Going once, going twice: Hospital goes up for sale BUT nurses remain unpaid
A privately owned hospital has been put up for sale for £2.5 million despite its owner still allegedly owing employees more than £350,000.The Royal Bucks Hospital closed in October but staff say he...
View ArticlePolice search for Thame metal thieves
Police are hunting two men after a metal theft and burglary.Both incidents were carried out in Thame.A spokesman for the force said: “On Tuesday, at around 9.50pm, the offenders forced open a window at...
View ArticleWhat are the 13 ‘must have’ highlights a top drawer home needs?
The team at top drawer estate agents Barton Wyatt, which claims its clientele are predominantly people fly first class and stay in seven star hotels have drawn up a list of ‘must haves’ highlights for...
View ArticleNovel Slated for major movie as moguls move in
A Vale author’s smash-hit debut novel is set to be made into a blockbuster movie by the team behind Oscar-winning film The King’s Speech.Teri Terry’s teen novel Slated has already won several top...
View ArticleTeen phone repairman enjoys taking on Apple
A teenage iPhone repairman has started making a name for himself around school with his quick and cheap fixes.Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School pupil, Jamie Coe, 14, officially started his iPhone screen...
View ArticleRecords tumble as Vale runners start to thaw out
The cross country calendar has been one of many sports to suffer at the hands of the wintry weather over the past week.This weekend saw the postponement of the South of England Cross Country...
View ArticleEnjoying 25 years of flying service
An executive airport car service is celebrating 25 years of ferrying people on their way to and from exotic locations.M40 Cars, Thame, was started up by father and son team, John and Craig in 1987...
View ArticleRent trap keeps many off housing ladder, says Shelter
Rents in the south east are rising by an average of £297 a year, leaving many in a ‘rent trap’ with little or nothing left to save for a home of their own, says housing charity Shelter.A new report...
View ArticleHurricanes blow lead in certain netball victory
Thame Hurricanes were feeling a little rusty at the start of their netball match against Crendon and it showed as they went down 18-15.Thame started slow and steady and tried to settle into the game...
View ArticleRelics of war that killed and maimed in the 17th century found near Watermead
Musket balls, most probably fired in the Battle of Aylesbury during the English Civil War in the 17th century have been found on a field at the entrance to Watermead.With the battle ground just across...
View ArticleRun down roundabout finally ready to be tidied up four years on
A run down Aylesbury roundabout is in line for some much needed TLC, the county council has promised.Ever since two cars crashed into the roundabout outside Aylesbury College in December 2008 nothing...
View ArticleHospital library closes but future remains uncertain for volunteers and patients
Stoke Mandeville Hospital chiefs have said they will do their utmost to protect a library when ASDA and a new car park are built on the site. Stoke Mandeville Hospital Volunteer Library, based at the...
View ArticlePlans for Hampden Fields and Fleet Marston houses to be heard together
Plans for 3,000 homes on the edge of Aylesbury will be heard at appeal after the Planning Inspectorate agreed to look at the proposals.The Hampden Fields consortium, which wants to build homes and...
View ArticleSewage ‘reeking’ havoc for guides for years
‘Disgusting’ sewage has forced girl guides out of their usual hut since December. The unwanted waste has been a long-standing problem for the guides at Manor Crescent, Wendover, and Friends of Guides...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Zero Dark Thirty
“I’m going to smoke everyone involved in this op and then I’m going to kill Osama bin Laden.” Saddle up for Kathryn ‘The Hurt Locker’ Bigelow’s heavy duty Homeland-esque take on the hunt for Osama bin...
View ArticleNew town servants welcomed by mayor
Thame Town Council has welcomed two new co-opted members.Adrian Dite and Linda Emery were both selected at a meeting of the full council on Tuesday .The pair will both serve until the end of the...
View ArticleSafety experts spark a home peril warning
A new survey by the Electrical Safety Council shows that millions of people are attempting electrical jobs such as rewiring and installing complicated electrical equipment in an attempt to save cash....
View ArticleAylesbury murder investigation: Police hunt private hire car seen at scene of...
Police have appealed for witnesses following the murder of an Aylesbury man.Mark Austin, of Coxhill Way, died at Stoke Mandeville Hospital on Friday after an altercation at a Harcourt Green house at...
View ArticlePolice hunt driver after 10-year-old girl and man injured in Aylesbury hit...
A young girl and a man have been injured in a hit and run in Aylesbury.A 40-year-old man was carrying the girl, 10, across Wendover Road near the junction with Eascote Road when a black Audi car hit...
View ArticleDon’t move, improve is the watchworth for 2013
Leading trade supplier Screwfix is predicting a boom in home improvement over the next year as households invest more in their current homes, with research showing that the 56 per cent of tradesmen...
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