Details of UK’s biggest self-build plan go live
People wanting to build their own dream home can see proposals for the UK’s largest self-build scheme near Bicester after a new website went live last week.Graven Hill, just to the south of Bicester,...
View ArticleSmoke alarm advice following fire at flats on a Winslow street
A firefighter is reminding homeowners about the importance of smoke detectors following a blaze at a block of flats in Winslow.At around 3.45pm on Wednesday, August 7, five fire crews were called to...
View ArticleVIDEO: Bicester Teddy Bears’ Picnic
Hundreds of families went along to the Teddy Bears’ Picnic and Activity Day in Garth Park on Wednesday. The sun shone as children from all over Bicester brought along their teddy bears to be judged by...
View ArticleFormer Royal Latin School pupil’s warning to campers after gas explosion
A former Royal Latin School pupil has warned summer festival-goers to get rid of dangerous old-style camping gas canisters after narrowly escaping serious injury.Felix Eve, a former Chackmore resident...
View ArticleTown puts new cottage hospital on wish list for development
As Towcester prepares to almost double in size, talks over the potential for a cottage hospital have emerged.Tony Wilkinson, from Woodend, is a member of the south Northants Health and Wellbeing forum....
View ArticleDouble tragedy for family
A coroner has recorded a verdict of suicide in an ‘extremely sad case’ after a Bicester teenager was hit and killed by a train four years after his father took his own life.Oxfordshire Coroner Darren...
View ArticleWelcome to our new look website
The Advertiser and Review website now has a new look for its great mix of local news, sport and information.If you’re accessing the desktop version, you will notice a fresh new design. There is also a...
View ArticleSecond exhibition following Silverstone event
Northants Chamber is inviting businesses from across the county to take part in its second business exhibition of the year next month.The event, to be held at The Park Inn in Northampton on Friday,...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: A-ha and ha ha, Alan Partidge makes a welcome big...
This message comes to you from the home of international broadcasting and the world famous nerve centre for all things chat, That’s right, North Norfolk Digital…I’m Alan Partridge (A-ha!) and this is...
View ArticlePilot and boy injured in light aircraft crash in Northamptonshire
An eyewitness has described the moment she heard “big bang” and saw a light aircraft crash into a Northamptonshire fieldRosie Nichols was riding near Canons Ashby House, near Daventry, when she saw the...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Dear Masterchef, please answer the continuing conundrum of the...
My guilty TV treats are few, but I have to admit that Masterchef is among them. I know it’s all as much an assembly-line exercise in entertainment as any other successful format, and follows a formula...
View ArticleNo need for resits with new course
The University of Buckingham is offering a new alternative for students who didn’t get the A-levels needed to do a degree.The university is opening a new foundation department, enabling students to...
View ArticleFibrobyalgia support group meeting
The next meeting of the Aylesbury Vale Fibromyalgia Support Group takes place from 2pm to 4pm on Friday, at the Buckingham Centre in Verney Close, Buckingham. The group is for people who have...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: 2 Guns has high-calibre stars but goes off at...
Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg in a cop drama? Now that sounds like a grown-up movie.Both stars have built up a body of work that includes a whole string of intense, conflicted law enforcement...
View ArticleRequest for tombola prizes
Two major country shows are coming up this month.The Friends of Winslow Health Centre and Norden House Surgery are having a stall at the Winslow Show on Bank Holiday Monday, and they’re asking for...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Oblivion, The Look Of Love, Scary Movie V, Side Effects
Tom Cruise is good value as a man haunted by snatches of memories of his earlier life in sci-fi adventure OBLIVION (12: Universal).The plot borrows heavily from other well-known films of the genre, but...
View ArticleCash donation for community group
Bucks Community Foundation has received a £15,000 cash boost to help community and charitable groups.The one-off donation from Aylesbury Vale District Council will go towards a new community fund to...
View ArticleChildren become history makers at Buckingham’s annual holiday club
Last week 230 children and around 80 helpers joined Buckingham’s annual holiday club.This year’s theme was History Makers.The children were all in groups of up to 12 who took part in a variety of fun...
View ArticleWinslow Farmers’ Market in pictures
Advertiser and Review photographer Jake McNulty took a fresh crop of pictures of the Winslow Farmers’ Market earlier this month.The farmers’ market is held on the first Sunday of the month.The next...
View ArticleActivities at Bourton Park
A day of activities was organised by Aylesbury Vale District Council in Buckingham this week.Jeremy Turner showed children the basics of carpentry during the day in Bourton Park on Monday, There were...
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