iPhone games designer wins top industry award
A WOMAN from Aylesbury has won a top competition to design a video game for the iPhone.Catherine Forsyth’s team won the first ever UK competition to set up, make and design their own computer games,...
View ArticleGeoff Cox’s guide to new DVDs: The Iron Lady, Mission Impssible
POLITICAL biopic THE IRON LADY (12: Twentieth Century Fox) treads a road not covered by BBC4’s The Long Walk To Finchley.The TV drama examined ten years in the young life of future Prime Minister...
View ArticleThame’s Got Talent winner and friends get VIP treats
THE winner of this year’s Thame’s Got Talent celebrated her success in style.Georgina Bishop, 11, of Moreton, was treated to a VIP cookie and milkshake event at the Time Out Café in Thame.Georgina was...
View ArticleFirefighters’ horseplay in town’s canal
A HORSE had to be coaxed out of a canal by a team of firefighters and the RSCPA at the weekend. Six firefighters were called out the Grand Union Canal near Broughton Lane in Aylesbury at around 7.45am...
View ArticleBercow calls on government to step in over incinerator
THE Government has been urged to intervene in a battle to build a £200 million incinerator, which was last week given planning permission by County Hall.Yesterday (Tuesday), Buckingham MP John Bercow...
View ArticleUPDATED 9.45am: Body found in Bedgrove as police cordon off wooded area
POLICE have cordoned off an area near Bedgrove Park on Wednesday morning after the body of a man was found by a member of the public at The Spinney.Police are at the scene, off Ambleside, where a man,...
View ArticleSafety fears for torch relay
A MAYOR has called on the county council to rethink its strategy for the Olympic torch relay route due to concerns over public safety.The procedure put forward for Winslow so far is the enforcement of...
View ArticleHRH Camilla Parker Bowles visits town
THE town is set to come to a standstill when Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall arrives.THE town is set to come to a standstill when Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall arrives.Camilla...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Marvel Avengers Assemble
Marvel Avengers Assemble 3DThe thing that worries, scares and disappoints me the most about this film, apart from that horrid, awful, terrible title (just look at it!) is how visually inspired by...
View ArticleMan abused by cricket club pervert Leslie Smith: ‘For me it was a matter of...
“UP until the last year, I’d sworn I’d go to the grave with this secret, because I didn’t want my parents to find out.”Sitting in an Aylesbury meeting room, a man abused by cricket club sex predator...
View ArticleHead to stay after school gets Ofsted nod
A HEADTEACHER has helped lift his sixth school out of special measures and promised parents and pupils he is there to stay.The Misbourne School in Great Missenden was given a rating of ‘inadequate’ in...
View ArticleWoman in hospital after being crushed by horse box
A WOMAN is in hospital after a horse box became disconnected from the vehicle towing it, and fell on her while she was out walking in Chinnor.Police were called at 3.06pm yesterday (Sunday) by the...
View ArticleRunners represent Thame at London Marathon
A NUMBER of Thame Runners represented the town in last Sunday’s London Marathon. First home was outgoing chairman Andy Byerley, narrowly missing out on dipping under the three hour mark, finishing in...
View ArticleBrave Oscar still smiling despite rare lung condition
THE only child in the Thames Valley with a rare, life threatening lung disease is living life to the full despite being connected to oxygen tubes 24 hours a day.No one knows how long battling 14 month...
View ArticleHosepipe ban won’t stop Bloom
DROUGHT measures may be in place across Buckinghamshire and much of the country, but that will not stop the annual Aylesbury in Bloom competition going ahead, although organisers are expecting fewer...
View ArticleHS2 Ltd boss: ‘We’re listening, but don’t hold out for a fast line’
BUCKS Herald reorter Andrew Kay spoke to HS2 Ltd’s chief executive Alison Munro. These are the answers he was given.BH: Some critics do not believe that 18,000 people an hour will travel from London to...
View ArticleFancy this title, M’lord?
IF you have ever fancied being a Lord of the Manor but thought it was something only available by birthright then your dreams might be about to come true as a Buckinghamshire Lordship goes up for...
View ArticleThame Timber will close after 30 years in town
A THAME shop which has been in the town for more than 30 years is closing down as a result of the ‘depressed times’.DIY shop Thame Timber, in Wellington Street, has been forced to close as a result of...
View ArticleCharitable and sport legacy left by printer
A FLAG was flown at half mast and a minute’s silence observed at Aylesbury Rugby Club for Allan Claude Wallace in recognition of his association with the club which lasted more than half a century. Mr...
View ArticleUnder fire firm Plan Care ‘has turned things around’ says watchdog
A FIRM slammed for its failure to provide adequate home care has now turned things round, says a health watchdog.Plan Care, contracted by Bucks County Council, was under fire last November when...
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