Changes to voter registration
More than 60,000 letters were sent to residents this week informing them of the biggest shake-up of how they register to vote.As part of a nationwide initiative to help reduce electoral fraud and...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes
Sci-fi classics really aren’t what they used to be. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes is the latest to get the Hollywood re-envisioning as a follow-up to the excellent Rise Of The Planet Of The...
View ArticleFirms fund study to save £25m tax
Firms across Bucks have pulled together to pay for a report which could help save taxpayers £25million and mean more money is spent on business-friendly initiatives.Only £900 more needs to be raised...
View ArticlePolice praised for ‘outstanding’ handling of massive budget cuts
Thames Valley Police is doing an ‘outstanding’ job planning for huge cuts in its budget, according to a policing watchdog.Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary said the force is on track to...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Labor Day, Muppets Most Wanted, Rio 2, The Double
The idea of Stockholm syndrome, where hostages bond with their kidnappers, is examined to great dramatic effect in LABOR DAY (12: Paramount).A 13-year-old boy is forced to grow up fast as he helps his...
View ArticleDriver’s hand slammed in car door during road rage attack
A motorist needed hospital treatment after being attacked in an apparent case of road rage.Police are appealing for witnesses to the attack at the temporary traffic lights at the Calvert new roundabout...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Worshipping at altar of $1m-an-hour business guru
I spent last week worshipping at the altar of Anthony Robbins who delivered his Business Mastery event to an adoring high energy crowd of 600 entrepreneurs, each paying £5,000 for the privilege of five...
View ArticleAppeal for help to find missing teenager
Police have launched an appeal to find a 16-year-old girl who has been missing over the weekend.Jessica Peters was last seen at her home in Drayton Road, Newton Longville, on Friday afternoon and has...
View ArticleMuggers strike in broad daylight
Two muggers were left empty-handed after trying to steal from another man in broad daylight.The incident happened at around 4.55pm on Sunday, July 20, in the High Street, Winslow.A 22 year old and an...
View ArticleUTC signs agreement with colleges in China
An expanding technical college is going global after joining forces with two colleges in China.Silverstone University Technical College (UTC) welcomed a delegation from the city of Shenyang last week,...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Divergent, The Legend Of Hercules, Half Of A Yellow Sun,...
Sci-fi adventure DIVERGENT (12: Entertainment One) is a Hunger Games clone with enough menace and suspense to make it reasonably diverting.Teens inhabiting post-apocalyptic Chicago are tested to...
View ArticleOne Love Festival applies for licence
A reggae music festival, based around the message of Bob Marley, will be going before a licensing committee next week.The One Love Festival, which is being held at Springfield Farm, in Mursley, from...
View ArticleRoad and footway works continue across the Vale
Bucks County Council has announced details of its latest raft of road and footway works across the Vale.The following two roads will be closed for daytime surface preparation works, in advance of road...
View ArticleFarming Matters: Rising to war challenge
On Monday people throughout the country will take part in the national commemoration of the outbreak of the First World War by turning out their lights from 10-11pm to reflect on the sacrifices made by...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: A billion reasons to tap into the mega-rich
A wise female Prime Minister once reminded me that the rest of the world is really all of the world, and that every place on the planet is small by comparison to the opportunities that exist beyond its...
View ArticleShowjumping and dog show among attractions at major festival
Horses, dogs and music will entertain hundreds of show-goers while money is raised for two spinal injury charities. More than £590,000 has been donated over the years and for this year’s Bicester and...
View ArticleMatt Adcock ‘blown away by sci-fi action film of the year’
Prepare to be blown away by the Guardians Of The Galaxy, writes Matt Adcock.Marvel Comics’ new fantasy sci-fi feelgood summer smash hits the screen from relative obscurity to go toe-to-toe with The...
View ArticleWoman injured in assault
A 43-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of assault occasioning actual bodily harm.Thames Valley Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted in Ambrosden last month.The woman...
View ArticleCounty Hall boss named on council pay richlist
Bucks County Council chief executive Chris Williams has been named as the seventh highest earning council boss in the country.The figures released by the Taxpayers Alliance this morning (Tuesday) show...
View ArticleJudge backs government over HS2 environment survey
Campaigners against HS2 suffered another blow today after a judge dismissed claims the government had acted illegally by not carrying out a full survey of the train line’s environmental impact.HS2...
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