Business Eye: 86,400 seconds a day. Don’t take it for granted
In the upper echelons of physics there is a debate about whether time exists. Some say that if there were no time then everything would happen simultaneously and we could get from Aylesbury to...
View ArticleMan seriously injured after car crashes into tree
A driver was rushed to hospital with serious injuries after his car smashed into a tree opposite a well-known auction house.The accident happened on Saturday at around 11am in Calvert Road, near Middle...
View ArticleMatt Adcock at the cinema – The Hobbit: Battle Of The Five Armies
The end of the beginning is here, writes Matt Adcock.Prepare for fiery death, sumptuous fantasy lore and high drama as Peter ‘Lord Of The Rings’ Jackson brings his last Tolkien-’em-up, The Hobbit:...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Million Dollar Arm, Are You Here, God’s Pocket
After watching about 6,000 films on video and DVD since this column began in April 1983, I thought I had seen it all.But then along comes a movie that combines baseball, cricket,singer Susan Boyle and...
View ArticleSTOP THE SCAMMERS: Watch out for your neighbours
Bucks Trading Standards are appealing to residents who already watch out for their vulnerable neighbours to keep an eye on the levels of mail delivered. Some of the typical signs of victimisation are:...
View ArticlePeople urged to recycle this Christmas
Householders are being urged to make Christmas a happy time for the planet and charity – by disposing of their Yuletide waste as carefully as possible.Unwanted items that have been replaced by presents...
View ArticleFarming Matters: Eat British food at school
Parents want to see British food on school menus, and more lessons on the curriculum about food and farming.This is according to a YouGov poll commissioned by the National Farmers Union.Parents...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Where do we go next?
Is it just me or do you also have flashbacks about some of the stuff we were taught at school which has proven almost clairvoyant in nature?Take George Orwell, whose line “All the animals are equal,...
View ArticleEducation Eye: Preparing properly for a university interview
Following on from last week’s advice about university offers, here are some tips on interviews.Which universities and courses are more likely to interview is not an exact science.However, you’re most...
View ArticleMatt Adcock at the cinema: Exodus: Gods And Kings review
First things first. Biblical epics these days just don’t come any bigger or more epic than Ridley Scott’s full-blooded Exodus: Gods And Kings.He brings the well-worn Old Testament Sunday School...
View ArticleEducation Eye: Compassion, humility and tolerance. It’s Christmas
It must be nearly Christmas as I found myself watching Love Actually on the TV this week.There’s nothing like a bit of rom com to set the mood for the forthcoming festivities. When it reached the part...
View ArticleMan stabbed in alleyway
A festive night out left a man needing hospital treatment for stab wounds on Friday evening.The attack happened at about 11.45pm, in an alleyway near The Angel Inn, on Sheep Street, on the night which...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: How I fared on 2014 predictions
It’s time to come clean on my predictions for the year made in my Jan 8, 2014 column.Top of the list was that Alex “Braveheart” Salmond would not convince the Scottish half of my family ton vote for...
View ArticleEducation Eye: Crucial that subjects play to your strengths
Are you in year 11 and starting to consider future sixth form subject choices?This is an important part of preparing for year 12 in September 2015, especially if embarking on a change of school at this...
View ArticleMatt Adcock at the cinema: Birdman review
Back in the ’90s, the superhero of the hour was Birdman. Birdman was a massive box office smash, the franchise ran for three films and made Riggan Thompson (Michael Keaton) a major star. But now his...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Before I Go To Sleep, Lucy, Night Moves, Rob The Mob
Colin Firth and Nicole Kidman are at their very best in psychological thriller BEFORE I GO TO SLEEP (15: Studio Canal).Kidman plays the mentally unstable Christine Lucas, a vulnerable amnesiac who...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Wannabe leaders will fail NHS
Compelling leadership in all its forms ultimately depends on an ability to paint vivid pictures in the minds of others in the areas that really matter in the moment, pictures that move us to action by...
View ArticleMatt Adcock at the cinema: Into The Woods review
Once upon a time there was a poor Baker (James Corden) and his Wife (Emily Blunt) who wished for a child but find out that they have been cursed by a wicked Witch (Meryl Streep) and will never have...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: What We Did On Our Holiday, The Equalizer, A Walk Among The...
The kids are the real stars of comedy drama WHAT WE DID ON OUR HOLIDAY (12: Lionsgate), which won’t come as a surprise if you’re a fan of the TV sitcom Outnumbered.Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin,...
View ArticleMPs ‘sceptical’ over HS2
MPs are ‘sceptical’ about whether the HS2 rail line which would cut through the Vale will deliver value for money for taxpayers.The Commons Public Accounts Committee said the £50bn price tag ‘includes...
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