Corpe gets four as Chinnor win first league home game
Chinnor Rugby Club have continued their good start to the new SSE National League Divison Two South season with a second successive league win.Following their hard-fought 9-3 win on the road at Exmouth...
View ArticleWoman talks about life with Alzheimer’s ahead of Memory Walk at Waddesdon
A woman from Aylesbury who has Alzheimer’s is putting out a final call for people to take part in Saturday’s Memory Walk at Waddedson Manor.Maria Helena Niman was told she had the condition in 2011...
View ArticleGovernment sets out plans for improving standards at failing Bucks health trust
Bosses at a high-performing hospital in Manchester have been tasked with improving standards at Bucks Healthcare NHS Trust, which was recently placed into special measures.Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt...
View ArticleInvestigation into water being sold as fruit juice
Bucks Trading Standards are investigating instances of water being sold as fruit juice in Aylesbury.They said that some manufacturers are ‘adding too much water to reconstitute juice from juice...
View ArticleHow much of your house is filled with clutter?
Clutter fills a room or more in one in five homes in Britain, new research by older people’s charity Royal Voluntary Service – formerly known as the WRVS – has revealed, with 43 per cent of those aged...
View ArticleEducation Eye: Making the most of school open days - tips for the parents
Many schools, both state and independent, have open days in the coming weeks. These are a good opportunity to start your research by seeing schools in action, meeting key staff and getting a general...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Aylesbury deserves to be magnet for eating, leisure and...
Hot-footing it back to Blighty on Saturday from New York, the jet lag hardly had time to bite before a great friend took me to see Roger Waters of Pink Floyd perform their iconic album The Wall at...
View ArticleFarming Matters: Kittens, ducks and little tots
Farmers have been diversifying for years. It is often a necessary move in order to keep the farm afloat, or to provide additional employment for family members.A popular enterprise can be pre-school...
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 ArticleThame’s FA Vase hopes go west
Thame United’s hopes of a run in the F. A. Vase came to an end on Saturday when they were defeated 3-0 away to Westfield FC.The Woking based side play at the same level as Thame, in the Premier...
View ArticleOpponents call for HS2 referendum
Opponents to HS2 have called on the government to hold a referendum so voters can chose between the rail line and their alternative proposals.Alternative ways of spending the £47 billion earmarked for...
View ArticleMan arrested after incident at Aylesbury bank
A man was arrested after an incident at the Lloyds bank in Aylesbury where refurbishment work is taking place.Police were called at 12.28pm on Saturday after reports of a man refusing to leave the...
View ArticleDumps’ opening hours shorten as winter approaches
Bucks’ household waste recycling centres change to winter opening times from October 1.The county’s 10 sites will be open from 9am to 5pm (a change from the summer closing time of 6pm) seven days a...
View ArticleRailway worker beaten in Aylesbury station attack
Police are hunting a man who repeatedly punched a member of staff in the face at Aylesbury railway station.Officers were called to the station shortly before 9pm on Friday following a report of an...
View ArticleJohnny Cash charged over Bucks burglaries
A man has been charged in connection with burglaries in Aylesbury and the surrounding area.Johnny Cash is alleged to have been involved in the theft of cash and Asian jewellery from properties in...
View ArticleLabour hint at U-turn over HS2 support
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls questionned whether HS2 ‘was the best way to spend £50 billion’ at this afternoon’s Labour party conference.Mr Balls added that there would be no ‘no blank cheque’ for the...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Hugh Jackman is a desperate dad in tense thriller...
Hugh Jackman steps up into Taken territory in Prisoners, a rough tough thriller about a dad who takes the law into his own hands when his daughter disappears.But this isn’t a comic book adventure of...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Here’s a grand idea - computer games could help to cut crime
All sorts of mealy-mouthed moralists have been tutting away since the much-hyped release of GTAV. If you’re not entirely up to the minute with acronyms du jour, GTAV is the fifth instalment of computer...
View ArticleUPDATE: Agreement reached with firefighters over strike
Bucks firefighters have today agreed to cover major emergencies during tomorrow’s strike after a day of intense negotiations.The firefighters will walk out for four hours from 12 noon tomorrow over...
View ArticleControversial care firm quits Bucks
A care company which was lambasted for the quality of its service has decided not to renew its contract with Bucks County Council.Plan Care was embroiled in a scandal in 2011 about its standards of...
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