Vale will be business heartland by 2026, report claims
THE VALE will be an area of ‘entrepreneurial excellence’, on a national and international stage by 2026.This is according to Aylesbury Vale District Council’s vision for the area, set to be discussed...
View ArticleGovernment action ‘beyond belief’ over HS2, says Trust
THE European Commission was this week urged to get involved in the battle against HS2, following a furious complaint by wildlife experts.Bosses at the Berks, Bucks and Oxon Wildlife Trust claim the...
View Article‘My Sport Relief at couple I thought were real thieves’
SO there I was on Southern Road Rec at half past nine on Sunday morning. Fear not, I hadn’t just woken up. And I was fully clothed. This time. No, I was there to put up nets and plant corner flags for...
View ArticleFC players get the night off as pressure eases
AYLESBURY FC’s players have been given the night off from training this week as a reward for their efforts during a gruelling fixture list.FC have played three times a week for the last month and a...
View ArticleTitle joy beckons for hockey club after Wycombe win
IT was another undefeated weekend for Thame Hockey Club with three wins and a draw.The men’s first team moved within a point of sealing the title with a workmanlike 4-1 home victory over...
View ArticleTeacher’s shame after sex with pupil
A MUSIC teacher from Aylesbury has been put on the sex offenders register for ten years after he pleaded guilty to having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student at his school.Father-of-two...
View ArticleForget Rooney, Bierton FC have got DJ Spoony
HE is usually filling dancefloors and radio airwaves with his music mixing but on Saturday DJ Spoony was in Aylesbury playing for Bierton FC against Bedgrove United.The popular former BBC Radio One...
View ArticleAmerican choir visits town schoolchildren
AN AMERICAN choir visited a town school this week.A 12-strong choir from the Berkeley Preparatory School in Tampa, Florida, sang at St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School in Thame on Monday, March 26.As...
View ArticleWho invented the internet? Was it Simon Cowell?
Research has reveals that nearly half of children aged seven to 16 in the East of England think that the world wide web was invented by Apple boss Steve Jobs or Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg. And one in...
View ArticleYoung drinkers warned: ‘You could face a night in the cells’
AN under-age drinking crackdown has been launched in Aylesbury.Police say they will be stepping up patrols around the town centre, and youngsters found with alcohol will have their booze confiscated.A...
View ArticleHurricanes and Cyclones blow away any chance of defeat
IT was another undefeated weekend for Thame Hurricanes as their match against Cherokees ended in a tight draw.They led 13-9 by the break but a poor third quarter cost them in the end as it ended all...
View ArticleTown bowlers in clean sweep
After their fine performances last year, Aylesbury Town bowlers enjoyed astonishing success in the recent finals at Foxhill Indoor Bowls Club.Philip Gregory, Mark Newman and Tony Osborne were winners...
View ArticleA Lotte to look forward to at Thame Food Festival ...
THE fifth food festival in Thame has been given the go-ahead to take place this year, thanks to a bumper sponsorship deal.Lotte Duncan, TV chef, writer, broadcaster and patron of Thame Food Festival,...
View ArticleDrug and alcohol rehab centre plans for Aylesbury
A NEW drugs and alcohol rehab centre could soon be set up in Aylesbury.An application has been put to Aylesbury Vale District Council for the change of use of a building in Friarage Court on Rickfords...
View ArticleDéjà vu for Tooka after another fine win at Towcester
Granborough-trained horse Tooka had his owners seeing double when he repeated last year’s win in the two-mile chase at Towcester on Monday.His trainer, Tony Middleton said it was a remarkable...
View ArticleSo why were the lights switched out at the top of hospital chimney?
FOR decades the red lights at the top of the 36-metre tall steel chimney at Stoke Mandeville Hospital have shone out as a warning to aircraft.But since the beginning of the year the lights have been...
View ArticleCourageous Amie will carry the torch
IT IS often easy to complain about teenagers and their behaviour but Aylesbury can boast one brave 15 year old who must surely defy any grumpy middle-aged critic. Amie Ing, of Park Street, has been...
View ArticleCrime pays as author’s book soars up the charts
A NEW author has been left stunned after his crime novel soared to the top spot in Amazon’s top 100 best sellers.Fourteen thousand copies of Deferral of Guilt were downloaded to Kindles via Amazon in...
View ArticleVoters can be as silly as politicians – that’s the price of democracy
I have yet again turned to watching DVDs of yesteryear programmes rather than watch the dross currently on TV. At the moment I am seven hours into that great 1991 series GBH and enjoying it as much as...
View ArticleBoss hopes none of his Ducks fly the club’s nest
AYLESBURY United manager Tony Joyce says he wants to retain his star players so they can mount a title challenge next season.The Ducks’ 4-0 demolition of Hillingdon Borough on Saturday saw United...
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