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OLYMPIC TORCH RELAY: Bicester people can volunteer as marshals when the Olympic torch relay comes through the area in July.Volunteer marshals are needed along the torch relay route as it goes through...
View ArticleMP steps in to request public inquiry over decision
MP for Buckingham John Bercow is trying to secure a public inquiry over the decision to approve a planning application for an incinerator at Calvert.Mr Bercow has written to Secretary of State Eric...
View ArticleMP backs call for broadband
connectivity: South Northants MP Andrea Leadsom is backing a community campaign to bring superfast broadband to isolated villages.In 2003, the Abthorpe Broadband Association (ABbA) successfully...
View ArticleDob-Dob-Dob, Dib-Dib-Dibley
PEPPER’S Ghost and The Play’s The Thing Theatre Companies have united to bring a slice of life drama to the stage – and it is currently showing at Wolverton’s Madcap Theatre.The Seagull by Anton...
View ArticleKnockout fun day in memory of Alec
ITS A KNOCKOUT is coming to Winslow on Sunday, June 24.Graham Fisher’s International It’s A Knockout course will be the highlight of a huge family fun day at the Winslow Centre, in support of local...
View Article“Nobody puts Baby in a corner!”
CAN it really be 18 months ago that Milton Keynes Theatre announced it was to host the first national tour of Dirty Dancing?Incredibly, the curtain rises for the first night this Tuesday...
View ArticleJoin in a May Day tradition by making a May Garland
BUCKINGHAM Town Council is asking people to take part in a traditional May Day celebration by making a May garland.Traditional May garlands were made by children out of greenery and flowers that had...
View ArticleBusiness as usual, say new owners at town’s nursery
THE new owners of Lakers Nursery in Winslow want to let people know it’s business as usual at the Furze Lane site.Jane and John Halsey, who took over from Joan and Arthur Wheatley last summer when the...
View ArticleDaughter of loved funny man to open Towcester Beer Festival
THE Towcestrians hope a Gail will bring the sunshine when she officially opens the Towcester Beer Festival on Thursday evening.Northants resident Gail Morecambe, daughter of Eric Morecambe, agreed to...
View ArticleGreyhound welfare campaigners promise ongoing campaign at Towcester Racecourse
GREYHOUND owners who say the numbers of dogs treated cruelly for sport is heavily underestimate have promised an ongoing campaign at Towcester Racecourse. On Monday 10 protestors gathered at the...
View ArticleFeel flexy with yoga classes
WESTON-ON-THE-GREEN: Subsidised yoga classes for beginners will start in Weston-on-the-Green Village Hall next month.Supported by Get Oxfordshire Active, the classes will be offered at an introductory...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie guide: American Pie Reunion, The Lucky One, Safe
EVERYBODY politely stood to one side as the Marvel Avengers assembled themselves in your local multiplex last week, so this week there’s a bit of a logjam on the new release front.Teenage boys and...
View ArticleFree CBT group to help carers
DEMENTIA CARE: A new service for people looking after someone with dementia is being planned across Bucks.The free groups, called CBT For Carers, are being set up by the NHS. Venues will be decided...
View ArticleBirds of a feather flock together
OWNERS of the Brackley chicken processing plant have signed an acquisition deal to create one of the largest food producers in UK. Yesterday, Tuesday, May 1, The Faccenda Group Ltd, based on the...
View ArticleChildren’s bee event on hold
A bee-friendly event at Buckingham Library has been postponed, due to lack of numbers.The free session, run by BTCV, was due to take place on Saturday, May 5. Children were invited to come along and...
View ArticleGarage sale success despite ‘atrocious weather conditions’
ORGANISERS of the first Big Brackley Garage sale are being asked for a repeat next year after people across the town helped to raise more than £2,000 for life saving projects in Africa. In the lead up...
View ArticleFundraising play at church
BUCKINGHAM: The third in a series of fundraising shows and concerts in aid of the Buckingham Parish Church roof appeal takes place on Friday, May 18, at the church.Riding Lights Theatre Company are...
View ArticleBurglars raid home in Victoria Road
BICESTER: Police have appealed for witnesses after a break-in at a home in Victoria Road on Tuesday last week.At some point overnight on Tuesday, April 24, burglars entered the home through an insecure...
View ArticleHeavy smoker avoids jail after pleading guilty to benefit fraud
PEOPLE aware of others cheating the benefit system are being urged to contact the authorities after a 65-year-old chain smoker narrowly avoid jail last month. On Friday, April 13, Robert Goldsmith, of...
View ArticlePower unit near Gayton attacked by copper thieves
THIEVES caused significant contamination to the area surrounding a disused service station just off the A43 near the Gayton Marina when they tried to steal copper coils last weekend. They also set fire...
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