We are gunning for a chart-topping hit
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE band Young Guns return to their home town of High Wycombe next Thursday (February 2).The group have continued to go from strength to strength after playing the main stage at the Reading...
View ArticleEXCLUSIVE: Gay jibe claim rocks Aylesbury Vale District Council
AYLESBURY Vale District Council has been rocked by allegations of homophobia after police were called to investigate claims a prominent councillor had been verbally abused.Four Conservative councillors...
View ArticleAy’s back to winning ways after tough battle
AYLESBURY Rugby Club battled back to winning ways with a tough 16-5 victory on their travels to Marlborough on Saturday.After a recent run of poor defeats, Ay’s travelled to Marlborough to face the...
View ArticleClub issues hands off warning over football star Phillips
A BID from Cardiff for Aylesbury football star Matt Phillips has been turned down without hesitation and labelled cheeky this week.Blackpool have laughed off the derisory bid, believed to be around...
View ArticleNine years for spree which ‘ruined lives’
A BURGLAR who ‘destroyed the lives’ of scores of pensioners has been jailed for nine years.William Vinson, 59, was sentenced on Friday after being convicted of more than 100 distraction burglaries,...
View ArticleIt’s a real hair-razor
A BEARDED Haddenham man raised more than £400 for charity when he had his long standing facial hai removed.Dennis Taylor had the beard he has sported for the past 32 years removed at Fort End last...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to this week’s new releases
January, as any film fan knows, is the peak time for ‘look at me’ releases in which big-time stars aim to catch the eye of the Oscar voters with worthy performances that might earn them a coveted...
View ArticleLords vote to buy finest images of the Vale
THE owner of Stoke Mandeville’s Obsidian Gallery says it is a ‘wonderful accolade’ that seven Bucks artworks have been chosen for the The House of Lords’ permanent collection. All the paintings were...
View ArticleMulticultural Britain is ‘helping break barriers’ says Chan Ling Yap
A PRINCES Risborough author is set to publish her second novel – a love story about multicultural Britain and the influence it is having around the world.The tale involves a Muslim man and a Christian...
View ArticleNo crime committed in sick embalmer photo case
POLICE have confirmed they will not be taking legal action against an Aylesbury embalmer over sickening severed head photos.As revealed in the Herald last week, a brother and sister, aged 12 and 10,...
View ArticleAylesbury boxing teen Shafqat shows no fear ahead of fight with paratrooper
YOUNG Aylesbury boxing star Shafqat Khan is not daunted by the fact his next opponent is a 25-year-old soldier.Seventeen year old Shafqat is due to take on his as yet unnamed opponent in Luton on...
View Article‘Football took me to Hull and back’
Graduation: Part Two - The Bucks Herald brings you the second in a series of fascinating excerpts from the new book of Aylesbury-born professional goalkeeper Richard Lee, Graduation.“As well as being...
View ArticleROAD TEST: Alan Candy drives the Skoda Yeti TDI
WE demand so much from our cars nowadays. They need to be fuel efficient, family friendly, practical, versatile, fun to drive, safe. And if possible, get us through ice and snow safely, too.But it’s...
View ArticleChinnor’s invincibles rout rivals with seven try blitz
CHINNOR maintained their unbeaten record for the season with a strong 44-10 away victory over Old Patesians, scoring seven tries in the process.With both pip Seymour and Tom Gray unavailable, Mark...
View ArticleJustine Greening claims HS2 is about ‘nuts and bolts of Britain’ - click here...
THE transport secretary has today pledged the new high-speed line will provide up to 18 trains - with up to 1,000 seats each – per hour.Ms Greening today delivered a speech (in full below) at the...
View ArticleJohn Pilgrim: Computer says no, and so do the staff
MY dear old dad used to say “There’s only a week between a good haircut and a bad one” so I am comforting myself with that thought at the moment. The young man who cut my hair recently was quite an...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of the week’s TV
SATURDAYCSI: NY (Five, 9.30pm)Gary Sinise and Sela Ward return as Mac and Jo for the eighth season of this much-loved crime drama.It opens with an emotionally-charged opening episode that marks the...
View Article‘Our wonderfully polished shows need your help’
HADDENHAM Theatre Group is performing two one-act plays this weekendThe junior group is presenting Spud Ferret And The Case Of The Stolen Diamonds and the senior group will perform Tom Jones.Both shows...
View ArticleOlympic call for Rob Hall?
TEEN football sensation Rob Hall could be set to play for Team GB at the Olympics this summer after being named on the initial list of invited players this week.The fleet-footed striker, fresh from...
View ArticleThame maintain title charge with big win
THAME men’s first team maintained their five-point lead at the top of the league with a comfortable 8-0 home win over fourth place Witney.The match started competitively with both teams attempting to...
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