Aylesbury man charged over sex attack on woman
Shener Rutfulla, 34, of Oxford Road, has been charged with allegedly attacking the 21-year-old victim as she was walking away from the town centre along Gatehouse Road at about 1am on Sunday.The...
View ArticleBest kept villages in Bucks announced
The winning villages in the 2013 Buckinghamshire Best Kept Village Competition have been revealed. This year there was a bumper 57 entries in the competition, organised by the Bucks & Milton Keynes...
View ArticleThree Aylesbury men charged over Mercedes theft
The trio, all aged 25, alledgedly entered the rear of a Parton Road shop, stole car keys and drove off in a red Mercedes that was outside.Aaron Lawrence, of Whitehead Way, has been charged with...
View ArticleTwo crashes put Aylesbury outskirts in a jam
Two crashes within a mile of eachother have caused traffic problems on the outskirts of Aylesbury this afternoon.Emergency services were called to Bishopstone Road at 1.07pm after a car crashed off the...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: The World’s End is a smooth conclusion to Cornetto...
In case you’ve missed the steamroller cum snowball of perfectly polite hype that’s been building over the past few weeks, this week’s big film is The World’s End and that’s a reason to be cheerful.Why?...
View ArticleAlan Dee: A party planning primer for the watermelon wannabes
Although I often try to offer helpful suggestions about how the world could be a better place, I don’t see it as part of my wide-ranging remit to set out the standards society expects when it comes to...
View ArticleBucks hospital death rates report out today
A report into high death rates at Bucks hospitals, including Stoke Mandeville, will be released later today.NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has investigated standards at the Bucks Healthcare NHS...
View ArticleLabour leader wants public say on fracking
A party leader has called for the county council to hold a full public consultation on a controversial gas extraction process which can cause small earthquakes.Labour councillor Robin Stuchbury has...
View ArticleSchool IT gurus get London VIP treatment
Schoolchildren have gone on a London tour and received a cheque for £1,200 after winning an IT competition. Year 5 and 6 pupils at Bedgrove Junior School entered the Make IT Happy competition and...
View Article‘No boss here’: Diamond couple still loving life together
The secret behind 60 years of marriage is to make sure no one is the boss, according to one couple.Eileen and John Burge, 83 and 81 respectively, of Chinnor, celebrated their diamond anniversary with...
View ArticleBercow: ‘By every yardstick HS2 fails’
The Vale’s two MPs have written their response to the Government’s consultation on the environmental impact of HS2.David Lidington and John Bercow both said their constituents had major concerns about...
View ArticleIs the parrot included? Bizarre questions buyers ask
One in five people viewing a potential home asks whether it is haunted, according to a new survey.Research by property firm Move with Us uncovered a range of bizarre questions that estate agents are...
View ArticleUPDATED: ‘The right people are not running it at the moment’: Responses to...
A disability charity chairman has claimed the wrong people are in charge at Bucks Healthcare NHS Trust following a damning report which placed it in special measures.Sir Bruce Keogh’s report into...
View ArticleMoles dig up more new signings
Aylesbury FC’s squad is taking shape for the new season with another host of signings unveiled this week.As well as the already announced Ronayne Marsh-Brown, Jerome Federico and Romaine Walker, also...
View ArticleDistrict council leader to stand down
The leader of Aylesbury Vale District Council has announced he will step down before the end of August.Conservative councillor John Cartwright made his announcement at full council on Wednesday...
View ArticleOpportunist burglars strike at Aylesbury home
Burglars stole a games console and accessories from a house in Archer Drive, off Bierton Road.The burglars broke into the house via an open front window between 9pm on Wednesday and 2.40am this morning...
View ArticleDeath of popular parish priest who will be missed
A popular parish priest will be greatly missed after his death at home following a short illness.Canon Timothy Russ served the congregations of St Anne’s in Wendover and the Immaculate Heart of Mary in...
View ArticleIs this the holiest fence in the world?
A Vale man believes this image which appeared on his garden fence bears a striking similarity to Jesus Christ.Dominic Lemonde, of Cheddington Road, Pitstone, said: “I noticed it for the first time...
View ArticleIt’s snow joke! County Hall busy planning for winter in middle of a heatwave
We may currently be experiencing one of the hottest summers on record but staff inside County Hall are already planning for winter snow.Deliveries of salt will start this month to make sure that there...
View ArticleCounty councillors agree freeze on their £850,000 wage bill
County councillors have today voted to continue a freeze on their allowances which totals £852,719.It comes after an independent panel recommended continuing the freeze after it was asked to consider...
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