£140,000 a year council boss sparks review after driving in assembly point...
A council is reviewing its emergency procedures after a senior boss reversed her car in an assembly point packed with people during a major disaster drill.Bucks County Council’s strategic director Gill...
View ArticleStoke Mandeville A&E probe to be discussed in September
Health chiefs will wait until September before deciding whether to hold a probe into Bucks A&E services. Around 13,700 people have signed a petition calling for an inquiry following the...
View ArticleBugs and insects in ‘disgusting’ Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Hygiene standards at Stoke Mandeville Hospital have been described as ‘disgusting’.Councillor Julia Wassell said bugs and insects had been seen in the hospital’s reception area.Responding to the...
View ArticleCall to help catch Aylesbury plant vandals
Town councillors have called on people to help them catch vandals who have been uprooting plant baskets.Last week one of the baskets in Walton Street was vandalised, the second time in just eight...
View ArticleWaitrose to open on August 8
Aylesbury’s new Waitrose store will open in Exchange Street on Thursday August 8, it was announced today.The retailer has also confirmed it received more than 1,300 applications in just ten days for...
View ArticleThame show ready to make big return
The Oxfordshire County and Thame Show returns on Saturday for the first time in nearly two years and organisers are backing it to be one of the best ever.The 2012 event at Thame Showground was...
View ArticleMan with ‘very round face and squashed nose’ wanted in connection with...
Police have released an e-fit image of a man wanted in connection with a burglary in Princes Risborough.A box containing gold jewellery was stolen during the incident in Northfield Road.At about 1.50pm...
View ArticleAylesbury MP impressed by town’s computer virus whizzkids
David Lidington has praised McAfee’s Aylesbury whizzkids who are ‘at the heart of the fight against cybercrime’.The town’s MP visited the computer software giant’s Gatehouse Road base today to see the...
View ArticleYob attacks man just for laughing on night out in Aylesbury
A teenage yob attacked a man after he laughed at his friend on a drink fuelled night out.Jake Glendening, 19, of Balfour Way, Aylesbury, twice attacked Kavar Varia outside Sainsbury’s and in Market...
View ArticleAylesbury’s neighbours in ‘Crap Towns’ list (not that we’re smug about it)
Several of Aylesbury’s neighbours have been shortlisted as the worst places to live in the UK.Milton Keynes, Luton, Bedford and High Wycombe have all been included on the list of 100 for new book ‘Crap...
View ArticleOakley pupils race for glory in week of sporting events
Schoolchildren have been competing on the sports field to try and ensure their house comes out on top in a week of outdoor events.Oakley CofE School has been holding activities including a sports day,...
View ArticleDouble awards success for Thame’s neighbourhood plan
The quality of Thame’s historic neighbourhood plan has been recognised at two awards ceremonies.The plan, which sets out how 775 new homes would be built in Thame in the next 15 years, won the award...
View ArticleFree catalytic converter marking
Several garages in Aylesbury Vale are now offering free catalytic converter marking to deter thieves.Thames Valley Police has been working in conjunction with the Community Safety Partnership to take...
View ArticleWoman sexually assaulted on way home from night out in Aylesbury
A man has been arrested after a woman was sexually assaulted in Aylesbury early this morning.The 21-year-old victim was walking away from the town centre along Gatehouse Road at about 1am as she made...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: del Toro’s Pacific Rim delivers an ocean of...
“Today at the edge of our hope, at the end of our time, we have chosen to believe in each other! Today we face the monsters that are at our door, today we are cancelling the apocalypse!”There are...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: The World’s End is a smooth conclusion to Cornetto...
In case you’ve missed the steamroller cum snowball of perfectly polite hype that’s been building over the past few weeks, this week’s big film is The World’s End and that’s a reason to be cheerful.Why?...
View ArticleAlan Dee: A party planning primer for the watermelon wannabes
Although I often try to offer helpful suggestions about how the world could be a better place, I don’t see it as part of my wide-ranging remit to set out the standards society expects when it comes to...
View ArticleBucks hospital death rates report out today
A report into high death rates at Bucks hospitals, including Stoke Mandeville, will be released later today.NHS medical director Sir Bruce Keogh has investigated standards at the Bucks Healthcare NHS...
View ArticleLabour leader wants public say on fracking
A party leader has called for the county council to hold a full public consultation on a controversial gas extraction process which can cause small earthquakes.Labour councillor Robin Stuchbury has...
View ArticleSchool IT gurus get London VIP treatment
Schoolchildren have gone on a London tour and received a cheque for £1,200 after winning an IT competition. Year 5 and 6 pupils at Bedgrove Junior School entered the Make IT Happy competition and...
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