Immerse yourself in literature at festival
Northants’ youngest literary festival returns to Helmdon on Sunday, August 25. The not-for-profit festival is once again completely free and offers a number of literary attractions. The programme is...
View ArticleYoung driver in life-threatening condition after crash
Police have appealed for witnesses to a collision on the A422 near Water Stratford that has left a young man with life-threatening injuries.The 22-year-old was injured after the car he was driving left...
View ArticleBrackley Leisure Centre scores well in industry assessment
Brackley Leisure Centre is up there with the best following its success during a recent audit.Quest is the UK quality scheme for sport and leisure supported by Sport England and a recent assessment saw...
View ArticleNew firm is launched at Innovation Centre site
The founder of Career Connect and popular networking group Meet & Mingle has launched a sister company at the Bicester Innovation Centre.Michelle Howie created Career Connect Select to fill the...
View ArticleSadness at death of Bicester man
A school community has been left shocked and saddened after a ‘fun-loving and caring’ former pupil, from Bicester, suddenly passed away last weekend. Twenty-one-year-old Patrick ‘Paddy’ Kellett – a...
View ArticleMP calls for high-speed rail station for Brackley
A county MP and rail activist has called for a station to be built in Brackley if the high speed rail link goes ahead.Northampton South MP Brian Binley said a Brackley station would help ease the...
View ArticleThousands flock to the Brackley Festival of Motorcycling
Organisers are predicting their most successful year yet as the sun shone once again on the Brackley Festival of Motorcycling (BFOM) which was held yesterday, Sunday.Now in its fifth year the event...
View ArticleMotorcyclist is hurt in collision on Brackley’s High Street
A motorcyclist was taken to Horton Hospital with minor injuries following a traffic accident in Brackley, on August 12 at 2.10pm.The incident took place on High Street where the motorcyclist is...
View ArticleUniversity of Buckingham lecture asks ‘Are we dumbing down?’
Why do the exam boards set bad poems? asks a University of Buckingham professor in a lecture next week.English professor Stefan Hawlin will present a free lecture at the Radcliffe Centre, at 6.30pm on...
View ArticleSuccess for recycling campaign as bin sales increase
As Cherwell District Council celebrates the ten-year anniversary of their recycling campaign, sales of their recycling bins are increasing.Cherwell residents have been able to purchase recycling bins...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview:Matt Damon’s a man on a mission in new sci-fi tale...
Surprise sci-fi hit District 9 earned director Neill Blomkamp a name for being able to tell an unusual story in an arresting way, so now he’s been given a much bigger train set to play with.Matt Damon...
View ArticleBlueprint for how Vale should develop over next 20 years
A major blueprint which shapes how Aylesbury Vale will develop over the next two decades has been submitted to the government for independent examination.The Vale of Aylesbury Plan Strategy sets out a...
View ArticleHistory of education at Steeple Aston school to get update with grant
Children from Dr Radcliffe’s CE Primary School in Steeple Aston are involved in a unique project to bring an exhibition on the history of the village school up to date and create a book.An exhibition...
View ArticleRepeat crime drops under new scheme
A programme to manage offenders who commit the most crime and cause the most harm to the community has cut repeat offending and saved hundreds of thousands of pounds in the first six months of this...
View ArticleA last performance for leavers
Pre-school leavers at Hedgehog Hill Nursery and Pre-School in Greens Norton were sent off in style last week with their own graduation ceremony. The children, dressed in traditional graduation robes...
View ArticleSuccess for young dancers from south Northants
With performances, distinctions and prestigious school places, young Brackley ballet dancers have recently celebrated dazzling successes.Nine dancers from south Northants were recently selected at an...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Kick Ass really does what it says in the title...
“You don’t have to be a bad-ass to be a superhero. You just have to be brave.”When Kick Ass burst onto the cinema scene in 2010, Mark Millar kinetically blew the doors off the whole comic book genre -...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: Olympus Has Fallen, Chronicle, I’m So Excited, Rebellion
The influences are clear to see in fast-paced action movie OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN (15: Lionsgate).If you substitute the White House with a Los Angeles skyscraper, you’ve essentially got the first Die Hard...
View ArticleVillage Networks to bring ‘advice and support’ to rural areas
Village Networks will be taking support right into the communities that need it as its new a van tours south Northants villages offering advice on various issues including welfare benefits, debt and...
View ArticleBHF challenges locals to donate
During September, the British Heart Foundation (BHF) is calling for donations for its Great British Bag-athon.Bucks BHF shops are aiming to raise 2,000 bags of donations. BHF will also hold a...
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