Social services: Family first for a long-term fix
Social services staff say they are on track with work to turn around the lives of ‘troubled families’ despite only an 8% success rate at the half-way stage of a government programme. Councils are being...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Carrie offers competent chills but the original...
“Carrie had some sort of power. But she was just like me...like any of you, she had hopes, she had fears, but we pushed her. And you can only push someone so far before they break...”We know that high...
View ArticleMan injured in Aylesbury attack
A man suffered a dislocated kneecap when he was attacked from behind in Aylesbury early on Saturday morning.The 43-year-old victim was walking home along Buckingham Street, heading towards Sainsbury’s,...
View ArticleBoy, 17, punched and robbed in Aylesbury
A 17-year-old boy was punched in the face and robbed of his iPhone 5 in Aylesbury on Friday night.The victim was walking towards the Oxford Road underpass, leading to Wycliffe End, when he was...
View ArticleStoke Mandeville Hospital temporary car park scrapped
Plans for a 553-space temporary car park at Stoke Mandeville Hospital have been scrapped.Bucks Healthcare NHS Trust wanted to use land next to the hospital for the temporary facility while a new...
View ArticleStoke Mandeville A&E slammed in patient survey
Stoke Mandeville Hospital’s A&E department has been slammed by patients in a recent study.The NHS Friends and Family test gives patients the opportunity to provide feedback on their local health...
View ArticleMan taken to hospital after two-car pile up in Aylesbury rush hour
Two cars have been involved in a collision in Oxford Road, Aylesbury, this morning, causing delays in the area.A Saab crashed into a traffic island near Aylesbury College at about 8am. The car was then...
View ArticleMBE medal stolen in Bedgrove burglary
An MBE medal was stolen during a burglary in Aylesbury on Sunday.The incident happened between 4.15pm and 9.30pm in Welbeck Avenue, Bedgrove.Crooks got into the rear garden of the home and disabled the...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s film preview: Frozen aims to give you a nice warm feeling
With the next slab of The Hobbit lurking in the wings, new releases this week are on the lightweight side.Frozen is being given the biggest marketing push as we head into the family film season.It’s a...
View ArticleLidington furious at yet another blunder by HS2 Ltd
David Lidington says he is struggling to control his temper after HS2 made another blunder in letters to worried Walton Court residents.Families were staggered to receive letters this week which...
View ArticlePM in bid to woo Chinese investment in HS2
Prime Minister David Cameron has promised China’s leadership that there will be ‘very open competition’ for investments in HS2.The Prime Minister made the pledge during talks in Beijing with President...
View Article‘Why government should spend £330m on full HS2 tunnel through Chilterns’
A huge list of benefits from extending the HS2 tunnel throughout the whole of the Chilterns has been handed to parliament.Under current plans a bored tunnel will stop at Little Missenden but...
View ArticleElderly ‘trapped’ in homes for months as lift breaks at flats
Elderly residents in Thame have been ‘trapped’ in their homes for weeks after a lift broke at a block of flats.Residents have described how they have only been able to leave flats at Sharman Beer Court...
View ArticleAylesbury district council blocks webcasting meetings - by ONE vote
District council meetings will not be broadcast online after a motion calling for webcasts was defeated - by just one vote.Councillors supporting the move argued webcasts would help promote...
View ArticleCouncil rejects motion to oppose Aylesbury gyratory closure
District politicians have claimed there is no point getting into a public spat with the county council over plans to partially close the gyratory should a housing development get the green...
View ArticleCouncil deputy: Tring Road traffic lights are working well
Tring Road’s new traffic lights are already bringing benefits, according to one senior councillor.Councillor Sue Polhill, deputy leader at Aylesbury Vale District Council, said now all the lights have...
View ArticleFire crews called as 30 tonnes of waste burns near Wendover
Firefighters have spent the night watching over an unattended bonfire near Wendover after 30 tonnes of green waste was set ablaze.Aylesbury Vale District Council was originally called about the fire...
View ArticleThree men and two women attack man in Aylesbury underpass
A man was assaulted and robbed by a group of people in Aylesbury last night.The 25-year-old victim was attacked by a group, including three men and two women, in the underpass near Cambridge Street at...
View ArticleCourt round-up (including Superdrug thief and man who damaged fence and...
Cases coming before Aylesbury Magistrates Court includes:KARL ASHLEY, 28, of Carlton Close, Aylesbury. On October 31 in Jackson Road, Aylesbury, drove a motor vehicle after consuming alcohol so the...
View ArticleEditor’s comment: The week when the glass was half empty
There are some advantages and disadvantages to living and working locally here at The Bucks Herald.One overwhelming positive is not only being able to report on our community (warts and all) but to be...
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