Former BBC DJ Dave Lee Travis bailed after questioning in Aylesbury
Mentmore resident and former BBC Radio 1 star David Lee Travis has been bailed after he was arrested on suspicion of sexual offences by police.Mr Travis, 67, is the fourth suspect to be arrested in the...
View ArticleVoters desert the polls at police commissioner elections
The prospective Thames Valley police and crime commissioner will be elected with only 13.3% of the public having voted at the polls.The low turnout is likely to raise questions over whether the leader...
View Article‘Let’s move on’ says Aylesbury chairman after second hammering to title...
Aylesbury chairman Dean Gray conceded it was ‘always going to be difficult’ for his side as they suffered another hammering at the hands of Buckingham to lose the Bucks Shield on Saturday.Ays’ great...
View ArticlePolice commissioner elections down to two candidates
The Thames Valley police and crime commissioner election will go to a second preference vote after no one secured more than 50% of the first.The Conservative candidate Anthony Stansfeld secured 76,011...
View ArticleSpicing it up! Nando’s is on its way to Aylesbury
Flame-grilled peri-peri chicken restaurant Nando’s will open its new restaurant in Aylesbury in June 2013.The restaurant will be on Exchange Street at the former home of La Tasca, which closed earlier...
View ArticleUpdated: Tory delighted after being elected crime commissioner DESPITE...
Conservative Anthony Stansfeld has been elected as the Thames Valley police and crime commissioner despite securing only a meagre total of the electorate. Mr Stansfeld saw off competition from Labour’s...
View ArticleMarket town bargains harder to find
Homebuyers typically part with nearly £23,000 more to live in a market town in England, according to latest research from Lloyds TSB. House prices in market towns across England are, on average,...
View ArticleNew theatre boss and Friars supremo ready to do business again
He’s only been in the job for two months but the Waterside’s new boss can already count repairing the fractious relationship with the Friars Club as a significant achievement.Jamie Baskeyfield and...
View ArticleNew exhibition is making a real impression
An exhibition which showcases ‘wonderful, stunning and affordable’ hand pulled prints by members of the Beds, Bucks and Herts Print Society is taking place at Bucks County Museum. On display at the...
View ArticleProtest legend to bring his voice to Bedgrove church
A former cricketer who stood up to one of the world’s most feared dictators will tell his story at a church this weekend.Henry Olonga, 36, became notorious after he donned a black armband when playing...
View ArticlePupils take to the screen to help educate globally
Millions of people around the world are to benefit from an insight into the daily lives of students at an Aylesbury school.Filming has been taking place at Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School over three...
View ArticlePolice relocated to business park
The town’s police station is set to close, with operations being relocated to a nearby business park.A front counter service will be maintained at the current station in Greyhound Lane, Thame, however,...
View ArticleSouth Oxfordshire recycling success
Residents in the southern half of Oxfordshire have been named as the top recyclers in Great Britain, according to government figures.South Oxfordshire, which has a recycling rate of 67.9%, came second...
View ArticleStalker victims call for harsher border checks
The parents of a woman who fell victim to a foreign ‘narcissistic psychopath’ have taken on Whitehall in a campaign to tighten the border and stop criminals flooding into the UK.Canadian national Al...
View ArticleStoke Mandeville nurses in shock at pay cuts after failing ‘nonsense’ tests
Staff at Stoke Mandeville Hospital have been left in shock after being told their pay will be reduced after they failed a ‘nonsense’ test.A source working in the hospital’s Mandeville Wing told the...
View ArticleCrate expectations as milkman delivers first book
A milkman has written a satirical book to help fund his 62-day charity walk from John O’Groats to Lands End.Alec Hawkes, 51, from London Road in Aston Clinton, said he has always wanted to write a...
View ArticleBuyer demand gets a touch of Christmas spirit
Buyer demand in the South East rose at its fastest rate in a year during October, with purchasers across the region looking to test the pre-Christmas market, says the latest RICS housing market...
View ArticlePlanning applications for Thame
Applications considered by Thame Town Council on November 13.9099 P12/S2117/A2 HIGH STREETErection of 1 no. double sided projecting sign and 2 no. fascia signs (As amended by drawing number TH-12-101A...
View ArticleNew wetlands in place of golf course and a ‘lid’ on the track: Better HS2...
The owner of Hartwell House and Claydon House is calling for millions to be spent reducing the impact of the proposed HS2 line along an 8km stretch from Stoke Mandeville to Waddesdon.The National Trust...
View ArticleRally planned as Royal Bucks Hospital staff go unpaid again
Workers at the closing Royal Bucks Hospital have gone unpaid for the third time and some are unsure when they will receive redundancy money.Staff on ‘gardening leave’ have yet to get their October...
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