Plans for revamp of town cemetery
PLANS for a town centre cemetery were revealed on Thursday.Aylesbury Town Council could be extending Tring Road Cemetery in the town, building a memory garden and wild flower border and refurbishing...
View ArticleFormer town mayor and GP remembered
A FORMER Thame town mayor and district councillor sadly died last week.Dr Andrew Markus, who passed away on April 7, was a town councillor from 1963 until the mid-80s, and town mayor in 1969. A local...
View ArticleHalf century celebration
THAME Flower Club celebrated its 50th anniversary with a special demonstration by national florist Tan Strong, followed by a tea party.The event was held at Oxfordshire Golf Club and was enjoyed by all...
View ArticleVender selling electric guitar worth £100k
ROCK guitar fans will be familiar with the shape of the iconic Gibson Les Paul electric guitar. But this particular one is no ordinary Les Paul, which is why it’s on the market to the tune of...
View ArticleCooray runs his Olympic target at London Marathon
AYLESBURY runner Anuradha Cooray reached his goal of running the London Marathon in under two hours 18 minutes on Sunday.The Bucks Herald Sports Personality award winner was desperate to achieve the...
View ArticleWebber fourth for fourth time in four races at Bahrain Grand Prix
ASTON Clinton racer Mark Webber disappointingly and somewhat predictably finished fourth yet again as teammate Seb Vettel won the Bahrain Grand Prix on Sunday.Despite breaking his seemingly...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: irvine Welsh’s Ecstasy
Can it really be 15 years since the awesome Trainspotting put Scotland and drugs on the big screen in a smart, funny and engaging masterpiece based on the ground-breaking novel by Irvine Welsh?Welsh...
View ArticleA licence to level retail playing field
SO, what’s the only type of outfit that’s still expanding on our High Streets?The fish spa craze appears to have come and gone, the coffee bar boom seems to have slowed down, new nail stylists are...
View ArticleFuture is bright as Halton youngsters shine at finals
A NUMBER of players who train with the Everyball International Academy based at Halton Tennis Centre reached semi-finals and finals at the Rickmansworth LTA Grade 3 tournament held last week.Calum...
View ArticleTool collection for Africa charity
THE Rotary Club of Thame is asking residents to check their sheds and lofts and donate their old tools for charity.Every year the Rotary Club of Thame runs a collection point for unwanted tools. This...
View ArticleYoung Bucks racer Tom kickstarts his hat-trick bid
TOM Ingram has kickstarted his bid to make it a hat-trick of car racing crowns in swift succession with a trio of podiums in the second meeting of the season at Donington Park at the weekend. After...
View ArticleiPhone games designer wins top industry award
A WOMAN from Aylesbury has won a top competition to design a video game for the iPhone.Catherine Forsyth’s team won the first ever UK competition to set up, make and design their own computer games,...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVDs: The Iron Lady, Mission Impssible
POLITICAL biopic THE IRON LADY (12: Twentieth Century Fox) treads a road not covered by BBC4’s The Long Walk To Finchley.The TV drama examined ten years in the young life of future Prime Minister...
View ArticleThame’s Got Talent winner and friends get VIP treats
THE winner of this year’s Thame’s Got Talent celebrated her success in style.Georgina Bishop, 11, of Moreton, was treated to a VIP cookie and milkshake event at the Time Out Café in Thame.Georgina was...
View ArticleFirefighters’ horseplay in town’s canal
A HORSE had to be coaxed out of a canal by a team of firefighters and the RSCPA at the weekend. Six firefighters were called out the Grand Union Canal near Broughton Lane in Aylesbury at around 7.45am...
View ArticleBercow calls on government to step in over incinerator
THE Government has been urged to intervene in a battle to build a £200 million incinerator, which was last week given planning permission by County Hall.Yesterday (Tuesday), Buckingham MP John Bercow...
View ArticleVillagers to get up and running
Haddenham Runners will soon be treading the roads and paths of the Bucks Countryside once more. Club captain Steve ‘Floella’ Benjamin has decreed that the 2012 season will start on Thursday May 3 with...
View ArticleWaddesdon off to winning start
SOMEWHAT inevitably, the rain began at the start of the outdoor bowls season, and Waddesdon got off to their first wet but winning weekend.Due to a waterlogged home green, Waddesdon transferred the...
View ArticleUPDATED 5.15pm: Bedgrove death not suspicious, say police
RESIDENTS have been shocked by the discovery of a man’s body on Wednesday morning at The Spinney.Police cordoned off an area near Bedgrove Park after the body was found by a member of the public by a...
View ArticleChinnor seal play-off with hard fought win
CHINNOR’S 40-28 victory at home against Chippenham on Saturday was no easy matter but gets them through to the all-important play-off for promotion to National 2 South.Even though Chippenham were down...
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