Police urge vigilance as Bedgrove burglary spate continues
Police are investigating another burglary in the Bedgrove/ Elm Farm area of Aylesbury – making it the seventh reported to media in the last few weeks. Some time between Thursday , February 6 and...
View ArticleWeather Watch: How cold snap in USA has played part in UK flooding
With just over two weeks remaining of the ‘meteorological’ winter season (December to February), rain, winds and floods have undoubtedly been the story of winter 2013-14.December and January combined...
View ArticleUPDATED: New Aylesbury Sainsbury’s backed by planning officers
A huge new Sainsbury’s store in Aylesbury has moved a step closer after planning officials recommended the scheme be approved.Councillors at Aylesbury Vale District Council will decide on the Gatehouse...
View ArticleThame hold their own against professional outfit Oxford United
Mark West praised his side’s performance as 10-man Thame United went down 2-0 to Oxford United.Oxford’s Aidan Hawtin scored a goal in each half at the ASM on Tuesday while Thame lost midfielder Ollie...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Supporting fellow bosses
They do say it’s lonely at the top, and nowhere is this more so than as an entrepreneur. It is inevitably the case that being irrepressibly challenging and focussed on achieving momentum through...
View Article‘Teaching the young is key to crime fight’
The fight against crime starts from the bottom up, according to the Vale’s new top cop, who also happens to be a martial arts enthusiast.Gez Chiariello took on the role of LPA commander last month, and...
View ArticleFighting dirty against the litter louts
Last weekend two roads in the Vale had to be closed.Not because of flooding, or trees blown down by the high winds.No, these roads had to be closed because antisocial litter louts had dumped mountains...
View ArticleStates await schoolgirl gymnast after world champs invite
A young gymnast from Thame who trains at Lynx Gym in Aylesbury has been invited to compete in an international tournament in the United States. Madison Hobman, 11, has been given an honorary invitation...
View ArticleHS2- What to Expect: Despair of the Vale’s farmers
Several farms in the Vale would be so seriously disrupted by the construction of HS2 that their current business would cease to exist.Farmhouses and farmyards would be knocked down to make way for the...
View ArticleFormer bookshop worker writes fairytale first novel
A full-time mum of two who used to work at Thame Book House has released her first novel.Amanda Fieldsend, 37, worked at the High Street store in the late 1990s while in sixth form at Lord Williams’s...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Get Her, Spike Jonze comes up with another...
“Anybody who falls in love is a freak. It’s a crazy thing to do. It’s socially acceptable insanity…”Hello reader. It looks like you’re searching for a review of the new movie ‘Her’. Luckily for you I...
View ArticleHas your fence survived? High winds wreak havoc through Vale
Strong winds of up to 55mph tore through Bucks over the weekend, blowing down more than 130 trees, scores of fences, lifting up a marquee and wedging a trampoline between a home and a shed. On Friday...
View ArticleCall for HS2 money to be spent on flood defence
An Aylesbury man has started an online petition calling on the government to scrap HS2 and use the money on flood prevention.Erik Grimley is calling on some of the £50bn due to be spent on the...
View ArticleAnnouncement due shortly on Sainsbury’s petrol station
A Sainsbury’s boss has made the biggest hint yet that the supermarket is planning to open a petrol station in Aylesbury in the near future.Sainsbury’s wants to build a store in Gatehouse Road – but the...
View ArticleAylesbury station demanded on HS2 line
The HS2 line should include a train station near Aylesbury, council chiefs have demanded in a new mitigation blueprint for Bucks.The government dismissed calls for an intermediate station in the Vale...
View ArticleBenefits cheat dishonestly claimed more than £28,000
A benefits cheat who stole more than £28,000 from taxpayers has appeared in court.Rebecca Miller, of Chapman Close, Aylesbury admitted three benefit fraud offences, resulting in an overpayment of...
View ArticleAlan Dee: There should be some sort of pun-ishment for these tedious shop...
I’m sorry, but this just isn’t a laughing matter. This sort of crude so-called humour is not acceptable in this day and age, and strong action is needed as a matter of urgency.Vile Twitter trolls...
View ArticleFund launched to help flood victims
A fund has been launched to help flood victims in Bucks.After some of the worst floods ever seen in the county, Buckinghamshire Community Foundation is appealing for contributions to a fund that will...
View ArticleReturning Wood stars in Ducks win
Tony Joyce praised the returning Shane Wood as his Aylesbury United side saw off 10-man Beaconsfield SYCOB 2-0 at Bell Close.Stacey Field opened the scoring on the stroke of half time before Zack...
View ArticleUPDATED: Sainsbury’s plans approved creating 300 jobs
Plans to build a new Sainsbury’s store in Gatehouse Road creating 300 new jobs have been approved.Aylesbury Vale District Council chiefs voted through the plans by the supermarket giant at a meeting...
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