Children flock to Dons football session
MORE than 30 youngsters flocked to Winslow’s new Jubilee Games Area on Wednesday afternoon for a football skills session with former MK Dons professional Bobby Winkelman.The son of Dons chairman Pete...
View ArticleShock for farmer as lambs found dead
POLICE are appealing for witnesses, after four lambs were shot in a farmer’s field last Thursday night.Farmer David Verey found three of the lambs dead and one injured early on Good Friday, April 6.The...
View ArticleHelp needed at ‘no kill’ pet sanctuary
AN ANIMAL sanctuary near Whittlebury is desperately appealing for volunteers and foster carers as it copes with three times as many dogs than normal.This month Jane Shepherd of the Algernon Trust...
View ArticlePolice front counter to retain five-day opening
BUCKINGHAM’S neighbourhood police inspector has told the Advertiser she is delighted Buckingham will retain its front counter service at the Old Gaol five days a week, despite plans to rein back the...
View ArticleGreat success for pre-school parade
CHILDREN as young as two years old helped to raise more than £100 for school funds during a Easter Bonnet Parade and singing performance to parents just before the Easter break. Children at Syresham...
View ArticleLetter: The human face of day care cuts
As you know Bucks County Council voted in March last year to ‘improve’ day care for the less able, the mentally disabled and those with learning difficulties within the county.As part of these...
View ArticleIf the boat race is anything to go by, I might skip the Olympics
GIVEN that the length of Chiswick Bridge across the Thames is some 606 feet and just a lick and a spit away from the end of the Boat Race I begin to fear for the rowing skills of both Cambridge and...
View ArticleFight to save bus services gathers more support
THE 32/32A bus routes will have a revised timetable from April 22, according to notices that have appeared on Buckingham bus stops.But campaigner Roxanne Dagg says she won’t rest until the buses are...
View ArticleCircus comes to the area
One of the UK’s oldest circuses is coming to the area.Circus Ginnett comes to Brackley Football Club on Wednesday, April 18, Sheep Street, Winslow, on Friday, April 27, Bicester Rugby Club on...
View ArticleWriters’ group marks World Book Night
TOWCESTER: Towcester Writers’ Group will celebrate World Book Night next Monday, April 23, with an informal discussion of 25 critically-acclaimed titles.Running from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in Towcester...
View ArticleWin chance for royal knees-up
GARDEN PARTY: Oxfordshire residents can win tickets to a summer garden party celebrating The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. Four thousand guests, as well as the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh, will attend...
View ArticleBurnt waste to heat homes in Bicester?
BICESTER residents could cut fuel bills and help the environment by warming their homes with waste heat from the Ardley incinerator, a new report suggests.The 300,000-tonne-per-year incinerator next to...
View ArticleCooper students pile on the miles for Sport Relief
STUDENTS and staff from Bicester’s Cooper School raised more than £1,000 as they ran the Sport Relief Mile on Friday, March 29.Well over a thousand young people completed the course, with everyone...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Cabin In The Woods
You think you know the story – five teen friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, bad things start to happen. So what is the secret lurking beneath the stereotypical creepy cabin? And...
View ArticleYour best time is not spent running
I’VE got it in the neck before on this, but I’m prepared to have another go. Thousands of runners are lacing up their trainers and stuffing themselves full of pasta in preparation for this weekend’s...
View ArticleHouseholder urge to take responsibility for their rubbish
HOUSEHOLDERS are being urged to take responsibility for the rubbish they get taken way from their homes. Now that the number of fly-tipping incidents has been more than halved in three years, the...
View ArticleSouthwold Centre leads the way with energy deal
SOUTHWOLD Community Centre has become the first public building in town to get subsidised insulation through the Eco Bicester project.The 20-year-old community centre had already been the subject of an...
View ArticleAkeman Voices host concert of divine music
BICESTER: The Akeman Voices will present two pieces of classical religious music at a concert next Saturday, April 28.The concert, starting at 8pm in the Church of the Immaculate Conception in the...
View ArticleLetter: ‘Abysmal’ record on sports
I read with interest the article ‘Rugby club on way to £275k extension’ and I am delighted that SNC have made a grant of £120k towards Towcestrians club house development but I found laughable...
View ArticleLiving archive recording memories of schooldays
OLD Latins, former staff and anybody interested in the history of the Royal Latin School are invited to the launch of the Royal Latin School Archive at Rotherfield House on Tuesday, May 1, from 2pm to...
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