Big band returns due to demand
Dust off your dancing shoes and grab your best sparkly frock, the big band is returning to town.After the fantastic success of Aylesbury Waterside theatre’s first ever Big Band Dance Night in May, the...
View ArticleCycling to Belgium to help injured soldiers
A soldier is cycling from London to Belgium to raise cash for injured colleagues and bereaved families within his regiment.Kieran Dunk, raised and schooled in Wendover, has been a member of the...
View ArticleHealth Focus: Obesity in Bucks
More than half the population in Bucks is overweight – so what is being done to trim our expanding waistlines? Eating too much fast food and increasingly sedentary lifestyles are having a devastating...
View ArticleRichard takes the chair for charity’s 50th year
Inspired by the hit tv series Dragons Den, one of the area’s youngest successful businessmen has been appointed chairman of an Aylesbury Vale charity.Richard Convery, 27, who grew up in Aylesbury and...
View ArticleTwo arrested after alleged assault in New Street
A man and a teenager have been arrested for an alleged assault at a house in New Street, Aylesbury.A 39-year-old man suffered head and body injuries. Police were called to the home at 8am on Sunday...
View Article‘Bladed weapon’ may have been used in prison officer attack
A prison officer has been attacked by a member of the public outside a Grendon Underwood prison.Police believe an ‘unknown bladed weapon’ may have been used during the assault, which took place in the...
View ArticleAy’s stunning sevens win Abingdon trophy
Aylesbury Rugby Club’s sevens won the Ivor Boas Plate after defeating Chinnor 21-19 in the Abingdon tournament.The squad, led by captain Adam Moore and coached by Dave Larham, played five games losing...
View ArticlePolice hunt suspected burglars
Police are hunting three men who attempted to burgle a home in Rowland Way, Aylesbury. The three men tried to force open the back garden patio doors and shattered one panel at 3am on Saturday. The men...
View ArticlePC World and Currys on the move to Cambridge Close
PC World and Currys are moving from Broadfields Retail Park to Cambridge Close Retail Park.The technology companies, owned by Dixons, will open in one unit next month. A spokesman said: “We have a...
View ArticleFC boss slams side after ‘massive wake up call’ defeat
Aylesbury FC boss Craig Faulconbridge slammed his side’s performance following a 3-1 defeat at AFC Hayes on the opening day of the season.In a below par performance the Moles quickly slipped behind 3-0...
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 ArticleMorning rush hour drug driver is banned
A man caught driving in Longwick when high on Ketamine has been banned from driving for two years and electronically tagged.Ian Field of Horton Avenue, Thame, was spotted by a police officer on his way...
View ArticleThree arrested over Weedon attempted burglary
A man has been charged with attempted burglary following an incident in Weedon.David Hulland, of Grange Park, Northampton, is alleged to have tried to burgle a property in Stockaway in the early hours...
View ArticleCollege roundabout works complete
A £14,000 redevelopment of the roundabout outside Aylesbury College has been completed.Some workmen are still at the Oxford Road site, but the raised roundabout has now gone, replaced with a flatter...
View ArticleParalympic logo installed in Stoke Mandeville
The Paralympic logo, Agitos, has been installed at Stoke Mandeville Hospital roundabout.The symbol has been put on the roundabout to recognise the hospital’s role as the birthplace of the modern...
View ArticleDazzling cricket debut for Bucks teen
Buckinghamshire’s George Russell achieved the rare distinction of scoring a century on his Minor Counties Championship debut in the Eastern Division game against Hertfordshire at Long Marston on...
View ArticleDerby stalemate for Risborough Rangers
Risborough Rangers played out a stalemate in a hotly contested derby at Amersham Town.Rangers had nine regular players missing for the South Midlands Division 1 match and had to rely heavily on...
View ArticleWork ready to begin on Calvert incinerator
A tree planting ceremony will be held next Thursday to mark the start of construction on the 300,000-tonne-per-year waste incinerator in Calvert. The event will also unveil a plaque which commemorates...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Reverse wedding list? It’s just a car boot by another name
The reverse wedding list is the new big thing, I’m told. That could be a bit confusing for anyone who has no idea what a reverse wedding list is, but worry not – I’m about to tell you all about it.It’s...
View ArticleMan who can’t remember how he was injured ‘may have been stabbed’
A ‘bladed weapon’ may have been used on a man found with multiple injuries after a night out in Aylesbury.The 23 year old was found in the Cambridge Street underpass between 2am and 3.15am on August...
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