Security fears force Aylesbury golf club to plan on-site accommodation
‘Serious problems’ with break-ins have forced a golf club to seek to build on-site manager’s accommodation - otherwise the facility’s future will be under threat.Aylesbury Golf Centre has been the...
View ArticleMade in Bucks: Firms offered £5,000 worth of support to encourage exporting
Expert support worth £5,000 is being offered to Bucks businesses which want to start exporting.The taxpayer-funded Bucks Business First group is searching for five firms which already have an...
View ArticleBarber girls cut stereotypes
One of the UK’s first barbers to be set up by a woman that now has locations around the country is celebrating 30 years in business.In the early 1980s there were hardly any women working at barbers,...
View ArticleMen fight back to win five-goal London thriller
A Cliff Brown double helped Thame pull off an impressive fightback to overturn a two-goal deficit and win a thriller 3-2 at Eastcote.The visitors were sluggish early on and were duly punished when the...
View ArticleFireworks in Long Crendon
A firm which has produced shows for Big Brother, The Rolling Stones, Kew Botanical Gardens and Dame Shirley Bassey will be staging a spectacular fireworks display in Long Crendon on Saturday...
View ArticleMeet the doctors taking over the NHS
The team of family doctors who from next year will get the final say on how NHS money is spent in the Vale is holding a meeting to discuss its plans.The meeting at The Winslow Centre on Wednesday,...
View ArticleEstate agent backs charity Make A Will initiative
None of us like to think about death but it happens to us all, and if we don’t leave a valid Will, we could be leaving a mess for our loved ones to sort out. Many people put off making a will, even...
View ArticleArtists showcase their work to help out charity
The inaugural Thame Rotary Art Show has been hailed as a great success.The two-day event, organised by the Rotary Club of Thame, showcased the work of more than 40 artists and sculptors from the...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Argo
‘The movie was fake. The mission was real.’Welcome back to 1979, things are a tad tense in Iran where the American embassy is being stormed by enraged supporters of the Ayatollah Khomeini.Most of the...
View ArticleWait goes on for Aylesbury Crown Court developments
Aylesbury MP David Lidington has been told by the Ministry for Justice that he will have to wait until spring 2013 for further news on the future of Aylesbury Crown Court. Plans for a new...
View ArticleInmates subdued after prison violence
Specially trained staff were called into action at a young offenders unit after violence flared during an incident involving four inmates.The problems started at around 1.15pm on Monday. The incident...
View ArticlePensioner taken to hospital after two-car crash
A man, 80, was taken to hospital after a two-car crash on Saturday.The incident took place in Bicester Road at the junction with Edge Street in Aylesbury at around 3pm.The man was released by...
View ArticleTwo more jailed in Aylesbury drug bust
Two more people have been jailed as part of Aylesbury’s biggest ever drugs raid.Steven Doyle, 25, of Hampden Gardens, and Debbie Almond, 51, of Elm Green, both Aylesbury, were sentenced to 18 months...
View ArticleCar hits lampost in Aylesbury town centre
A car ploughed into a town centre lampost today.The incident took place at around 3pm on the High Street as the driver was trying to avoid another vehicle.The relevant authorities have been informed...
View ArticleWhat are your plans for Children In Need?
Are you planning an event for Children In Need on Friday? If so, let us know so we can send our photographers along and support you.Simply email reporter Andrew Kay with what you will be up to via...
View ArticleStoke Mandeville’s wards monitored in virus outbreak
Visiting patients in hospital could be restricted as a result of norovirus spreading through the town.Staff at Stoke Mandeville Hospital will be monitoring wards to ensure patients and members of the...
View ArticleDon’t miss Diwali exhibition at Aylesbury’s Queens Park
Queens Park Arts Centre is hosting a Rangoli exhibition to celebrate the Indian Festival of Diwali (lights).The work has been designed and created by Nilesh and Bhavna Prajapati, with some help from...
View ArticleScale back the wedding, we need a mortgage
Britons are shunning big white weddings in a bid to get on the property ladder, new research from Barclays has revealed. 52 per cent of Britons – more than half the UK population – would choose to put...
View ArticleTrio steal hundreds from salon owner in distraction burglary
A businesswoman has been forced to improve security after her salon was a victim of a distraction burglary.Ellen Aubrey, who owns 4beauty in Whitchurch, had more than £300 stolen on Saturday at 1pm by...
View ArticleWard changes at Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Bucks Healthcare NHS Trust launched a new programme this week to maximise its use of space and staff so it can offer improved services and patient care.The Better Healthcare in Bucks programme has seen...
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