Maypole dancing from town’s three primary schools
Children from three Buckingham primary schools will be dancing in the town’s May Day celebrations on Wednesday , May 1.Pupils from Buckingham Primary School, Bourton Meadow Academy and Grenville...
View ArticleSouthwold pupils are star guests at store relaunch
Children from Southwold School in Bicester were guests at the relaunch of a local store following a £187,000 revamp.The Co-op store in Bassett Avenue is the school’s closest shop and post office, and...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Olympus Has Fallen
“As a nation, we are never stronger than when tested!”When America faces the ultimate nightmare scenario of the White House being overrun by terrorists who manage to take the President (Aaron Eckhart)...
View ArticlePolice turning the tide against metal thieves
A crackdown on traders and scrapyards has helped slash the number of metal thefts in the Buckingham and Bicester areas, Thames Valley Police said this week.Over the past year, reports of metal thefts...
View ArticleQueen’s Award for business volunteer
A retired businessman who has spent the past nine years as a volunteer advisor for firms in Oxfordshire and south Northants is to receive a Queen’s Award for Enterprise Promotion.John Vernon, from...
View ArticleDeanery training scheme event in May
Those interested in training to lead informal worship sessions can take part in two events organised by the Bicester and Islip Deanery Training Scheme next month.The sessions will by led by the Rev’d...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Iron Man 3, Bernie, The Look Of Love
If ever a movie was critic-proof, it’s Iron Man 3.Purists may mutter darkly about a comic book hero and a franchise being milked for all it’s worth, but c’mon, it’s Iron Man! He’s a smart-mouthed but...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Seasonal crate expectations make me cringe
I’ll hold my hands up and be the first to admit it: Chez Dee is not, and has never been, a byword for domestic order. There may well be a place for everything, but everything is rarely in its place....
View ArticleSilver band plays in support of local Citizens Advice
The Great Horwood Silver Band is giving a concert in Winslow on Saturday, in support of Buckingham, Winslow and District Citizens Advice.The concert is at 7.30pm in St Laurence Church.Tickets cost £7,...
View ArticleLook into world of frogs, toads, newts and bats
Join biodiversity officer Paul Holton and the North Bucks Bat Group at Buckingham’s railway walk, Buckingham, on Friday, May 3, for a look into the world of frogs, toads and newts, then use bat...
View ArticleExpansion for village school
Padbury C of E School has been granted full primary school status by Bucks County Council. The school, which currently only takes children up to Year 4, will open its doors to Years 5 and 6 pupils from...
View ArticleFree Film Night from Winslow’s transition group
The Winslow Transition Group’s next free Film Night is at 7.30pm on Wednesday, May 1, in the function room of the Bell Hotel.The films being shown are the 2001 multi-award- winning The Coconut...
View ArticleNorth Aston man gears up for epic charity ride
The University of Buckingham’s Christopher Woodhead will swap books for bikes as he sets off on the 350-mile Big Battlefield Bike Ride in aid of Help for Heroes next month.Mr Woodhead, from North Aston...
View ArticleSchool and hall plans approved
Bletchingdon is to get a new primary school and village hall after major plans were approved last week.The approval means Bletchingdon Primary School will have its own hall for the first time in its...
View ArticleFood festival to kick start build up to town carnival
There will be chance to help choose a cover picture for June’s Brackley Community Carnival during the town’s Food Festival this weekend. The theme this year is ‘Carnival of Colour’ and children having...
View ArticleHave a say on policy for allocating social housing in the Vale
People in Aylesbury Vale are urged to have their say about the policy for allocating social housing in Bucks.Bucks Home Choice is the main way social housing is allocated in the county. It is operated...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: New town centre set for summer opening
Work on Bicester’s town centre redevelopment is nearing completion ahead of the scheme’s grand opening this summer.The eagerly-awaited development will bring a new Sainsbury’s foodstore, a seven-screen...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Life Of Pi, Being Flynn
No one can doubt the technical brilliance of director Ang Lee’s fable LIFE OF PI (PG: Twentieth Century Fox), which picked up four Oscars - more than any other film - at this year’s awards ceremony.The...
View ArticleCould you help baby rabbits find a loving home?
A Bicester charity is appealing for help after more than a dozen baby rabbits were dumped in a layby off the A421 on Monday.Tiny Paws Re-Homing, which is run by Caversfield resident Carol Spencer,...
View ArticleWartime heroics of village hunter
A King’s Sutton author has revealed the wartime heroics of one of the village’s most famous sons in his latest book.Garry O’Connor gained exclusive access to the diary written in the Second World War...
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