HS2 runs up £250 million bill in just three years – but could judicial review...
More than a quarter of a billion pounds has already been spent on HS2, before a single piece of track has even been laid.A total of £253 million has been spent since the project was announced three...
View ArticleAylesbury tower climber sets sights on Shard after second failed world record...
An Aylesbury man has failed in his second attempt to break a world record for climbing a vertical kilometre up stairs – but he’s not giving up any time soon.Paul Smith had hoped to scale London’s...
View ArticleFormer pupils are worth their weight in gold
Former Lord Williams’s students recently attended a reception at St James’ Palace where they received their Gold Duke of Edinburgh’s Awards. The award is the culmination of several years involved in a...
View ArticleEgg-citing times ahead over Easter
For the sixth year running chocolate giants Cadbury and the National Trust are teaming up to make Easter magical.The partnership will ensure families from Thame and across Oxfordshire will have plenty...
View Article‘It’s a relief’: Boss pays up after seven months
The owner of the Royal Bucks Hospital, Aylesbury, has started to pay staff thousands of pounds after selling the building. Dr James Clarke has refused to speak publicly since the hospital announced it...
View ArticleShoemaker who worked at Princes Risborough family firm for 66 years dies
Tributes have been paid following the death of a Bucks shoe shop founder’s last surviving son.Jim Wainwright died in Wycombe hospital on February 28 following a sudden stroke.Born in Dinton in 1929, he...
View ArticleAttempted murder: Accused Aylesbury man to make plea in May
An Aylesbury man charged with attempted murder has appeared in court.Darren Stenhouse, of Belgrave Road, was charged in connection with an attack last week.Police were called to the street where the 38...
View ArticleBaby burping cloth maker anniversary
The creator of a baby burping cloth has invited people to join in its first anniversary celebrations.Bubbly, cakes and pampering will be on offer at Mumlin’s first birthday, due to be held on March 23...
View ArticleCricketer’s academy gets ECB and OCB affiliation
Thame cricketer and popular youth coach Manoj Parmar has seen his MP Cricket Academy awarded affiliation to the England Cricket Board and Oxfordshire Cricket Board.The former Indian cricketer, who...
View ArticleVisionary approach and new centre gives disabled kids chance
The launch of a cutting edge disability learning centre has ‘answered the prayers of a lot of parents’.The Life Skills Centre at Aylesbury College was unveiled by Bucks County Council cabinet member...
View ArticleCourt case against Aylesbury taxi firm collapses – because council lost its...
Aylesbury Vale District Council had prosecuted Call a Cab Ltd for operating without a private hire operator’s licence.The firm claimed that it was not an operator but an intermediary, acting as a taxi...
View ArticleEquivalent to 90 football pitches resurfaced, yearly programme of road...
Just a handful of roads are outstanding and these will be completed this month ahead of a new road treatment programme for 2013/14, which starts in late April.When complete, the 2012/13 programme,...
View ArticleDave Lee Travis questioned again in Jimmy Savile sex scandal investigation
DJ Dave Lee Travis has been questioned about new allegations of sexual assault as part of the Jimmy Savile investigation.Travis, 67, of Mentmore, reappeared before police on Monday to answer further...
View ArticleDelegation looks to strengthen ties with French twin town
Relations with Aylesbury’s twin town in France are set to be strengthened to include trade and agricultural links.Councillor Denise Summers, who was part of a delegation which visited Bourg-en-Bresse,...
View ArticleStudent elected to Youth Parliament
A pupil at Lord Williams’s School has been elected as a member of the UK Youth Parliament representing South Oxfordshire.Michael Oatway, a Year 12 Sixth Form student at the Thame school, won the...
View ArticleTeenagers attacked for phones and handbag in late night attack
Two teenagers were robbed of their phones and a handbag in a late night attack in Ceely Road, Aylesbury.The 17-year-old girl and 18-year-old man were confronted at 3.30am on Sunday by one man when they...
View ArticleLock up your vans: Tool thieves on the hunt in Aylesbury
Thieves targeting commercial vans for tools are on the rise in Aylesbury. Since the beginning of March there have been several thefts reported in Galsworthy Place, Cromwell Avenue, Savernake, Denby...
View ArticleJewellery thieves strike in Dagnall
Valuable jewellery including a large solitaire diamond was stolen from a house in Dunstable Road, Dagnall. Burglars broke into the house through a downstairs window between 9am and 8pm on Saturday.They...
View ArticleStores hang on in there as national crisis grips
Two leading Aylesbury stores have been spared closure despite the struggles of their parent companies.Dreams announced it had gone into administration last week, while Thomas Cook said it would be...
View Article‘I was lucky’: Drivers escape serious injury after metal piping falls off...
Several drivers were lucky to escape uninjured on the A41 this morning (Thursday) after metal piping fell from the back of a lorry.Four vehicles were damaged after 11am at the Chesham junction heading...
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