Learn how to save a life
LIFE SAVING: A free training session on emergency life support will take place at the Red Lion in Brackley on Wednesday, September 12. Heartstart Brackley, in association with the British Heart...
View ArticleCommittee gives burner go-ahead
An opponent of the Calvert energy-from-waste incinerator has spoken of his ‘extreme disappointment’ after plans to invest in the facility were given the green light by Bucks County Council’s overview...
View ArticleTowcester Produce Show is on the up with an increase in entrants
Things are on the up for the Towcester Produce Show after the Town Hall was packed with flowers, vegetables and handicrafts on Bank Holiday Monday. Drisc Wardle of the Towcester Allotment and Garden...
View ArticleNew GP following in family tradition
The new GP at Buckingham’s North End Surgery lives in Twyford and comes from a medical family.Dr Catherine Walters, aged 32, who started work as a partner at the practice last week, has been brought in...
View ArticleStudent rooms scheme to go before planners
BUCKINGHAM: On Monday night, Buckingham Town Council’s planning committee will consider an application by the University of Buckingham to build 57 student rooms on land in Chandos Road.The plan is for...
View ArticleCould you help mow Claydon churchyard?
STEEPLE CLAYDON: St Michael and All Angels’ Church in Steeple Claydon is searching for new volunteers to help keep the grass neat and tidy.An energetic band of volunteers has kept the grass under...
View ArticleWarning over rail user delays
BICESTER: Users of Bicester North station are being warned to leave extra time during gas main replacements along Buckingham Road from next week.A road closure will be in place from September 10 to...
View ArticleWant to learn new skills? Go to Springhill Prison.
A training centre based at HMP Springhill near Bicester is launching a new series of courses for garden centre, farm and landscape business staff. Courses in horticulture and land studies at Spring...
View ArticleSign up for lip reading class
WINSLOW: Lip reading classes will begin at the Winslow Centre at the end of this month.Two new courses will run for 30 weeks from the week commencing September 24.One class will take place from 1pm to...
View ArticleGet behind grant bid to open canal by next year
If people in and around Buckingham can show how strongly they feel about the restoration of the town’s branch of the Grand Union Canal, a 400m section could be back in action by the end of 2013.After...
View ArticleSteam along to railway rally
The Bucks Railway Centre, at Quainton, is hosting a Steam and Vintage Vehicle Rally on Saturday and Sunday, September 22 and 23.As well as two traditional steam train rides and circuits of the...
View ArticleA day of talks about books
On Sunday, the ARTearoom, near Potterspury, is hosting a day of Talks About Books.Dr Sarah Parker will talk about late-Victorian poet Olive Custance. Judith Allnatt talks on Discovering The Poet’s...
View ArticleNew events for festive singers
STEEPLE ASTON: Residents of the Bicester area can brush up on their singing techniques in time for the festive season with new classes in Steeple Aston.Tutor Heather Cleobury will lead classes each...
View ArticleDates for town panto revealed
BICESTER PANTOMIME: A new panto featuring the music of Gilbert and Sullivan has been created especially for Bicester Choral and Operatic Society.The Magic Lamp, to be performed each night from November...
View ArticleYoung rugby player with back injury airlifted from Towcester
A 12-year-old boy who injured his back during a rugby match near Towcester was airlifted to hospital over the weekend.During the morning of Sunday, September 16, The Warks and Northants Air Ambulance...
View ArticleThe smart way to fill vacancies – special offer to businesses
A new way of filling vacancies quickly and cost-effectively has been launched by Johnston Press, the parent company of Premier Newspapers and the publishers of this website.The print and online news...
View ArticleScandinavian thriller on film
Buckingham film club the Film Place is showing Scandinavian thriller Head Hunters on Friday night at 8pm.It’s described as ‘deliriously entertaining, cool and brutal’ with a fast-moving plot and...
View ArticleHMP Bullingdon among the best for safe custody
HMP Bullingdon has one of the best records in the country for preventing suicides among prisoners, latest figures show.Details released in the Ministry of Justice’s new Safety in Custody report show...
View ArticleCash available to help revamp empty homes
Bicester residents with homes sitting vacant are being offered grants of up to £15,000 to help get them back into use.Anyone in Cherwell with a house in need of sprucing up could be eligible.In return,...
View ArticleSouth Northants MP reveals Euro Christmas wish list
Euro-sceptic Conservative politicians including South Northants MP Andrea Leadsom will unveil a Christmas wish list of powers they want to seize back from Europe.Fresh Start, a 12-strong group of...
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