Help for people affected by dementia
Find out about support and services on offer to people with dementia and their carers next week, during Dementia Awareness Week.As well as raising funds for the work of the Alzheimer’s Society, the...
View ArticleGroup’s best year for fundraising
At its annual meeting last week, Buckingham Table announced that 2012 was the club’s best ever year for fundraising and activities.Membership has grown by over 20 per cent.In April the club made a...
View ArticleLocal Young Farmers put on country show
This year it’s the turn of Edgcott & Winslow Young Farmers Club to organise the North Bucks Country Show. Members of the local group are beavering away to get ready for the show, which is set to...
View ArticleEntertainment from the musicals
The University of Buckingham Music Society presents its first concert 10 years tonight, Friday, at the Radcliffe Centre.Tickets are available on the door from 7pm for an evening of numbers from the...
View ArticleRailway firm welcomes news on Evergreen 3
Chiltern Railways have welcomed the result of a judicial challenge against the building of a new railway line between Oxford and London, through Bicester.Bicester resident Sean Feeney lost his High...
View ArticleVIDEO: Tributes to a ‘little angel’
Cuddly toys and floral tributes have been left outside a Bicester home where the body of a two-year-old girl was discovered by police yesterday, Thursday.One note read: “To a beautiful girl with big...
View ArticleUPDATE: Search for mother in Kenya as dead Bicester girl is identified
A child whose body was found at a home in Bicester on Thursday has been named by police.Sarah Dahane, aged 20 months, was identified by her father this morning.The child’s body was discovered by police...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Gangster Squad
Action-heavy crime thriller GANGSTER SQUAD (15: Warner) has more brawn than brains, but sets its sights firmly from the start and hits the mark with relish.Starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling and Sean...
View ArticleUPDATE: Father’s tribute to little Sarah
A father has paid tribute to his 20-month-old daughter who was found dead at a home in Bicester yesterday, Thursday.Nabil Dahane, the father of Sarah Dahane, whose unexplained death is being...
View ArticleWhittlebury Hall to host business support event
The chief executive of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) will speak at a business support event at Whittlebury Hall near Towcester next month.Daniel Mouawad will update...
View ArticleInvestigation continues into unexplained death
The investigation into the unexplained death of 20-month-old Sarah Dahane continues.Her body was found at her home in Herald Way, Glory Farm, Bicester on Thursday.Searches have been completed at the...
View ArticleInspector called in after solar farm row flares up
A consultant has said a more sensible and efficient solution could have been found after permission for a £6million solar farm, which is up and running producing emission-free energy, was refused....
View ArticleMan fined for dumping litter
A Buckingham man has been fined after dropping a carrier bag of litter from his car.Daniel Allen, aged 24, of Addington Road, pleaded guilty at Aylesbury Magistrates’ Court on May 8 to an offence of...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Great Gatsby
“Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... And so we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past….”Buckle up for a lavish and stylish new big screen...
View ArticleBuilder appointed for new £5.2 million hospital for Bicester
A company has been appointed to design and build Bicester’s new community hospital.Mansell, a Balfour Beatty brand, has been awarded the contract to build the £5.2million hospital for developer and...
View ArticleCherwell elects a new chairman
It is all change at Cherwell District Council with the passing over of the chairman’s chains to a new councillor.On May 15, Lawrie Stratford, Conservative member for Bicester East, was elected as the...
View ArticleHusband takes the stand in murder trial
A husband accused of murdering his wife at their Bicester home ‘lost control’ after she came at him with a knife, a court heard today, Monday.Andrew Parsons, 38, gave details of a fatal struggle as he...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: The Hangover Part 3, Epic
It’s not uncommon for those who have supped not wisely but too well to wake up the morning after and make heartfelt vows about their future behaviour.If they haven’t taken enough water with their wine,...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Tactics must change for next year’s Eurovision campaign
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this debriefing session of the GB Eurovision task force 2013.First, let me congratulate you, one and all. Our plan once again worked perfectly.As you know, it’s...
View ArticleVote for Buckingham’s Citizen of the Year
Readers only have a few days left to vote for Buckingham Rotary Club’s Citizen of the Year.The club has teamed up with the Advertiser and Review in a bid to find someone who has done the most for their...
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