Team preparing for return visit to Kenya school
A team of volunteers from the Buckingham and Brackley area will return to Kenya in November to build more facilities at a school project they began last year.The Roka School Project was founded by...
View ArticleAnger as HS2 ends forums
Anti-HS2 campaigners from Mixbury and surrounding villages have expressed anger over the ending of forum talks with communities along the proposed route.Following a meeting on Monday night with HS2...
View ArticleBeth’s Pink Ladies in 24-hour horse relay
Members of the Beth’s Pink Ladies fundraising group are set to host a new event this month to raise vital cash for Breast Cancer Research.Following the success of the Bicester Pink Aerobathon in June,...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s DVDs: The Kings Of Summer, The Iceman, The Last Exorcism Part II,...
Coming-of-age comedy THE KINGS OF SUMMER (15: Studio Canal) owes more than a little to Rob Reiner’s classic Stand By Me. It’s a slightly uneven affair, but in some of its funny and tender moments, it’s...
View ArticleConsultation underway for substitute buses for Bicester
Rail passenger groups facing more than a year of substitute buses when the Bicester to Oxford line closes in February have until the end of the month to comment.The consultation is not open to the...
View ArticleAbthorpe man is digital hero
Eric Malcomson, chairman of the Tove Valley Communities Superfast Broadband Service, has been voted Talk Talk Digital Hero for the East Midlands.Mr Malcomson will be receiving £5,000 from Talk Talk to...
View Article‘Be aware’ as firefighters prepare to go on strike
Members of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) in Bucks are due to go on strike for four hours next Wednesday, September 25.Industrial action has been called over government proposals for fire service...
View ArticleBuckingham councillors win fight to change local housing policy
Two Buckingham district councillors have won a hard-fought battle to change the social housing policy in favour of local people.On Tuesday, Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) cabinet members agreed...
View ArticleBrackley firefighters to vote on taking part in strike today or tomorrow
Firefighters in south Northants are due to decide if they will take part in national strike action next week.This week the Fire Brigade Union (FBU) announced it will be calling out its members for four...
View ArticleStanding up no longer painful for six-year-old
A six-year-old from Towcester is taking his first steps towards independence after predictions he would be wheelchair bound by the time he was 10.Since being born with a form of cerebral palsy, Lewis...
View ArticleGood results for Brackley dance school students
Pupils at the Sylvie Essame School of Dance in Brackley achieved a great set of results in their recent Imperial Society of Teachers of Dance exams.Nineteen exams in modern theatre dance, jazz dance...
View ArticleAppeal after laptop stolen from car near Bicester
Police have appealed for witnesses after a laptop was stolen from a car parked near the entrance to the Cherwell Valley Services last Friday, September 13.A thief broke into the grey Vauxhall Insignia...
View ArticleCouple’s charity award
A couple who have raised an estimated £60,000 to help people with cancer have been honoured with an award from Macmillan.Keith Goodchild and his partner Rita Mumford have run stalls at Buckingham and...
View Article‘Eco ballast’ arrives for start of work on Oxford-Bicester line
Trainloads of recycled ballast have arrived as workers prepare to link the Oxford-Bicester line with the Chiltern Mainline.A new embankment will be built using 80,000 tonnes of recycled stone.Chiltern...
View ArticleTop marks for Bicester company’s bus training
A school minibus hire firm based at Bicester Innovation Centre is celebrating the first anniversary of its driver training service, which it says has made significant improvements to student...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: R.I.P.D. is initially attractive but doesn’t...
“They look like regular people, but they’re monsters inside. You see, if you slip through the cracks, and stay on Earth after you die, your soul rots. They rot, the world rots. Global warming, plague,...
View ArticleSelf-build plots secured for Bicester projects
People struggling to get a foot on the property ladder in north Oxfordshire are being urged to have a look a new self-build project.The Build! scheme championed by Cherwell District Council (CDC) now...
View ArticleBicester man fights off would-be muggers
Bicester police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward after a man fought off three would-be muggers early on Saturday morning.The 25-year-old was walking through a tunnel in Longfields at...
View ArticleFestival legacy to music masterclasses
The Buckingham Festival of Music and Drama is no more.For more than 40 years, the festival has been encouraging local amateur musicians and actors to try out their skills in front of an audience, and...
View ArticleLaptop and cash stolen in burglary in Priory Road
A laptop, cash and a mobile phone were stolen in a break-in at a home in Priory Road in Bicester on Sunday morning.Police said the home had not been secured.The break-in took place between 12.30am and...
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