Kids enter bike race for free
MOTORSPORT: There will be non-stop action on and off the track this weekend when the British leg of the World Superbike Championship takes place at Silverstone. The weekend is ideal for families...
View ArticleVictory for Fringford cricketers
FRINGFORD Cricket Club has become the legal owner of its home ground after a year-long fundraising campaign.The 109-year-old club faced an uncertain future after the cricket ground was put up for sale...
View ArticlePlan for Shelswell by the Sea
ACTIVITIES FOR WISER GENERATION: Finmere Village Hall will host a ‘Shelswell by the Sea’ event for over-55s on September 10, 11 and 12.The event will include guest speakers, activities, lunches and...
View ArticleRevellers drink festival dry as sun shines on Brackley Park
THE sun shone on Brackley Park last weekend as revellers made their way through 54 barrels of real ale, 62 barrels of lager and cider, three barrels of Pimms and 100 bottles of wine. In his last year...
View Article16-year-old injured in Buckingham
A 16-YEAR-OLD girl has been ferried to hospital via air ambulance following a collision involving a bin lorry in Buckingham this week. Just after 1pm on Wednesday, July 1, the emergency services were...
View ArticleBusinesses from Beds, Herts and Bucks invited to Meet the Buyer at Luton Airport
LUTON Airport’s first multi-million pound Meet The Buyer event since 2009 is being promoted as a huge opportunity for local businesses.Up to 100 firms from Beds, Herts and Bucks will be given the...
View ArticleGarth Park is swamped with visitors for teddy bears’ picnic
THERE was ‘bearly’ room to move at the ever-popular teddy bears’ picnic in Garth Park in Bicester on Wednesday.The front lawn was packed with families and young children enjoying an afternoon of...
View ArticleBuckingham’s ‘Windsor Park’ estate to unveil the first of its new homes
THE first batch of new homes on Buckingham’s latest housing estate are on sale.Officially named Windsor Park, the 700-home estate is being developed by a partnership of Barratt, David Wilson, Bovis...
View ArticlePublic urged to avoid park when it’s muddy
THERE is division between members or the Towcester Watermeadow management committee as they disagree about how it should be used. David Reed is chairman of the Towcester and District Wildlife Trust...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Ted
No matter how big a splash you make in this world whether you’re Corey Feldman, Frankie Muniz, Justin Bieber or a talking teddy bear, eventually, nobody cares…”That’s the censored version of the...
View ArticleCertificates for awareness course
CHILDREN at Croughton All Saints Primary School have become the first in the country, outside of an airforce base, to take part in a drug awareness programme Launched in America in 1983 the Drug Abuse...
View ArticleStars and suspense in a packed autumn season
MILTON Keynes Theatre has announced an autumn season full of stars and suspense.On October 25, the long-awaited spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom Of The Opera arrives for...
View ArticleTourism drives strong sales at Bicester Village
BICESTER Village’s rocketing popularity with overseas visitors has seen sales go up by 20 per cent this year.The designer goods emporium reports an increase of 72 per cent in visitors from China, an...
View ArticleAmerican drama from Buckingham company
The Buckingham Arts and Theatre Society presents Lisa D’Amour’s drama Detroit at Buckingham’s Radcliffe Centre from Thursday to Saturday this week.In an inner-city suburb, Ben and Mary invite their new...
View ArticleAll’s well after child locked in car
A fire crew from Oxfordshire were called to Aynho near Brackley this weekend after a young child was accidentally locked in a car. A spokesman for the Northants fire service said a crew from Deddington...
View ArticleFoodie heaven in market town
A date for food-lovers to put in the diary is the Thame Food Festival on September 29.There will be up to 100 stallholders, with mouthwatering take-away food, a ‘pop-up pub’ and a cookery theatre for...
View ArticleBrackley green fingers on display
A COUPLE in Brackley are doing their bit to make the town a brighter place after winning the Brackley in Bloom Competition. On Monday evening Mike and Ceinwen Barlow of Westminster Croft were presented...
View ArticleDispose of waste in the proper way
THE owner of a country estate is warning householders to dispose of waste responsibly after a man from Turweston was ordered to pay more than £1,700 in fines and costs. On Monday, July 23, Delwyn David...
View ArticleCampaign backs law to target mobile litter louts
THE chairman of a rural protection campaign in Northamptonshire is backing proposals to change the law in order to make it easier to fine litter lout motorists. At the moment it is difficult to fine...
View ArticleUpdate from Towcester Gamesmaker Tony McMurray
In his third report Towcester businessman turned 2012 Gamesmaker Tony McMurray had a close shave with the games creator Lord Coe, and reveals he was knocked off the top spot by long jump Gold Medal...
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