Waterside launches first youth theatre production
Budding young thespians are invited to explore their creativity in an exciting new project at the town’s Waterside.The Aylesbury theatre has announced its first ever youth musical theatre...
View ArticleCampaigners train for HS2 showdown
Five years ago today the government announced plans for HS2.And now that the full scale of the project has sunk in, campaigners are working harder than ever with their attempts to stop the high speed...
View ArticleLetter: Thame needs a good all-round supermarket like Tesco
Many complaints have been made against the proposed Tesco’s - that it will be to the towns’ detriment – I would like to comment:Firstly, count the hairdressers and cafes currently occupying the town–...
View ArticleLetter: Parents must take responsibility for their young ones
In the time before the internet, libraries were place of quiet for people using the reference section or choosing books. As your correspondent said last week, they have had to diversify, but I think Dr...
View ArticleRelay for Life sets £95,000 target
An annual 24 hour relay where teams don fancy dress and have at least one member always moving around the track is set to take place over the first weekend of July.Relay for Life honours those who have...
View ArticleCourt round-up: Drink-drivers banned from roads
Two drivers who were caught over the limit are featured in this week’s round-up.RICHARD BENSON, 32, of Belgrave Road, Aylesbury. 1) On February 15 drove a Honda Civic in Grafton Road, Aylesbury, after...
View ArticleBravo 22: RAF man paralysed in crash tells his story
An innovative show acted out by and telling the stories of the local armed forces community comes to the Waterside later this month, from March 26 to 28. The cast, which range in age from 15-89,...
View ArticleBercow: Litter picking is a good way for an MP to spend their time
This Saturday I will be participating in a litter pick in Little Horwood.I realise this might sound a little improbable, but it is something from which I take a good deal of satisfaction. The job of a...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Council would laugh if BT went into rubbish collection
Picture yourself years from today looking back over your life. Wouldn’t it be amazing if you genuinely felt you had stepped up to master your fears and joys?Let me tell you a secret you already know....
View ArticleFarming Matters: Old tractor competition
If you have a vintage tractor in full working order that is still part of the working tackle on your farm there’s a chance to win £1,000.LammaXchange, a farming machinery classified website, has...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Simple change can be powerful stuff
Did you know last Saturday was Pi Day? I guess it may have passed you by in your full on, forever changing life of keeping up with the world around you.Pi is the ratio of every circle’s circumference...
View Article‘It totally vindicates everything we have said’: Lords report slamming HS2...
Campaigners against HS2 have hailed a highly critical House of Lords report which claims the government has not made a convincing case for the £50bn scheme.The Lords Economic Affairs Committee said...
View ArticleLetter: Contradictions over Tesco points
In response to Ms John’s letter re the siting of Tesco’s – I find the comments made somewhat contradictory in that she has a concern for the preservation of Thame with its appeal to tourists.Being a...
View ArticlePapa Truck at music night
The next session of the First Thursday Music Club features a performance from British bluegrass band Papa Truck.The group will be performing tracks from their new album ‘Further Down the Road’ at the...
View ArticlePhone lines were red hot!
Staff at a call centre in Thame were part of the nationwide network of volunteers that answered the donation phones on Red Nose Day. The staff from CPM in Aylesbury Road supported the cause on Friday,...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Budget
During the Chancellor’s tongue in cheek Budget speech last Wednesday I was in the Mix 96 Studio offering live commentary on what it meant for us here in Bucks.Our friends at Bucks Herald Towers must...
View ArticleFarming Matters: Searching for old tractors
A few weeks ago I wrote about a competition currently running to find the oldest working tractor.(Original story here)Entries have flooded in, and with them, some rather touching stories.One is about a...
View Article“Can you make a difference to a vulnerable child’s life?”
It’s a sobering fact that more than 50 per cent of children in care in Buckinghamshire have to be placed with families outside this county.That’s because there simply are not enough people in...
View ArticleFarming matters: New county man for NFU
Tom Cackett is the new county adviser for the NFU in Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, working from an office at Milton Common. He has relocated from his home town of Redbourn to live in...
View ArticleBusiness Eye: Sturgeon’s seductive sales pitch for a dangerous product
Last week’s 7 headed monster that was the General Election Leaders’ Debate offered a number of valuable business messages for those who were watching carefully.Not the political sales pitches, all of...
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