REVEALED: The top 10 girls’ and boys’ baby names of 2016
The most popular names for your little bundles of joy have been announced for another year - but is your chosen name on the list?Today, the top 100 UK baby names of 2016 were released - and it seems...
View ArticleUnder pressure: Last five days of Aylesbury’s David Bowie statue campaign
Six businesses pledging £6,000 each that is the aim, to ensure that Aylesbury gets its David Bowie statue. The Kickstarter campaign bid to install a work of art in memory of the musical icon is...
View ArticleSlade out, God in, as Morrisons puts carols back on Christmas menu
Morrisons is bringing back Christmas carols to its stores after 15 years, after listening to its customers who said they preferred traditional songs to pop music.Instead of favourites like Slade’s...
View ArticleTime left to help dad’s fight for justice over son who died in Spanish...
There is still time to donate to a dad’s campaign to help make holiday swimming pools safer. David Williams’ son Craigy died in August in an incident at a Spanish resort. To find out more about the...
View ArticleShops ‘could be a thing of the past’ by 2050
High Street retailers could be consigned to history by 2050 as virtual reality takes over the way we shop, a report into the future of shopping has predicted. The only time we can expect to be asked...
View ArticleHeston Blumenthal launches banana and bacon Christmas trifle
Heston Blumenthal is launching yet another bizarrely flavoured Christmas product - a banana and bacon trifle. The dessert, part of his Heston from Waitrose range, is a “rich, decadent trifle with...
View ArticleNew study reveals lack of awareness from parents at spotting symptoms of...
Parents admit they would struggle to identify the signs of meningitis, spot if their child was being bullied - or even perform CPR on a baby or child, a study has found. Millions also lack confidence...
View ArticleScientists say nuts to heart disease
A daily handful of any type of nuts slashes the risk of heart disease and cancer, Britain’s biggest killers. Just 20 grammes - 0.7oz- of walnuts, almonds, hazelnuts, cashews, pistachios, pecans, Brazil...
View ArticleLast day to pledge! £84,000 raised so far for world’s first David Bowie statue
The Aylesbury David Bowie Statue campaign is entering its final 24 hours, with £84,000 raised so far. But if the £100,000 target is not reached fundraisers will not get any of the money and will have...
View ArticleWE DID IT!!! Aylesbury WILL have the world’s first David Bowie statue
Aylesbury will be the first place in the world to memorialise David Bowie with a statue. A Kickstarter campaign which ends in 20 hours has smashed the target of £100,000 after hundreds of fans from...
View ArticleDiners’ horror as Aylesbury Prezzo runs out of Prosecco and Camembert
Aylesbury locals who visited Prezzo this weekend may have been in for a nasty shock, as the restaurant ran out of Prosecco and Camembert. Lara Wadey took to social media site Twitter to complain: Poor...
View ArticleIs it time to scrap the office Christmas party?
HEALTH experts have said that the office Christmas party should be scrapped in favour of no-booze leisure treats for staff.Research carried out by a charity Alcohol Focus Scotland believe staff...
View ArticleTrial for Aylesbury man accused of grooming and arranging to meet a child
An Aylesbury man has pleaded not guilty to the charge of attempting to arrange to meet with a child under 16 following sexual grooming.Melu Udukuwu, 41, from Russell Avenue, Aylesbury pleaded not...
View ArticleNew £5 notes engraved with Jane Austen worth £50,000 circulated in Willie...
Brits are being urged to check their new fivers after engraved bank notes worth as much as £50,000 were circulated in a Willie Wonka-style ‘Golden Ticket’ giveaway. Tiny portraits of Jane Austen have...
View ArticleCONGRATULATIONS! Aylesbury WILL have the world’s first David Bowie statue
Aylesbury will be the first place in the world to memorialise David Bowie with a statue. A Kickstarter campaign which ends in 20 hours has smashed the target of £100,000 after hundreds of fans from...
View ArticleWeb shoppers warned over Facebook Marketplace fraud
Internet shoppers are being warned of a potential scam involving Facebook’s Marketplace.Action Fraud - the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime - has received reports from victims...
View ArticleJustice secretary praises our campaign calling for tougher sentences for...
The justice secretary has praised our campaign calling for tougher sentences for those who kill on the roads.Liz Truss MP said the Johnston Press Drive for Justice campaign worked ‘tirelessly’ for...
View ArticleBroadband “essential” to everyday life
Nine in ten people now believe that a broadband connection is essential to their day-to-day life, ranking its importance alongside the likes of housing and food.A new survey by Which? found that for 90...
View ArticleSupermarket recalls balti following allergy fears
A leading supermarket has recalled one of its ready meal range owing to allergy concerns.Asda’s Meal For 2 Vegetable Balti has been found to contain milk, which is undeclared in its ingredient list.The...
View ArticleBan on junk food ads targeted at children
Ads for junk food and drink targeted at children are to be banned from the internet in a bid to combat the obesity epidemic. Ads for foods high in sugar, fat and salt will be banned from all media...
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