bright’ as unemployment rate falls slightly
The number of people out of work in South Northants and Cherwell fell in January, compared to November last year.In Aylesbury Vale the number increased slightly by five jobseekers to 1,458.According to...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Lego Movie is a genuine blockbuster, and a...
“If this relationship is going to work out between us I need to feel free to party with a bunch of strangers whenever I feel like it... I will text you.” It’s not the sort of thing you would expect...
View ArticleRam raiders target Co-op store in Northamptonshire town
A shop in Watling Street, Towcester, was ram raided in the early hours of Tuesday.A spokesman for Northamptonshire Police said they were called to a burglary at the Co-Op store at 2.30am and they...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Let’s be honest, an honesty box is an opportunity missed
Sorry, but the pained protestations of the bigwigs at WH Smith that their punters just can’t be trusted don’t wash with me.You may have heard that honesty boxes at selected branches of the all-purpose...
View ArticleWoman bitten by dog in Towcester
A woman was bitten by a dog outside a shop in Towcester.The woman had finished shopping at the Co-Op in Watling Street at about 9.30am on Sunday, February 23 when she was bitten. When she left the...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s film preview: The Book Thief is serious, solid, but not really a...
The horrors of the holocaust from a child’s perspective provide the central theme for a sombre release that has to fight for attention this week against a couple of flashy and forgettable thrillers.The...
View ArticleCouncil tax freeze for residents in Cherwell
Cherwell residents will not have to fork out more cash for the district element of council tax in the coming year, Cherwell District Council has promised.At Monday’s full council meeting, councillors...
View ArticleMasons’ charity giving reviewed
The new deputy head of Bucks freemasons is promising an efficiency review of the order’s charitable giving.Mike Stimson, aged 66, takes over from Clifford Drake in the voluntary but virtually full-time...
View ArticleJail sentence for Bicester man who knocked cyclist from bike
A motorist who knocked a cyclist from his bike, causing fatal head injuries, has been sentenced to 36 weeks’ prison.Daniel Fallaw denied causing death by careless driving but was convicted by a jury at...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: The Butler, Ender’s Game
Fact-based drama THE BUTLER (12: Entertainment In Video) has an all-star cast, but the film would probably have worked better as a small-screen mini-series.There’s an underlying TV-movie ambience to...
View ArticleAppeal after axe-wielding robber steals cash from Bicester betting shop
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following a robbery in Bicester on Thursday.Shortly after 8.30pm a man entered a Coral Racing shop in Wesley Lane. He was carrying a small axe and...
View ArticleMan sentenced over sex offences in Bicester
A 45-year-old man has been sentenced to a total of eight years’ imprisonment following a number of sexual offences carried out in Bicester on a child over a 12-year-period.On January 28, Adam Reeves of...
View ArticleBuckingham resident still waiting for A421 contractors to inspect cracked...
A Buckingham woman who blames roadworks on the adjacent A421 bypass for major cracks that have appeared in her garden wall is still waiting for the highways contractor to come to inspect the damage.Two...
View ArticleNorthants Police to add volunteers to aid fight against crime
New police support volunteers will ‘enhance’ the service provided by Northants Police.Insp Andy Hall said the volunteers would become a vital part of how the force works in the future.He said: “The key...
View ArticleCall for community in Brackley to get behind ‘Anything Goes’ carnival
Brackley Community Carnival needs you and your talent! Organisers of this year’s event are hoping to encourage anyone who has a talent to share it on the community stage. The theme this year will be...
View ArticleHome-made artisan bread on sale from the Grumpy Bakers
The Grumpy Bakers of Twyford were pictured on Tuesday night preparing the sourdough bread for sale in Twyford’s community-run Village Stores on Wednesday.The store received Lottery funding for...
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