Cases coming before Aylesbury Magistrates’ Court include:

TYRELL HUNTER-CAMPBELL, 23, of St Anne’s Road, Aylesbury. Between May 29 and May 31 pursued a course of conduct which amounted to the harassment of a woman in that he made contact with her via WhatsApp messaging service several times after he had received a harassment warning letter from police. Pleaded guilty. Awaiting sentence.

RICHARD BARRETT, 31, of Bearbrook Place, Aylesbury. On June 11 jointly with another man stole DVDs from Co-op in Aylesbury. Pleaded guilty. Fined £230, costs £500, victim surcharge £23.

JAMES EDWELL, 32, of Buckingham Road, Aylesbury. On September 6 in Aylesbury assaulted a man by beating him. Found guilty. Fined £55, compensation £50, costs £350, victim surcharge £20.

THOMAS WADHAM, 73, of Culpepper Close, Aylesbury. 1) Between May 8, 2007, and February 7, 2010, in Aylesbury failed to promptly notify the Department for Work and Pensions of a change of circumstances which you knew would affect your entitlement to pension credit. Pleaded guilty. 2) Between February 18, 2007, and September 20, 2009, in Aylesbury failed to promptly notify Aylesbury Vale District Council of a change of circumstances which you knew would affect your entitlement to housing benefit. Pleaded guilty. Awaiting sentence.

PAULINE STERLING, 57, of Young Close, Aylesbury. 1) Between December 31, 2005, and September 9, 2011, in Aylesbury failed to promptly notify the Department for Work and Pensions of a change in circumstances which you knew would affect you entitlement to income support. Pleaded guilty. 2) Same date/place failed to promptly notify Aylesbury Vale District Council of a change of circumstances which you knew would affect your entitlement to council tax benefit. Pleaded guilty. Awaiting sentence.

GAVIN RICHENS, 37, of Tring Road, Aylesbury. On September 13, at Stars Bar and Cafe in Aylesbury assaulted a man by beating him. Pleaded guilty. Fined £200, compensation £50, costs £200, victim surcharge £20.

AARRON THOMPSON, 21, of Palmer Avenue, Aylesbury. On November 9 in Aylesbury used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress, and the offence was racially aggravated. Pleaded guilty. Fined £112, costs £85, compensation £25, victim surcharge £20.

CHARLOTTE YOUNG, 32, of Red Admiral Street, Aylesbury. Between March 6 and 25 in Aylesbury committed fraud in that, while occupying a position, namely book keeper, in which she was expected to safeguard, or not to act against, the financial interests of Aylesbury Logistics, she dishonestly abused that position intending thereby to make a gain, namely financially, for herself and to cause loss to Aylesbury Logistics or to expose that person to a risk of loss herself. Pleaded guilty. Awaiting sentence.

EDWARD PETRONS, 20, of Aylesbury Road, Wendover. 1) On September 26 in Wendover assaulted a woman by beating her. Pleaded guilty. 2) Same date/place used threatening, abusive or insulting words or behaviour or disorderly behaviour within the hearing or sight of a person likely to be caused harassment, alarm or distress thereby. Pleaded guilty. Banned from Red Lion Hotel, Wendover, for nine months, compensation £100.

DAVID CHARLES RYDER, 40, of Grafton Road, Aylesbury. On December 5 in Grafton Road assaulted a female. Pleaded guilty. Awaiting sentence.

More than 100 new jobs for young people and 500 in total could be created if Buckinghamshire Business First can meet its targets for 2014.

The organisation, which acts as a link between public policy and the business community, is hoping to build on a ‘great’ 2013.

Managing director Philippa Batting, 53, believes more opportunities for the people of Vale can be created by attracting new businesses to Bucks.

She said: “We’re working on investors from outside of the county and some from overseas to encourage them to come to the county.

“The proximity to international airports and links to major motorways are attractive.”

Ms Batting, who lives in Princes Risborough, is proud of the organisation’s growth since its inception in 2011.

She said: “The county has quite a low claimant rate and while we can’t take the credit for that we like to think we have contributed.

“When we started we had about 300 members.

“Now we have nearly 3,700, growing at a rate of between 100 and 200 a month. The aspiration is to get to 6,000 by March 2015 and grow that year on year.”

Ms Batting is looking forward to the challenges of 2014 while continuing to provide expertise for Bucks businesses when they need it.

“It’s about what we can achieve in the collective.

“Businesses can struggle in the singular but when you get an organisation speaking on your behalf to Whitehall, invariably you get results.”

A 99-year-old fundraiser has led a charity event which made more than £600 for disabled children.

Mary Brackenbury, who is a founding member of Inner Wheel, was joined by 15 members at The Three Horseshoes in Towersey with different types of wheel.

Mary, who brought her favourite snack Wagon Wheels to the pub, said: “Someone brought a wheelbarrow!

“It was nice food and it was very fun.”

Mary turned 99 on New Year’s Day and just nine days later, she was helping raise funds for children.

She celebrated with a party in Towersey Village Hall, at which her daughter Jo Gregory, 77, passed a sponsorship form around the 50 guests, raising £160.

Fellow member of Inner Wheel – an all-female Rotary Club based in Thame – Ann Livings, 62, said: “It was late at Mary’s party and we all wanted to go home.

“But we couldn’t because she was still going!”

Money raised at the ‘wheels event’ will support Thomley Hall which is an activity centre for disabled children based in Worminghall.

Broadcaster Ken Bruce, who is a patron of Thomley Hall, joined Mary at the Towersey pub for a coffee.

“My name is Jordan Belfort. I’m a former member of the middle class raised by two accountants in a tiny apartment in New York. The year I turned 26, as the head of my own brokerage firm I made $49 million. This really hacked me off because it was three shy of a million a week...”

2014 explodes onto the big screen with a dirty, frantic and crazed epic from Martin Scorsese, which brings laugh-out-loud black comedy of the darkest kind along with an overdose of seriously dubious morals.

This isn’t as nasty as Goodfellas or Casino but it does form the final part of a loose trilogy linked by a common theme.

The Wolf of Wall Street is highly entertaining and exquisitely made, boasting a AAA cast led by Leonardo Di Caprio on dazzling form as Belfort, a wannabe stockbroker who somehow managed to rake in millions through defrauding investors. The fact that much of this debauched tale is true is terrifying, but given the cases of corruption that dealings on Wall Street have thrown up over the years it is also all too believable.

Belfort is the ‘wolf’ of the title, a name bestowed on him by an admiring media, who starts a brokerage firm with the sole aim of ripping off as many people as possible.

As the company grows, so does the crazy lifestyle of its employees – which includes massive drug use, lavish gluttony, over-the-top partying and sexual depravity on heavy rotation.

He is aided and abetted by his hand-picked team who include loser pal and general liability Donnie Azoff (Jonah Hill) and Nicky ‘Rugrat’ Koskoff (P.J. Byrne).

Also on hand are the women in Belfort’s life – long-suffering first wife Teresa Petrillo (Cristin Milioti), sexy second wife Naomi Lapaglia (Margot Robbie, who steams up the screen) and flirty Aunt Emma (the superb Joanna Lumley).

With the flamboyant excess of Belfort and his company being flaunted so openly, it’s no surprise when the FBI targets the apparently booming firm.

The cat and mouse game between agent Patrick Denham (Kyle Chandler) and Belfort is a lot of fun to watch.

Scorsese isn’t afraid to show the crime does not pay message at the end of the three hour running time, but it certainly does pay for a very long time.

This wolf delivers a wild, sweary ride that is worth the investment of your time, but it is not for the faint of heart or easily offended.

Patients will be able to start using a new £43 million mental health centre in Aylesbury from the end of February, the NHS has said.

Aylesbury-based services currently being provided from the Tindal Centre, Cambridge House and the John Hampden Unit are moving into the new Whiteleaf Centre on the site of the old Manor Hospital in Bierton Road from February 25.

It was originally hoped the centre would open its doors in November 2013 but there have been delays.

The 80-bed building, run by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, will mean the closure of the nearby Tindal Centre and the John Hampden Unit at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

The trust took ownership of the site from building contractors Kier on January 17 and the commissioning phase is now underway.

The trust said in a statement: “The Whiteleaf Centre has been designed to provide a welcoming, spacious environment that supports patient recovery and wellbeing.

“It will provide both inpatient and outpatient facilities designed to the highest standard.”

The unit will have 40 beds allocated for the elderly and a further 40 for adults.

All of the rooms will have en suite facilities and exceed Department of Health standards.

There will also be 233 parking spaces and community and conference rooms available for the public to use.

A Vale man has admitted being high on drugs when he was involved in a fatal car crash.

Paul Fletcher, of Chiltern Road, Wingrave, lost control of the Honda Accord he was driving in Ledburn and crashed into a tractor which was travelling in the opposite direction before hitting two other vehicles.

One of them was a Volkswagen Polo driven by Paul Gordon, 46, which was towing an Audi A4.

Mr Gordon, from Leighton Buzzard, died at the scene while a woman in the Audi received serious leg injuries and was flown by air ambulance to Addenbrooks Hospital in Cambridgeshire.

Fletcher, 40, was thrown from his vehicle and suffered a head injury. He was also airlifted to Addenbrooks Hospital and Class A drugs were subsequently found in his possession.

The incident happened on December 7, 2012.

Fletcher was arrested on March 12 last year and today (Monday) at Aylesbury Crown Court pleaded guilty to causing death by careless driving while unfit through drugs.

He previously pleaded guilty to one count of possession of a Class A drug – crack cocaine – and one count of possession of a Class A drug – heroin - at a hearing on November 12 last year.

Fletcher will be sentenced on February 17.

A six-year-old child was rushed to hospital after being knocked down by a car in Aylesbury.

The child was at a pedestrian crossing in Tring Road, near Parton Road, at around 6.20pm on Friday when they were hit by a car, police said today.

The car did not stop at the scene and police are appealing for any witnesses to come forward and help with their investigation.

A 27-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the incident and bailed until February 27.

The child was taken to Stoke Mandeville Hospital for treatment to leg injuries they suffered.

Anyone with information should call police on 101 and ask for PC Neil Stephenson or call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Ihave been giving some thought to preening pundit Russell Brand’s continuing campaign to persuade people to boycott the ballot box. I’m sure you’ve been thinking about little else, too.

I have no idea why Mr Brand appears to be considered one of the great political theorists of our times, his every overblown utterance, pumped up for no good reason by cramming sessions with a dictionary, pored over by other commentators and those in the corridors of power for an insight into what young people might be thinking.

Just because he is able to string a sentence together doesn’t mean that he is talking any sense, and given his various well-documented life choices, not to mention some really awful films, I’d hesitate for quite some time before adopting him as my go-to guru.

Here’s the Brand manifesto as I understand it: He’s never voted, he doesn’t think anyone else should bother either, and there’s revolution in the air, you mark my wild-eyed words.What a pillock.

Life’s too short to slap him down with references to the people who died in the struggle to provide him with the vote, or the millions elsewhere in the world currently engaged in similar struggles.

Democracy has been described as the least worst form of government, which is pretty much on the money if you ask me. It has lots of drawbacks, but when you look at the alternatives – which I suppose must include the slim chance of Russell Brand being installed as dictator by the deluded band convinced by his rhetoric – it’s worth persevering with.

One of the drawbacks, of course, is that it’s not really geared up to cope with apathy or disillusion.

But the only way that the system will change is if people demand it, and one way in which they can demand it is through the ballot box.

Mr Brand rightly says that many people don’t vote because they think the political candidates on offer are all as bad as each other, and it doesn’t matter where they put their cross.

But who says you have to vote for anyone?

Imagine the fuss that would ensue if all the millions of people who apparently hang on his every word turned up at the polling station, perhaps dressed in tribute to his peculiar dissolute dandy style, and deliberately spoiled their paper? If they all scrawled a consistent message on the voting sheet, even if it was just something as ridiculous as Russell Brand For President, it would demonstrate the demand for change.

It’s action, not inaction, that speaks louder than words and anyone who wants to make changes needs to put themselves about a bit, rather than hanging on the flapping coat-tails of a posturing popinjay who can rightly be dismissed as all mouth and very tight trousers.

County council leader Martin Tett has said he is ‘troubled’ by rumours that a ‘garden city’ could be built in Bucks.

Although local government secretary Eric Pickles has denied any decision has been made, a leaked document reportedly identified Gerrards Cross as one possible site for 100,000 new homes.

Reacting to the rumours, Mr Tett said the council would ‘strongly resist’ any attempt to build the city.

He said: “Whilst there’s no evidence that the Government are actually planning to push for a major new ‘city’ development near Gerrards Cross, the rumours are nevertheless troubling.

“I’d like to state the very clear position of Buckinghamshire County Council on this.

“We have at no stage had any discussions with the Government or any other agency about the possibility of such a development in the Gerrards Cross area or any other part of Buckinghamshire.

“Gerrards Cross is in the green belt and county council policy clearly opposes inappropriate development in the green belt.

“We would therefore strongly resist any attempt to impose such a scheme, which would irreparably damage the character of the village and its surroundings”

“We would urge the Government to clearly dispel all such rumours of new cities being imposed on Buckinghamshire.”

The consultation on the environmental impact of HS2 should be extended again, Lords have ruled.

Less than a week after the deadline was extended from January 24 to February 10, the House of Lords standing orders committee ruled it should be put back again to February 27.

People wishing to comment on the HS2 hybrid bill and environmental statement were originally given just 56 days to sift through more than 50,000 pages of information.

The two Parliamentary rulings to extend the deadline come after nearly 900 pages were left out of copies of the environmental statement.

As a result, the Lords said the consultation should have restarted from January 2, giving people 56 days to respond from then.

HS2 Ltd, the government-backed company behind the £50 billion line, has yet to say if it will comply with the ruling, but it is highly likely it will.

HS2 spokesman Ben Ruse said: “We were happy to comply with the ruling of the Commons select committee that has already extended the consultation on the environmental statement.

“Ministers will now need to consider today’s (Monday) ruling before deciding on how to respond.”

The new deadline would delay the date of the second reading of the hybrid bill, effectively the planning application for the line. This is now unlikely to happen before Easter, according to campaigners.

Stop HS2 campaign manager Joe Rukin said those in charge of HS2 had been ‘completely incompetent’.

Mr Rukin said: “HS2 Ltd have had their Parliamentary timetable blown out of the water due to nothing else but their own incompetence.

“They have always been fixated with doing things quickly instead of properly, and yet again it is a case of more haste, less speed.

“This will be welcome news to thousands of people who have been struggling with this gargantuan consultation, and it is telling that yet again an independent committee of Parliamentarians has cast an eye over the work of HS2 Ltd, and yet again found that work to be lacking.”

Cash and jewellery were stolen from a Thame home yesterday (Monday).

The home in Chowns Close was burgled at about 1pm.

Police are keen to speak to anyone who may have seen two men hanging around the area before 1pm or running off following the burglary.

The first man is white, aged around 40, of large build and around 5ft 10ins with dark hair.

He was casually dressed in a light grey hooded top and jogging bottoms.

The second man is white, aged around 18 to 20, of slim build and is around 5ft 10ins.

He was wearing a dark woolly hat and dark clothes.

Anyone with information should call police on 101 and ask to speak to Det Con Stephen Knight.

Alternatively you can call Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Campaigners against HS2 have had their appeals against the legality of the scheme dismissed by the Supreme Court.

This morning the court unanimously dismissed claims that the government failed to carry out a full assessment of the £50 billion line’s environmental impact and that its hybrid bill procedure for getting HS2 through Parliament doesn’t allow for proper democratic scrutiny of the project.

Both of these issues had already been dismissed by the Court of Appeal.

The appeals were brought by HS2 Action Alliance and a ten councils opposed to the line.

Buckinghamshire County Council did not take part directly, however it did pay £10,000 towards HS2 Action Alliance’s legal fees.

Aylesbury Vale District Council played no part in the proceedings.

Judges ruled that the government was not legally bound to carry out a full environment assessment prior to deciding to commence with the scheme.

Opponents also claimed that the government’s whipping of the vote on HS2, combined with limited Parliamentary examination of environmental information and the limited remit of the select committee, prevented effective scrutiny of the project.

But Lord Reed said there is ‘no reason to suppose that Members of Parliament will be unable properly to examine and debate the proposed project’.

He added: “Active political debate on the HS2 project, including its environmental impact, has already been under way for some time, and it is reasonable to expect that Members of Parliament have been, and will continue to be, contacted about it by their constituents and lobbied by interested organisations, such as the appellants.

“As t he bill proceeds through Parliament, and political interest in the project becomes more intense, Members of Parliament will have even more reason to be, and to wish to be, well informed about the project.”

In a statement the HS2 Action Alliance, said: “We’ve had a relatively short time to review the case with our legal team, but our initial conclusions are that the Court’s decision is based on a very restrictive interpretation of the legal points at stake in the case.

“This interpretation does not appear consistent with European Law or the UK’s obligations under the Aarhus Convention, an international agreement designed to protect the environment.

“As a result of this judgement, we are in discussions with our legal team about how best to take these issues into Europe. We’ll have an update on this point shortly.”

Penny Gaines, chair of Stop HS2 said: “We are disappointed with this decision.

“It’s clear from the judgement that the judges are expecting Members of Parliament to look carefully at the HS2 Hybrid Bill, and not simply follow the party whip.

“But the Government has shown that it is eager to rush this legislation through, in the hope that no-one spots the problems with it.

“However, even though they have been taken to court over these matters, HS2 Ltd are still treating the environmental regulations as box ticking operations.

“The ongoing environmental consultation has been twice extended by the House of Commons Standing Orders committee and the House of Lords Standing Order Committee, due to failings in the process by HS2 Ltd.

“We hope that other MPs look closely at the environmental issues surround the Bill, and do not simply wave it through.

“This is not a game: if it goes ahead HS2 will affect the areas it blasts through for ever both in urban areas and the countryside. We have a duty to future generations to make sure that the environment is protected.”

County Councillor Chris Adams, from UKIP, which opposes HS2, said he believes campaigners should now take their case to the European courts.

He joked: “Isn’t it funny that a UKIP person is saying we can use Europe to scrap HS2?”

However, Mr Adams also claimed that the British government is under pressure from the EU to build the line.

Transport Minister Baroness Kramer said: “We welcome that the Supreme Court has unanimously rejected the appeal, which addressed technical issues that had no bearing on the need for a new north-south railway.

“The government’s handling of the project has been fully vindicated by the highest court in the land.

“We will now continue to press ahead with the delivery of HS2.

“The new north-south line will provide extra space for more trains and more passengers to travel on the network, delivering additional capacity where it is most needed. HS2 will also generate thousands of jobs across the UK and provide opportunities to boost skills.

“It is part of the government’s long-term economic plan to build a stronger, more competitive economy and secure a better future for Britain. HS2 is also essential in helping rebalance UK growth - bringing greater prosperity to the Midlands and the north - and we are continuing with the crucial business of getting the scheme ready for construction in 2017.”

The Supreme Court hearing ran from October 15 to 16 2013 and was heard by seven judges.

Police have made a fresh appeal for witnesses after an 11-year-old boy was sexually assaulted in Wendover last month.

A 43-year-old man from the Bicester area was arrested in connection with the incident but later released without charge.

The boy was attacked at about 4.40pm on December 13 as he walked along Bacombe Lane, close to a bridleway.

A man approached the boy and spoke to him before sexually assaulting him.

The child was able to run away and was not injured in the attack.

Police say the man was wearing a ‘very distinctive’ grey and black diamond-patterned hooded top.

Investigations have been ongoing since the incident and police patrols have been taking place in the area.

The man police are looking for is white, aged around 40 with stubble on his face.

He was wearing the hooded top, dark blue jeans and black shoes.

Det Sgt Kerry Bradfield said: “I am re-appealing for anyone who saw a man matching this description or anyone who has seen someone acting suspiciously in this area to contact police.

“The offender was wearing a very distinctive top so I am appealing for anyone who knows anyone with a top which has a diamond pattern matching this description to come forward.

“Incidents of this nature are extremely rare and we are continuing to investigate thoroughly.”

Anyone with information about the incident should call police on 101 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

Up to 50,000 homes may have to be built in Aylesbury Vale, a Tory councillor has warned.

The district council’s own plan has been rejected by an inspector and Councillor Mark Winn said the result could be anything between 35,000 and 50,000 new homes being imposed on the area.

Planning chiefs at Aylesbury Vale District Council would not be drawn on the 50,000 figure, although strategic planning chief, Councillor Carole Paternoster, said the new target is likely to be more than the 26,000 proposed in Labour’s scrapped South East Plan.

Mr Winn has fought against the building of 3,000 homes between Bedgrove and Weston Turville.

He said: “35,000 to 50,000 is a number that has been floated around the council.

“If you start putting together all the overspill from other areas you can start getting that picture.”

Mr Winn added that extra development would be a major strain on the area.

He said: “It’s not just the roads we would have to worry about.

“You have got to think about the hospitals and doctors’ surgeries. Can our town centre cope with it?”

The Vale of Aylesbury Plan proposed around 13,850 new homes and a minimum of 6,000 new jobs, along with necessary infrastructure, to be created by 2031.

But inspector Kevin Ward said the level of housing was too low and criticised the council for not working closely enough with neighbouring authorities.

Under Labour’s plan, which was scrapped by the coalition, the Vale would have had to take 26,000 homes.

Mrs Paternoster said: “We don’t know the exact number because we have not got figures for overspill from neighbouring areas.

“But I would think we are looking at at least 26,000 and probably in excess of that.”

Asked about the 35,000 to 50,000 estimate, Mrs Paternoster said: “I hope it won’t go as high as that.

“If 35,000 is what the Government wants us to take then the Government will have to help us fund the infrastructure to take that number of houses.”

Localism was meant to give councils more power to decide their own fates, with the coalition government singing its praises.

But after the Vale plan debacle, Mrs Paternoster said: “Localism as far as housing numbers are concerned is no more.”

Aylesbury MP David Lidington, a coalition minister, said he still supports localism but that questions needed to be asked about what has happened with the Vale plan.

Mr Lidington said: “As far as I’m aware these things don’t touch ministers’ desks.

“It’s the planning inspector who checks national planning policy is being complied with.

“Clearly this is very disappointing because I have always supported going in the direction of localism.”

AVDC chiefs have asked for a meeting with the Government to discuss the situation.

Leader Neil Blake said he fears there may be a hidden ‘agenda’ behind the decision, particularly with rumours circulating about plans for a new ‘garden city’ in Bucks.

Councillors are meeting on Monday (January 27) to discuss the housing plan, with Lib Dems and Labour calling for Mrs Paternoster to resign.

The cinema schedule is groaning under the strain as heavyweight efforts continue to hit the screen, all aiming to build up a head of steam as we enter peak awards time.

A typical effort is August: Osage County, a 15-rated slab of pointedly grown-up cinema with Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts leading a top-notch ensemble cast.

Matriarch Meryl, who is not long for this world, summons her fractured family after drunken hubby Sam Shepard disappears.

Daughter Julia Roberts is accompanied by other half Ewan MacGregor, while Juliette Lewis, Chris Cooper and Benedict Cumberbatch lend support.

It’s produced by George Clooney, adapted by Tracy Letts from her own Pulitzer Prize-winning play, and put together by director John ‘West Wing, ER’ Wells. It just about screams ‘nominate me’ but you have to admit it’s a classy piece of work.

Less mainstream is Inside Llewyn Davis, in which the enigmatic Coen brothers turn their gaze on a week in the life of a struggling, Dylan-esque 1960s folk musician.

Unknown Oscar Isaac is the tousled and troubled troubador, whose problems include getting foul-mouthed Carey Mulligan pregnant. She’s married to his best mate Justin Timerlake, to make things worse.

Already a winner at Cannes and boasting a pitch perfect soundtrack, fans will love it but the unconverted will be shuffling in their seats.

Even this week’s run of the mill releases have a touch of class. Espionage thriller Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit goes back to the early days of Tom Clancy’s all action hero but it stars Chris Pine and Keira Knightley and Kenneth Branagh takes on directing duties, so it’s as slick as you would expect.

Grudge Match, though, is just silly – Sly Stallone and Robert De Niro square up as pensioner-age pugilists getting back into the ring to settle a feud that dates back to when both were in their prime. It would never have been made without the stars, who should both know better.

For the second time in a week people have been given more time to respond to a consultation on the environmental impact of HS2.

Following a ruling of a House of Lords committee, the deadline for responses was yesterday extended to 11.59pm on February 27.

The original deadline was tomorrow (January 24), with people at first given just 56 days to sift through more than 50,000 pages of information on the £50 billion line, which would cut through Aylesbury Vale.

The extension came a week after the deadline was extended until February 10 following a ruling by a House of Commons committee.

It was also announced on the same day that anti-HS2 campaigners had their appeals against the legality of the scheme dismissed by the Supreme Court.

The latest delays means the first vote on the HS2 hybrid bill, essentially the planning application for the line, is unlikely to happen before Easter.

An HS2 Ltd spokesman said it was ‘happy to comply’ with the rulings of both committees.

But campaigners hit out at the government-backed company behind the line, saying they tried to bury the news under the cloud of the Supreme Court judgement.

Stop HS2 campaign manager Joe Rukin said: “Instead of saying they would comply with the ruling from the Lords right away, HS2 Ltd decided to wait until the Supreme Court verdict to try and bury this news.”

The two Parliamentary rulings to extend the deadline come after nearly 900 pages were left out of copies of the environmental statement.

A man was arrested and drugs, thousands of pounds in cash and two dogs were seized after police raided a campsite near Waddesdon yesterday.

A 37-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of possession with intent to supply class A and class B drugs.

Police raided the site in Wotton Underwood early in the morning and found cannabis and a large amount of crystallised white powder believed to be mephadrone, also known as MCAT or meow meow.

Several thousands of pounds in cash was also seized under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

The dogs were seized after it was alleged the owner was believed to be under a court order banning him from having animals.

The man, who is from Wotton Underwood, has been released on bail until February 14.

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair owns the multi-million pound Grade I listed South Pavilion in the village.

The Mandeville School had the lowest percentage of pupils achieving five or more A* to C grades in last year’s GCSE exams out of all secondary schools in Bucks, new figures have revealed.

The Mandeville was the only school in The Bucks Herald’s patch not to reveal its GCSE pass rate last August, but data published today by the Department for Education shows only 37% of students got five or more A* to C grades including maths and English in the exams.

This compares with 38% in 2012 and makes the school the worst performing mainstream school in the county, behind the Highcrest Academy in Wycombe (39%) and Aylesbury Vale Academy, where 41% achieved five or more of the top grades.

It means that two out of the three worst performing schools in the county are located in Aylesbury.

The average for all schools in Bucks was 71.3% and in England was 59.2%.

The Mandeville is currently in special measures and an interim headteacher, Geralyn Wilson, was appointed in September after the departure of Peter Patchett.

The school deputy head Greg West said last August that the results were ‘in line with expectations’.

The best performing secondary school in the Vale was Aylesbury Grammar School with 99%, closely followed by Aylesbury High School with 98% and Sir Henry Floyd Grammar School with 93%.

The best performing secondary modern school in the Vale was Waddesdon with a 74% pass rate.

People can now apply for free tickets to an event celebrating the lighting of the Paralympic flame at Stoke Mandeville Stadium ahead of the Sochi winter games.

Entertainment including a performance by the winner of the BBC’s ‘The Voice’, Andrea Begley, will be laid on at the Aylesbury Waterside Theatre on March 2, the day after the flame lighting.

The theatre event will be hosted by disabled actor Ben Owen Jones and will feature Paralympic athletes, film, visual arts and live music.

The Sochi Paralympic Torch will also make a special appearance at the event.

People who live and work in Aylesbury Vale can apply for the ballot.

As well as the main ballot, there will be a separate one for disabled people.

The flame lighting ceremony the day before will be a pilot for how Stoke Mandeville will be involved in all future summer and winter Paralympics.

Arts Council England has awarded a £155,000 grant to Aylesbury Vale District Council to fund the stadium and theatre events.

The district council has also pledged to pay £47,000 towards the cost of the flame lighting and agreed to give Aylesbury Town Council £50,000 from its new homes bonus fund to pay for events around the ceremony.

Councillor Howard Mordue, cabinet member for leisure, said: “As demand is expected to be high for the evening celebration event at the Waterside, we felt the fairest way would be to allocate tickets using a ballot system.

“This will be a wonderful opportunity to be at the heart of the heritage flame celebrations in Aylesbury Vale.”

To enter the ballots for tickets {http://www.buckslegacy.org/|visit the Bucks Legacy website|enter the ballot}.

There is a maximum of two tickets per application and the closing date is midnight on Sunday, February 16.

Tickets must be collected ahead of the event from either the Aylesbury visitor information centre or the Buckingham tourist information centre.

There will be no option to collect tickets on the night or online.

The district council’s Aylesbury High Street customer service centre is to close on January 31 in a bid to save money.

The authority says the number of people using the centre has fallen ‘dramatically’ over the past four years and the introduction of an automated phone system will save £40,000 a year.

According to Aylesbury Vale District Council, around 20 people go to the centre each week to speak to a benefits advisor, with a small number attending a housing clinic and most people completing their enquiry using the self-service area.

Face-to-face services will now only be available at the Gateway offices.

Councillor Pam Pearce, cabinet member for community matters, said: “The way people access council services is changing and people tend to prefer contacting us either by phone or using our online services.

“It is clear from the visitor figures that maintaining the customer service centre is not efficient or cost effective.

“Although there will be much more of an emphasis on self-service, we will continue to offer face-to-face support to anyone who needs it.”

People needing help should first {http://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/|go to the council website|go to the website} or call 01296 585858.

The new self-service area in Gatehouse Road will be open from February 3.