Samantha Cameron’s Chequers boost to Stoke Mandeville Hospital charity
SAMANTHA Cameron has handed a big boost to a charity which is raising funds for specialist cancer equipment at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.The Prime Minister’s wife has agreed to open up the Chequers...
View ArticleEmpty shops are being torn down in revamp
DEMOLITION work has started on empty shop units in Aylesbury’s Walton Court Centre.Bosses at the Vale of Aylesbury Housing Trust, which owns the site, says its £11.35 million revamp of the centre is...
View ArticleViolent crime is down, say police
VIOLENT crime in the Vale has dropped by more than 25 per cent in 12 months, figures released this week have revealed.The stats released by Thames Valley Police reveal that between April 2011 and March...
View Article£81,000 to be used to fund staff pay increase
MORE than 220 district council staff are to be given a pay increase under plans revealed this week.Next week members at Aylesbury Vale District Council will weigh up plans to spend £81,000 on...
View ArticleBid to bring school back to Winslow is supported
A BID to bring a secondary school back to Winslow has been supported – amid claims that it could prevent the Winslow Centre being sold for housing.Chiefs from the Department for Education are weighing...
View ArticleIncinerator report fans the flames for critics
A FINAL decision on plans to build a £300million incinerator near Calvert will be reached this week – with planning officers recommending it is approved.The controversial plant was put on hold by...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: The Cabin In The Woods
You think you know the story – five teen friends go for a break at a remote cabin in the woods, bad things start to happen. So what is the secret lurking beneath the stereotypical creepy cabin? And...
View ArticleYour best time is not spent running
I’VE got it in the neck before on this, but I’m prepared to have another go. Thousands of runners are lacing up their trainers and stuffing themselves full of pasta in preparation for this weekend’s...
View ArticleShop owners at Bee Gee’s launch
THE owners of a Thame book shop attended a VIP evening on Tuesday to witness the world premier of The Titanic Requiem by former Bee Gee Robin Gibb.Brian and Louise Pattinson, of The Book House, were...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVDs: Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Trespass, Switch
AFTER seeing the complete Swedish film trilogy spawned by Stieg Larsson’s international best-sellers, I feared the material would be too familiar for the Hollywood version of THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON...
View ArticleFlue fire caused by chimney bird’s nest
A BIRD’S nest lodged in a school chimney caused a fire on Monday.The nest, thought to have been built in the structure at Grendon Underwood Combined School over the Easter break, caught fire when the...
View ArticleSpeeding drivers caught out by police operation
MORE than 35 drivers were caught speeding in four hours by police.Between 8am and 9.30am in Ellesborough Road, Princes Risborough, 25 drivers were prosecuted. A total of 23 fixed penalty notices were...
View ArticlePay and display vandal hunted
CCTV footage is being reviewed after Aqua Vale’s parking machines were vandalised – resulting in free parking for all while the pay and display machines are being fixed.The damage was caused on April...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the latest cinema releases: Salmon Fishing In The Yemen,...
ARRIVING on the silver screen this week by the tried and trusted route of ‘moderately successful book gets reasonable cast and crew attached’ is Salmon Fishing In The Yemen, which some have unkindly...
View ArticleMuseum ‘is not sustainable’ alarm
PUBLIC cash could be slashed from Aylesbury’s County Museum in a bid to save more than £500,000 a year.On Monday, bosses at Bucks County Council backed plans to hand control of the Church Street museum...
View ArticleHS2 boss urged ‘be more transparent’
THE boss of HS2 is coming to Aylesbury this week to answer questions about her new forums – which campaigners this week dubbed secret meetings that should be open to the press and public.Closed-door...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Lockout, Gone, Marley
LockoutWith Titanic 3D sailing strong at the box office, showing no sign of being sunk, console yourself with this sublime piece of absolute hokum. It will win no prizes for craft or originality but as...
View ArticleIncinerator firm slammed as council leader ‘hounded out’
A SENIOR politician was told he could be sued ‘for millions of pounds’ if he took part in discussions over a controversial incinerator in Calvert, it has emerged.On Tuesday, Councillor John Cartwright...
View ArticleMuch-loved butcher, 48, dies in tragic midnight cycling accident with car
A CYCLIST who died after a crash with a car in Terrick has been hailed as a ‘real character’ by his employer.Mark Alan Camber, 48, died at the scene following the collision on Nash Lee Road at around...
View ArticleFuks Polish food shop fined over poor hygiene standards
AN Aylesbury shop has been fined for breaching food hygiene regulations.Gabriella Mirczak, owner of Fuks Polish Food in Cambridge Street, was given a £700 fine and ordered to pay £1,838 costs by...
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