Matt Adcock’s film review: Seven Psychopaths
Q: How many psychopaths does it take to make a superb, clever, laugh-out-loud action comedy dog-nap-em-up?A: Seven – yeah, the answer was in the title of the movie…Here we have the righteous follow-up...
View ArticleExplore nature on winter walk
The Chiltern Society has launched a country walk in Tring to encourage people to explore the area throughout the seasons.The Tring Winter Walk starts at The Forge car park, goes through Stubbings Wood,...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Blessed are the Tweeters
You may have heard that Twitter was in a spot of trouble, what with all that unpleasantness about Lord McAlpine. You hadn’t heard? Sorry, can’t tell you what it was all about, don’t want to get into...
View ArticleHear a new twist on classics
Multi-award winning showman and conductor Rainer Hersch is to grace Aylesbury in a brand new show based on the best of Viennese tradition in music and dance.Building on Raymond Gubbay’s long...
View ArticleStrictly speaking, Nicky is one adorable puppy
Nicky the puppy and his siblings are all named after Strictly Come Dancing contestants. They were dumped in a bag and found by a passer by. At two months’ old they are very friendly and playful pups....
View ArticleMoes away! Businessmen shave off taches for charity
After a month of trying on the Tom Selleck look for charity, a group of Thame businessmen had their moustaches shaved off to mark the end of Movember.The five colleagues decided to back the annual...
View ArticleCharity ‘relieved’ shocking theft by former employee dealt with
The head of a charity hit by a thieving former employee has said it is relieved to put the ‘distressing’ ordeal to bed.Margaret Pike stole £43,893.83 from the Fremantle Trust by creating a fake...
View ArticleHouse badly damaged by fire but residents escape unscathed
Residents escaped without injury when a dining room fire badly damaged a Wingrave home.Three fire crews were called to the Leighton Road house at 5.34pm on Monday, using two hoses to put out the blaze....
View ArticleGolf club takes aim at HS2 after not being consulted
Changes to HS2’s route which will destroy an Aylesbury golf course were not properly consulted on, the High Court has heard.The high speed train line will plough through the middle of Aylesbury Park...
View ArticleInstitutes unite in Haddenham
Haddenham Afternoon and Witchert women’s institutes have agreed to merge after meetings in the last two months.This is what the National Federation of Women’s Institutes officially calls an...
View ArticleFive years imprisonment for latest man jailed following Aylesbury’s biggest...
An Aylesbury man has become the latest person to be jailed for drug offences as part of Operation Sideline.Said Rascul Khan, of Fleet Street, was sentenced to five years imprisonment at Oxford Crown...
View ArticlePolice operation clamps down on drivers speeding through village
Motorists have been punished for speeding through a Vale village during a police operation.The operation to clamp down on drivers going too fast along Ellesborough Road, near Wendover, was organised...
View ArticleVillagers targeted in big car crime spree
Police are appealing for witnesses after village communities took the brunt of a series of vehicle thefts and theft from vehicles across Aylesbury Vale.On Thursday night and Friday morning last week...
View ArticleREVIEW: Spence sparkles in Cinderella romp
A glittering version of the ever-popular pantomime Cinderella opened to a packed Milton Keynes audience last Friday featuring celebrity dancer Louie Spence and singing star Deniece Pearson. And judging...
View ArticleKeep an eye out and lock up your cars in Haddenham
Motorists are being advised to secure their cars after a spate of crimes and occasional thefts.Residents in Haddenham have been warned after thieves stole sat navs, cash and clothing from 15 different...
View ArticleStore checks out ‘waste not, want not’ scheme
Charities are to benefit from surplus food donated by Sainsbury’s Thame that would have gone to waste.The items donated by the store to the Sharing Life Trust include dented cereal packets and items...
View Article‘The cynical consumerist West has exchanged God for Argos’: Census data shows...
The number of people following the Christian faith in Aylesbury Vale has fallen sharply in the past decade, new figures from the Office for National Statistics reveal.In the 2011 Census, 14,854 fewer...
View ArticleTemperatures set to rise but expect rain, warn forecasters
Temperatures across the Vale are set to rise in the coming days.The Met Office is forecasting rain showers tomorrow with a high of around nine degrees.Saturday and Sunday are expected to remain dry and...
View ArticleConservative council defies Government’s new planning ideas
Politicians have moved to defy the Government’s idea to override council and relax planning laws.Aylesbury Vale District Council passed a motion to oppose the Government’s idea that would see planning...
View ArticleChurch’s X Factor take on nativity
A ‘Xmas Factor Live Nativity’ show is being staged by a church as part of its service which tells the biblical story using real animals.Kimble Free Church’s plans include live music, drama, carols,...
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