Heritage group sounds last post over airfield
A group dedicated to creating a museum and education centre at RAF Bicester honouring the memories of Bomber Command servicemen has shelved its plans.The announcement came this week from Bomber Command...
View ArticleMasterclass from top Indian chef
TV chef Vivek Singh will visit Buckingham on Thursday, May 16, to give an interactive masterclass. He will speak about the journey of Indian spices and the evolution of Indian cuisine in the UK.The...
View ArticleEvenley’s Red Lion pub scoops good food award
Glasses are being raised at the Red Lion in Evenley after it was named Best Community Food Pub in the south of England.The accolade came as part of the Marston’s Pub of the Year Awards 2013.Tenant Paul...
View ArticleCashmere specialists grow with new warehouse outlet
A successful business selling cashmere products through catalogues and its website is set to open a warehouse retail outlet near Mursley this Friday, May 3.The Cashmere Retail Shop at Fernfield Farm in...
View ArticleTown businesses to meet in superfast broadband drive
Bicester businesses will meet at an event this month in a drive to bring superfast broadband to the town.Organised by Bicester Chamber of Commerce and Bicester Vision, the event will give businesses a...
View ArticleLeading singer at village church
The Church of St John the Evengelist, in Radclive, plays host to a Music In Quiet Places concert at 7.30pm tomorrow, Saturday, with the Maurizi String Quartet and renowned mezzo sopranoSophia Grech,...
View ArticleCharity shoot for the Relay For Life
The Buckingham Panto-loonies, from the Buckingham Pantomime, are holding a charity shoot on Monday, May 6, in aid of the Cancer Research UK Relay For Life.Billed as a 100 Bird Flush and Four-Man Team...
View ArticleFood bank’s call for extra space
Bicester Food Bank is appealing for more storage space as the number of people using the service continues to grow.The food bank has seen the number of users more than triple since it was set up in...
View ArticleWindow smashed in town dispute
Police are appealing for information following an incident where a window was damaged. The incident happened on Sunday, April 28, at around 7.30pm, in Watling Street East, Towcester.A man and woman...
View ArticleTime to play your part to save our prickly little friends
A hedgehog rescue service set up in Brackley is going from strength to strength.Andrew Jackson started Brackley Hogwatch about three years ago after noticing an injured hedgehog in his garden that...
View ArticleRita Ora turns up the heat at Bicester Village
Chart-topping singer and style icon Rita Ora was star guest at the opening of the new British Designers’ Collective Boutique at Bicester Village yesterday, Thursday.The artist, whose hits include Hot...
View ArticleMotorcyclist injured in crash that has closed A5 near Towcester
Police have closed the A5 north of Towcester after an accident involving a car and a motorbike.The accident happened near the turnoff for Foster’s Booth Road, Pattishall, at about 7.40am on Friday.The...
View ArticlePassenger numbers soar
Business is booming at Bicester’s railway stations after they recorded a total increase in passenger numbers of more than 150,000 in a year.Figures released this week by the Office of Rail Regulation...
View ArticleOxfordshire County Council election results
Election results for Oxfordshire County Council have started to come in.The results so far are:Bicester West: Les Sibley (Ind), 964 votes - elected; Norman Bolster (Con), 364; Darren Cain (UKIP), 241;...
View ArticleBucks County Council: Conservatives retain control
Conservatives have retained overall control of Bucks County Council following this morning’s election count.The party has won 36 seats, receiving 41 per cent of the overall vote.But UKIP have gained...
View ArticleBicester stays blue despite Conservative losses
Bicester has remained a Conservative-majority town following today’s election result despite the party losing 21 seats across the county since the 2009 elections.This afternoon’s result means the...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVD reviews: Les Miserables
Even if it doesn’t convert those who loathe musicals, well-mounted film ‘poperetta’ LES MISERABLES (12: Universal) will please fans of the long-running stage sensation.Tom Hooper, who directed The...
View ArticleSainsbury’s aims to inspire young artists
Sainsbury’s has invited schoolchildren in Bicester to design a new shopping bag to celebrate the completion of the Bicester town centre redevelopment this summer.All schools in Bicester are being...
View ArticleWI members lobby MP over need for midwives
Three members of Winslow Women’s Institute met MP for Buckingham John Bercow on Friday, April 26, to lobby him on the need for more midwives.Valerie Alsford, Sue Whiteley and Ellinor Salt, all from...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Dead Man Down
“They killed my wife. They killed my daughter. They should have made sure they killed me too.”If you’re in the mood for a dark crime revenge thriller from the maker of the original The Girl With The...
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