Graven Hill DIY homes plan moves forward
DIY housebuilders could soon be creating their own dream homes on a site at Graven Hill near Bicester after Cherwell District Council (CDC) agreed a value with landowners the MoD.Members of CDC’s...
View ArticleGreen upgrades on display
Six families will open their homes to neighbours and the public tomorrow, Saturday, as part of an energy-saving initiative under the Eco Bicester initiative.They will be showing off energy-saving...
View ArticleBig Lunch in town centre on Sunday
Free entertainment and food will be on offer in Bicester town centre on Sunday as part of the national Big Lunch initiative.Community groups Grassroots Bicester and Churches Together in Bicester have...
View ArticleTraffic collision on Radstone Road, Brackley
Police and Northants Fire and Rescue have been called to a traffic collision on Radstone Road.The incident happened at around 6pm and it is believed people are trapped.There have been reports of a...
View ArticleSainsbury’s store plan for cinema site delegated to officers
A decision on plans to build a Sainsbury’s convenience store at the site of the former Chandos Cinema in Buckingham has been delegated to planning officers.At a meeting of Aylesbury Vale District...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Flight, Wreck-It Ralph
A typical vanity-free turn by Denzel Washington elevates FLIGHT (15: Paramount) from predictable melodrama to something a bit classier.His character, Whip Whitaker, the latest in cinema’s long line of...
View ArticleDe Boer helps Chelsea celebrate centenary year
Brackley’s De Boer helped the Royal Horticultural Society celebrate its centenary year by providing the ‘Great Pavilion’ to host floral displays.The enormous 3.2-acre structure, which has been the...
View ArticleLaunch of new business club for Oxon companies
Oxfordshire Business First (OBF) is setting up a new business club to help county firms boost their international presence.OBF members attending recent events promoting innovation and e-commerce...
View ArticleBicester firm comes up roses with Chelsea award
An exhibit planned by Bicester’s Applied Landscape Design has been awarded the RHS Chelsea Flower Show’s second-highest accolade.The exhibit, based on a coast redwood forest, won a silver gilt award in...
View ArticlePink Ladies host aerobathon in memory of Bethan
A group from Bicester is set to host an ‘80s-themed charity aerobathon in memory of a close friend who lost a battle with breast cancer.Beth’s Pink Ladies are inviting all people over the age of 13 to...
View ArticleNew 80-home plan despite legal challenge
A fresh planning application has been submitted for 80 homes in Moreton Road in Buckingham despite an ongoing High Court legal challenge over the scheme.The new application from Bellway Homes comes as...
View ArticleCroughton mum guilty of fraud after son named as lodger
A Croughton woman has been convicted of benefit fraud after illegally claiming £1,300 by telling officials her son was her lodger.At Northampton Magistrates’ Court on May 15, Elizabeth Moran, of...
View ArticleNovember target for Bicester’s new £5m community centre
Work is set to start on Bicester’s £5million community centre before the end of November, it has been revealed.Plans to award a contract to build the new community centre, which will be one of the main...
View ArticleShow your pride at Buckingham’s Civic Day
Buckingham will be showing its pride at a Civic Day to be held on June 22.Nationally, the day is a celebration of civic pride and The Buckingham Society is organising its own version so the people of...
View Article103-year-old club launches public appeal to build new flood-resistant home
One of Buckingham’s oldest sports clubs is launching an appeal to raise money for a new clubhouse after repeated floods caused the building to start to fall into disrepair.Buckingham West End Bowls...
View ArticleMasquerade ball in memory of dick nike to be held in town hall this saturday
The family of a well-known man from the Brackley area has been bowled over by the number of people who rushed to buy tickets for a masquerade ball in his memory.Kim Nike, from Silverstone, whose...
View ArticleHospital starts next week
Work will finally begin on Bicester’s £5.2million new community hospital next Friday, June 7, with a groundbreaking ceremony at the site in Kings End. The first spade in the ground will put an end to...
View ArticleBrackley Soapbox Derby to expect a big crowd
Daredevils will be speeding down Brackley’s High Street once again later this month for the town’s Soapbox Derby.This year, the event is being held on June 16 and soapbox aces have been working hard on...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Purge
“Things like this don’t happen in neighbourhoods like ours…”Welcome to a tale of crime and punishment, a sort of Hunger Games for adults where in a near future the government of the USA has decreed...
View ArticleAlan Dee: We’re walking into this with our eyes closed...
So, here’s the proof, if any were needed: mobile phones are making us dimmer by the day, and it won’t be long before they take over the world.The tipping point for me came when I was reading about a...
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