eBooks are bringing the library to you in Buckinghamshire
BOOKWORMS can now escape to another world at home or on their travels with free eBook downloads straight to their computer, mobile phone or MP3 player.The new service for Buckinghamshire library...
View ArticleJubilee: Expect a party fit for a Queen
A LASER show above St Mary’s Church, street parties across the Vale and an appearance by the star of Hollywood film War Horse – these are just some of the events taking place to celebrate the Queens...
View ArticleHardwick takes running to the X-Stream
MORE than 300 athletes are expected to do battle at the annual Hardwick X-Stream cross country race on Sunday.Organised by Bearbrook Running Club in association with Whitchurch Cricket Club, the race...
View ArticleAylesbury team is just two steps from Anfield in Sunday FA Cup quarter-final
AYLESBURY Sunday Combination team Elm Farm have done the town proud by making it to the quarter-finals of the prestigious FA Sunday Cup.The team, which boasts some of the best players from the...
View ArticleCrime fell by 16 per cent in the Vale last year
CRIME in Aylesbury fell by 16 per cent last year.That is according to figures from the Aylesbury Vale Community Safety Partnership’s latest review.This data means that there were in fact 1,178 fewer...
View ArticleSilver medal glory for jiu jitsu Keith
A THAME dad of two has scooped a silver medal at the recent Brazilian jiu jitsu European Championships. Keith Taylor returned from the four-day event held in Lisbon, Portugal, after narrowly missing...
View ArticleDon’t look back – see Carrack in his ‘living years
FORMER Mike & The Mechanics frontman Paul Carrack will perform some of his biggest hits at the Waterside on Sunday (tonight) – along with his son, who is now the drummer in his band.Carrack brings...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Ghost Rider - Spirit of Vengeance
t hunger. The Rider’s gonna come out. And when he does, he’ll destroy whoever’s got it coming.”Not much can prepare you for this crazy follow up to 2007’s Ghost Rider, which by common consent wasn’t...
View ArticleHere’s my solution to stopping pesky illegal park motorcyclists
WHY is that when so many people have complained about young people riding illegal motorcycles across their local park endangering children, elderly people and dogs etc that the police can do nothing...
View ArticleNumber of jobseekers drops across constituency
UNEMPLOYMENT has dropped in the Thame area according to the Office for National Statistics.A new report states that there are 712 unemployed claimants in the Henley constituency, which includes...
View Article‘Lies’ clash as parties go head to head on budget
MORE than £2million of service cuts, and £18.3million of ‘efficiency savings’ have been approved at County Hall.At a meeting last week, a call to cancel cuts to youth services and services for older...
View ArticleMasked ball production from Aylesbury
Aylesbury Opera Group present Verdi’s A Masked Ball (in English) at Tring’s Court Theatre tonight (Saturday). The story covers doomed love, conspiracy, witchcraft and assassination....
View ArticleCharity in memory of tragic Jack
A THAME charity founded in memory of a youngster who tragically passed away has launched a campaign to encourage children to take up sports.The Jack O’Donnell Foundation has teamed up with Oxford...
View ArticleGuinness gives record the okay
THE new world record for the longest ever competitive squash match, set by Guy Fotherby and Darren Withey last month, has been confirmed by Guinness.The pair of Thame sportsmen smashed the record after...
View ArticleDo you miss the whole point of acupuncture?
WITH Acupuncture Awareness Week just around the corner one Thame specialist is keen to help dispel some of the myths and misconceptions.A recent survey by OnePoll revealed that many people still do not...
View ArticleAlex’s Zimbe is on the way
MORE than 100 schoolchildren will be helping to perform an exciting new piece at Thame Leisure Centre next month, written by a man who went to school in the town.On March 3, Oxford Pro Musica singers...
View ArticleLetters to the editor
‘Let’s have more debate and opinions, but please think about them first and make them without unnecessary emotion.’Richard CroweThameTHE correspondence in your pages regarding the prospect of a new...
View ArticleAs If... loads of great acts will play here!
SIR Walter J Wallis is set to headline Thame’s First Thursday Music Club and play songs from his new album The Road To Burlesque.The unusual performer, who sounds like a young rock star on stage, has...
View ArticleExtra 258 patients a week will use A&E at Stoke Mandeville
STOKE Mandeville’s A&E department is set to be improved so it can treat 258 more patients a week, under plans being proposed by Buckinghamshire’s NHS.The shake up is designed to make better use of...
View ArticleHS2 derailment fears dismissed as ‘nonsense’
A WARNING that HS2 trains will be too fast and are at risk of derailing has been dismissed as ‘nonsense’ by government officials.Professor Peter Woodward, one of the world’s leading experts on the...
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