Alan Dee’s movie preview: 21 And over, All Stars, Dead Man Down
Here’s what the breathless world has been waiting for – Superbad meets The Hangover in a knowingly ‘just crude enough’ comedy.21 And Over finds sensible student Jeff getting ready for a crucial medical...
View ArticleTalks over future of at-risk Wendover swimming pool
People are being asked what they want from Wendover’s swimming pool following threats to its future.The pool is at risk because a Bucks County Council subsidy will end in September. If the pool is not...
View ArticleDealer caught with heroin and cocaine jailed
A drug dealer has been jailed for four years after being caught with Class A drugs.Patrick Columbus, of no fixed address, was sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court to four years’ imprisonment for...
View Article‘Waterside Academy students will boost economy’
The price on a new education and training hub next to the Waterside Theatre has risen to an estimated £16.5 million.The Waterside Academy was originally priced at £13 million but extra money is...
View ArticleSt Mary’s Cup final venue is switched
The venue for Monday afternoon’s St Mary’s Cup final between Berkhamsted and Tring Athletic has been moved.The game was originally scheduled to take place at Vauxhall Road, but Hemel Hempstead Town...
View ArticleDo you still clear the decks for a good spring clean?
Spring cleaning is a ritual that is centuries old, so it is surprising to learn that over a third (37 per cent) of UK homeowners do not undertake a yearly spring clean of their property.Swinton, the...
View ArticleTree-mendous news as Wendover Woods to expand
Wendover Woods is set for a £3.8 million expansion and improvement after plans were approved.The Forestry Commission will relocate its car parking facilities, expand its cafe, build a cycle hire...
View ArticleOn stage times change for The Specials Friars gig
The Specials, due to play at the Waterside Theatre Aylesbury on Friday,to relaunch the Friars Club, have announced changes to their on stage time.Promoter David Stopps said the 70/80s icons, currently...
View ArticleDisability charity slams Bucks Healthcare Trust’s criticism of anonymous report
A charity has questioned a health trust for condemning its decision to produce a dossier of anonymous complaints about Stoke Mandeville Hospital.Buckinghamshire Disabilty Service has now sent its...
View ArticleIllegal immigrant working at Aylesbury restaurant arrested following raid
Immigration enforcement officers visited Roosters Piri Piri on Cambridge Street at around 2.30pm on Monday, where they carried out checks on staff working there, the Home Office said today...
View ArticleTrailblazer up for women’s award
A trailblazing woman has been shortlisted for a national award.Long-Crendon based Gill Riley heads up the GGR group, a business which supplies specialist machines and mini cranes.Ms Riley has been...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Star Trek - Into Darkness, The Reluctant...
The summer blockbusters are stacked overhead in a landing pattern to ensure maximum box office bang for buck, and touching down this week, hot on the heels of Iron Man 3, is Star Trek: Into...
View ArticleUpdated with video: The Specials rock Friars but phone thieves do their best...
Nearly 2,000 fans enjoyed the amazing Friars gig at the Waterside Theatre but the night was spoilt by organised thieves who stole hundreds of pounds worth of mobile phones.It is believed the gang stole...
View ArticleSchoolkids get a lorry load of road safety tips
Primary school children across the county are learning about the dangers of lorries on roads thanks to a new council initiative.Gist Logistics, in partnership with Transport for Buckinghamshire’s Road...
View ArticleThe ‘fantastic dad’ who survived three strokes at 21
Andrew Aylen survived three strokes when he was just 21. It was devastating to be left with severe disabilities at such a young age, but now, 10 years later, he is happily married with two children.He...
View ArticleUpdated with comment from NHS: New 111 helpline fails to support family in need
A wife who lost her husband to cancer feels the controversial new NHS helpline 111 failed to help in their hour of need.Kim Green called the line to seek help for her husband Jonothan, but after half...
View ArticleFour men charged over damage to 17 cars in Tring Road
The men, aged between 18 and 21 and all from the Aylesbury area, have each been charged with 17 counts of criminal damage.Archie Brown, 19, of Redwood Drive, Alexander Goodridge, 21, of Cottesloe Road,...
View ArticleBarbarian Sam! Jones delight at ‘amazing’ call-up
London Wasps’ Aylesbury rugby star Sam Jones has expressed his delight at being called up by the Barbarians for their upcoming games against England and the British and Irish Lions.The Barbarians will...
View ArticleParish and MP ‘horrified’ by out of blue Vale airport plans
A parish council has slammed potential plans to build an airport just five miles from Aylesbury as ‘unreasonable and unfair’. Heathrow Airport Holdings is said to be exploring 10 options for its...
View ArticleTrio arrested after vicious metal bar attack in Broughton
Three men have been bailed after allegedly attacking a man with metal bars in Broughton.The man, in his fifties, suffered grazes to his head and body in the assault in Narbeth Drive shortly after 9pm...
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