Announcement due shortly on Sainsbury’s petrol station
A Sainsbury’s boss has made the biggest hint yet that the supermarket is planning to open a petrol station in Aylesbury in the near future.Sainsbury’s wants to build a store in Gatehouse Road – but the...
View ArticleAylesbury station demanded on HS2 line
The HS2 line should include a train station near Aylesbury, council chiefs have demanded in a new mitigation blueprint for Bucks.The government dismissed calls for an intermediate station in the Vale...
View ArticleBenefits cheat dishonestly claimed more than £28,000
A benefits cheat who stole more than £28,000 from taxpayers has appeared in court.Rebecca Miller, of Chapman Close, Aylesbury admitted three benefit fraud offences, resulting in an overpayment of...
View ArticleAlan Dee: There should be some sort of pun-ishment for these tedious shop...
I’m sorry, but this just isn’t a laughing matter. This sort of crude so-called humour is not acceptable in this day and age, and strong action is needed as a matter of urgency.Vile Twitter trolls...
View ArticleFund launched to help flood victims
A fund has been launched to help flood victims in Bucks.After some of the worst floods ever seen in the county, Buckinghamshire Community Foundation is appealing for contributions to a fund that will...
View ArticleUPDATED: Sainsbury’s plans approved creating 300 jobs
Plans to build a new Sainsbury’s store in Gatehouse Road creating 300 new jobs have been approved.Aylesbury Vale District Council chiefs voted through the plans by the supermarket giant at a meeting...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s movie preview: Loopy love story is more farce than fantasy
If there are three words that turn me away from a film faster than the prospect of sitting in front of someone chowing down on a binful of popcorn, ‘enchanting romantic fantasy’ is only beaten by a...
View ArticleHospital trust’s £5million drive for new nurses
The health trust in charge of Stoke Mandeville Hospital which came under fire for poor staffing levels is to invest £5million in new nurses.Bucks Healthcare NHS Trust will create an extra 150 nursing...
View ArticleAppeal Court makes sure vicious killer will definitely die in prison
A vicious murderer who killed for the third time while on day release from Springhill Prison has had his sentence extended to a whole-life term behind bars. Ian McLoughlin, 55, slit the throat of...
View ArticleLeader needed to round up troops for town tidy up
Do you have what it takes to lead a gargantuan town clean up?Tidy Thame is looking for a new project leader to organise and motivate the community.The leader would organise the annual summer town...
View ArticleFormer farmer found profit in home sitting
When celebrities and captains of industry go on holiday, the security of their homes is left in the capable hands of a company based here in the Vale.Homesitters was the brainchild of Mike...
View Article‘Turned around’ mum now wants to help other families
A programme to turn around troubled families in Bucks is making good progress, according to the county council.The Bucks Herald reported in December that the county version of the government programme...
View ArticleRoad and pavement work programme announced
A programme of repairs to pavements and roads gets underway in the Vale next week.Work by Bucks County Council is extremely weather-dependent, but is scheduled to be as follows: > Footways - these...
View ArticleFarming Matters: Farmers unite to help flood victims
Farmers have always been at the mercy of the elements. But the terrible trials of the Somerset farmers, who have seen their land submerged under water for weeks on end, and their livestock yards and...
View ArticleEducation Eye: Together we bring maths to life for our UTC students
Skills and Enterprise Minister, Matthew Hancock MP, announced this month that up to £20 million will be made available to encourage the brightest and the best to teach maths in further education. Not...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: More, better, best and you
Of course we now all realise that happiness is much more than a cigar called Hamlet, but for entrepreneurs in particular the attainment of bliss is a challenge seemingly way beyond the best of us. No...
View ArticleCourt round-up (including thief with a taste for Moet champagne)
Cases coming before Aylesbury Magistrates’ Court include:ANDREW MERRILL, 32, of Rockingham Close, Pitstone. On June 2 in Rockingham Close, drove without insurance. Pleaded not guilty, proved in...
View ArticleLabour slams Bucks achievement gap
The divide between rich and poor children in Bucks is getting wider when it comes to educational achievement.In 2013 only 34% of the poorest pupils (those eligible for free school meals) got five GCSEs...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Lego Movie is a genuine blockbuster, and a...
“If this relationship is going to work out between us I need to feel free to party with a bunch of strangers whenever I feel like it... I will text you.” It’s not the sort of thing you would expect...
View ArticlePolice on target in quest to catch cash heavy criminals
Thames Valley Police has seized over £1 million of cash this year, the force have announced.In the last financial year, the force’s Economic Crime Unit (ECU) was set a target to make 160 seizures of...
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