‘Daredevil’ war hero celebrates 100th birthday
A Thame man who secretly operated behind enemy lines in occupied France during the Second World War has celebrated his 100th birthday.Arthur Staggs was part of a team responsible for disrupting Nazi...
View ArticleKennel owners ‘driven out’ of home by harassment
Harassment towards a couple hoping to expand their kennels has forced them to cancel their plans and move to Wales.Donna Phillips says she and her husband have been ‘driven out’ of their home by people...
View ArticlePlanning saga hits taxpayers’ pockets despite cash awards
A nine-year illegal extension saga which has seen a man imprisoned has cost taxpayers nearly £30,000, the Bucks Herald can reveal.A Freedom of Information request showed the dispute over Mohammed...
View ArticleNursery proves beating the recession is a child’s play!
A nursery is showing it’s child’s play to buck the trend during the recession and expand its services with a new building.Child First Nurseries, which opened its first building in Aylesbury six years...
View ArticleSample the best at a fine dining evening with famous French chef
Food lovers need to move quick to gobble up tickets for an evening with renowned French chef Raymond Blanc.The event at Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons in Great Milton is being run in celebration of Thame’s...
View ArticleTutoring school set to open in Stone
A new tutorial school is to be opened on the outskirts of Aylesbury.The Stone centre, due to be officially unveiled next month, is to be run by Maple Education, the only tutorial school in Aylesbury to...
View ArticleMums rustle up recipes for Mimi
A recipe book has been compiled by Wendover mums to help raise funds for a 10-year-old girl with cerebral palsy.Rachel Barling, Siân Brownhill and Fiona Peeler created Nourish and Cherish with recipes...
View ArticleOakley Pupils’ pleasure in staff gunging
School pupils got to take revenge on their staff and governors by giving them a gunging in aid of Children in Need.Oakley CofE School raised £449.65 through a range of activities, including a pyjama...
View ArticleEntrepreneurs needed to revitalise ailing pubs
With dozens of pubs closing all over the country every week there could hardly be a tougher time to think about taking one on.But there are many success stories, with entrepreneurs coming up with...
View ArticleGolfers get in the swing for charity
BBC presenter Chris Hollins and his father and former England footballer John chipped in to help raise nearly £6,000 for Children in Need at a charity golf day.The Oxfordshire Golf Club hosted the...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: End Of Watch
“I am the police, and I’m here to arrest you. You’ve broken the law. I did not write the law. I may disagree with the law but I will enforce it. By law I am unable to walk away. I am a consequence. I...
View ArticleHead’s pride at second Thame victory
The headteacher of a school which achieved its second athletics win in a month has expressed her ‘pride’ at the students’ efforts.Thame’s St Joseph’s School’s nine to 11 year olds beat nine teams from...
View ArticleFlood alert as heavy rain soaks Aylesbury Vale
Heavy rain has caused problems in parts of Aylesbury Vale over the weekend with flood warnings in place in some areas.Firefighters rescued a man whose car had become stuck in floodwater in Marsh early...
View ArticleWill HS2 be good for Vale’s economy? Train workers’ union to debate track...
Members of the RMT union will give their views on the HS2 plans at a meeting in Aylesbury next week.The trade union has been invited to speak at 7pm at the town’s Railway Club, by the Bucks trades...
View Article‘One mother is running out of milk for her baby’: Hospital staff protest in...
Unpaid workers braved the weather on Saturday to protest at their treatment by the Royal Bucks Hospital which is preparing to close.Staff on ‘gardening leave’ are yet to get their October wages and...
View ArticleThugs stab taxi driver in ‘brutal and violent’ attack
A taxi driver was stabbed and battered around the face in an ‘extremely brutal and violent assault’ by two thugs he picked up outside an Aylesbury nightclub.A dispute over the fare flared up when they...
View ArticleAlan Dee: Time for a little Christmas chocolate crabbiness
It’s around this time of year that I start getting a bit tetchy about Christmas, and I don’t think I’m being unfair in blaming this fairly and squarely on Mrs Dee.A generous woman to a fault, she racks...
View ArticleUnconventional sculptures are UK first for Thame
Barcelona-based artist Graham Nash will be exhibiting his sculptures for the fist time in a UK gallery when his work comes to Thame this weekend.His work will be shown at Ballon Rouge Art, Tower House,...
View ArticleDietician wins top award for research into spinal injury
A clinical dietician has won an award for his pioneering research with spinal injury patients.Samford Wong, who works at the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, explored the...
View ArticleRoad closed after car ploughs into tree in Aylesbury
Emergency crews were called after a car crashed into a tree on Holman Street, off Aylesbury’s busy Weedon Road.The incident occurred just after 3.30pm today (Tuesday) and did not involve any other...
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