Local musician hosts concert to celebrate centre’s revamp
BUCKINGHAM’S own celebrity guitarist is starring in a fundraising concert to celebrate the re-opening of the Radcliffe Centre next month.Tickets are already on sale for An Evening With Bernie Marsden...
View ArticleOffenders using true grit to cut number of county hip fractures
CONVICTED criminals will be helping to save elderly people from painful and costly falls on icy footpaths thanks to a pilot gritting scheme.The scheme will see the footpaths in areas with a high...
View ArticlePolice appeal to public to turn in racist vandals
POLICE are looking for members of the public to help catch racist vandals who daubed graffiti on a bridge in Buckingham.Two lots of graffiti have now been found on the Railway Walk.Buckingham PC...
View ArticleHave a flutter with chairman
CHAIRMAN’S FUND RAISER: Sally Townsend, chairman of South Northants Council will host a charity race night at Milton Malsor village hall from 7.30pm on Saturday, February 4.Tickets include a fish and...
View ArticleBoost to rural phone signals
MOBILE SIGNAL: South Northants MP Andrea Leadsom has helped lead a successful campaign to get rural mobile phone users connected. After a Commons debate last May the Government committed an extra £150...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the new movie releases
SO, screen legend Al Pacino, what attracted you to the character of randy old goat chasing after Adam Sandler in a dress?There are some questions you just don’t want to hear answered, and that’s among...
View ArticleTriple celebration for Bracken Leas School
CHILDREN and staff at Bracken Leas School had lots of reasons to celebrate as they opened a £13,500 outdoor classroom,The ribbon cutting ceremony last week was also a chance for the school to celebrate...
View ArticleMan charged with Bicester GBH
A MAN has been charged with causing grievous bodily harm after a knife attack in Bicester on Tuesday.Kelly Stanley, aged 38, from Piddington Road in Ludgershall, was charged last night and was due to...
View ArticleFreeze on council tax given the OK
VALE residents will not be seeing a district council tax rise this year, after members voted to impose a freeze.The decision was taken at Aylesbury Vale District Council’s budget-setting meeting on...
View ArticlePrestigious platform for village school to showcase its success
EIGHT children from Steeple Claydon School travelled to London earlier this month to give a presentation at a big international conference.Headteacher Becky Ellers attended the BETT conference, which...
View ArticleMiss Scarlet is dyeing to get more sponsors
THE assistant manager of Buckingham’s British Heart Foundation shop, Megan Beal, has dyed her brunette hair flaming scarlet to mark the launch of National Heart Month in February.Megan, aged 20, is...
View ArticleCrash which killed DLC worker was unavoidable
AN INQUEST has been held into the death of a Banbury teenager who died following a car crash on the A422 near Farthinghoe.Theodora Phillington, who worked at DLC in Brackley, died aged 19, on August...
View ArticleNew location sought for farmers’ market
THE coordinator of Brackley’s farmers’ market is appealing for landowners to come forward as he investigates a change of location. On the third Saturday of month for the last 11 years Chris Blunden, a...
View ArticleUS teenager dies following gun incident
AN American family living near RAF Croughton was hit by tragedy last weekend when a 13-year-old boy died following a gunshot injury to the head.AN American family living near RAF Croughton was hit by...
View ArticleUse library or lose community’s heart
MORE THAN 100 people in the Towcester area have signed a petition calling for the Government to recognise the importance of libraries. The petition was sent to culture minister Ed Vaizey this week by...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Chronicle, Jack And Jill, Man On A Ledge and more
ChronicleFrom nowhere, in a form that is often rightly derided – the found footage film – comes this teen sci-fi that is far more interesting and entertaining than anyone could have hoped for.Chronicle...
View ArticleSerious head injuries in rush hour crash
A male driver has been taken to hospital with serious head injuries following a crash on the A43 near Brackley. Emergency services were called to the section of the A43 between the BP services and the...
View Article‘Small victories’ as AVDC agrees to talk
DISTRICT Councillor for Buckingham Robin Stuchbury has welcomed the council tax freeze agreed by Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) on Wednesday night.After previously proposing to raise council...
View ArticlePolice keep open mind after break-ins
BICESTER: Police say they are keeping an open mind over whether two similar burglaries carried out in Bicester last week could be linked.A house in Burns Crescent was broken into on Wednesday by...
View ArticleWaste boss who worked without permit is fined
A MAN who ran a skip hire company in Turweston without a permit was fined £10,000 last Friday.Richard John Vernon, from Mixbury, ran his business at Turweston Aerodrome, where he stored and sorted...
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