Cub scout provides drizzle of success with fundraising for new trailer
A cub scout’s lemon drizzle cakes have helped him climb to new heights after they raised hundreds of pounds for a new group trailer.Wil Jenkinson, eight, of 1st Chinnor Scouts, was presented with the...
View ArticleSecurity beefed up after thieves target rail station ticket machines causing...
Extra security is being put on at railway stations in the run up to Christmas after cash and card ticket vending machines were targeted by thieves at Haddenham and Thame Parkway station. Significant...
View ArticleSanta Claus is coming to town! (And we’ve got his schedule)
Santa will once again be visiting streets across Aylesbury in December, as part of an annual tradition dating back 20 years.Father Christmas and his helpers wander through the town with a decorated...
View ArticleFifth of Bucks youngsters think there’s a cure for HIV while 19% believe it’s...
A survey of 15-24 year olds in the county has shown that a fifth wrongly believe that there is a cure for HIV, while 19% thought it could be transmitted through kissing, 13% though sharing a public...
View ArticleRights of county’s carers in spotlight
Carers can find out if they are entitled to extra funding during an advice clinic being held in Aylesbury on Friday.Carers Bucks is encouraging people to check they are claiming all the benefits and...
View ArticleNeil Fox on film: Rise Of The Guardians, Alex Cross, Great Expectations
Rise of the GuardiansAfter the surprise success of Shrek heralded a new rival to Pixar and Disney, Dreamworks really took their foot off the gas, delivering average movie after average movie, pretty...
View ArticleKids set to grow after gardening donation
Children at John Hampden School will be able to get their fingers even greener after it received a donation of £75 to its gardening club.In August, Stones Close Allotments on Windmill Road, Thame,...
View ArticleHospital speaks publicly for first time on Savile sex abuse scandal
Stoke Mandeville Hospital bosses have spoken in public for the first time about the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.The Bucks Healthcare NHS Trust has come under increasing pressure since the scandal...
View ArticleChinnor’s lacklustre display costs them bonus point
Chinnor were left to rue their lack of a cutting edge as they missed out on a bonus point in their 22-5 win over Southend.Several times they found themselves in scoring positions only for poor handling...
View ArticleAylesbury drug dealer latest to be jailed in Operation Sideline
A 20-year-old cocaine and heroin supplier has become the latest person to be jailed as part of Operation Sideline in Aylesbury.Esa Parsons, from Bierton Road, Aylesbury, was sentenced to 28 months...
View ArticleCreams not whiter than white after being recalled due to poisonous mercury
Hundreds of packets of skin lightening cream have been recalled after they were discovered to contain mercury. Bucks Trading Standards issued a warning about the dangers of using the creams after...
View ArticleChristmas joy to be spread far and wide with new card shop
A new Christmas charity card shop has been officially unveiled at a ceremony in Thame.The Cards for Good Causes charity shop will help raise funds for the Thame Community Hospital.Peter Lambert, deputy...
View ArticleGolf club chips in with huge charity donation
More than £30,000 has been raised for charity through various fundraising activities by The Oxfordshire Golf Club.Marcus Simmons, club captain, presented a cheque for £30,100 to the Florence...
View ArticleThame seek old form as double late show finishes off poor November
Thame United’s manager is hopeful his side can rediscover some form after they twice squandered leads late on in the space of a week.Mark West’s men drew 2-2 at home to Highworth Town on Saturday...
View ArticleButcher’s gets a chocolate surprise as thanks for its loyalty
A chocolate surprise was delivered to the staff of a butcher’s shop as a thank you for its success promoting Thame’s loyalty card scheme.Since the scheme launched in June last year, High Street...
View ArticleReport released on crash that killed retired ex-RAF Halton Wing Commander in...
An initial report into a plane crash that killed a retired RAF Wing Commander has been released.Brian North, 72, was flying a replica First World War SE5a bi-plane fighter aircraft in Colorado, USA,...
View ArticleA life cut short: RAF Halton’s popular mascot George the goat has passed away
Tributes have been paid to RAF Halton’s ceremonial goat called George after he died from illness.The six-year-old Golden Guernsey-Boer goat was best known for attending graduation parades at the...
View ArticleFlytippers warned after Watermead recycling area becomes strewn with rubbish...
Flytippers who target an estate’s recycling bins have been warned they face prosecution and fines of up to £1,500.The recycling area near the picturesque Watermead Inn has increasingly become an...
View Article‘You are all inspirational, you truly put people back together again’:...
Silver medal-winning Paralympian and former Stoke Mandeville patient Peter Norfolk was the guest of honour at the eighth Bucks NHS workers’ awards.The London 2012 Team GB wheelchair tennis-doubles star...
View Article‘Beauty is on the inside, you don’t need skin lightening creams’: Ex-mayor...
A community leader is calling for better public information and for people to realise they are already ‘beautiful’ after almost 600 packets of a skin lightening cream were confiscated from Bucks shops...
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