UPDATED: Second Aylesbury vandal sentenced for damaging vehicles
Two vandals who caused thousands of pounds of damage to parked vehicles after a drunken night out have been ordered to do hundreds of hours of community service.Niall Pearce and Alexander Goodridge,...
View ArticleSummer fun and games for district’s children
Sports and activities are being laid on this summer to give youngsters in the district a chance to learn new skills.South Oxfordshire and Vale of White Horse district councils, leisure operators and...
View ArticlePolice prepare for 24-hour burglary ‘tweetathon’
Police are doing a 24-hour ‘tweetathon’ as part of their summer burglary campaign.Thames Valley Police will be tweeting about burglaries reported between 8pm tonight (Wednesday) and 8pm tomorrow, as...
View Article‘I send my sincerest apologies to the people we affected’: Aylesbury man says...
One of the men convicted of causing thousands of pounds worth of damage to vehicles parked in Aylesbury has apologised for what he did.Alexander Goodridge and Niall Pearce, both from Aylesbury, were...
View ArticleMan charged with stealing £30,000 BMW from Buckland house
A man has been charged with burglary after a car was stolen from a Buckland house.Greg Sickenger, 22, from High Wycombe, was arrested on June 25 and subsequently charged with burglary.The charge is in...
View ArticleUPDATED: Mandelson calls for HS2 U-turn
Lord Mandelson has warned HS2 could be an ‘expensive mistake’, saying Labour only initially supported the project to win votes.The former Labour business secretary said when proposing the idea his...
View ArticlePair charged with Bierton garage burglary
David Rowe, 25, of Keates Close, Aylesbury and Dwaine Hesford, 24, of Russell Avenue, Aylesbury have been charged with burglary and criminal damage.The pair allegedly broke into the garage at 1.30am...
View ArticleTwo arrested over attack on man, 51, in Aylesbury
Two people have been arrested in connection with an attack which left a 51-year-old man with a fractured eye socket and jaw.Following an appeal on Wednesday using CCTV images two men, both aged 30 and...
View ArticlePeople asked for views on roads and transport in Bucks
Around 4,500 Buckinghamshire residents will be asked what they think of transport services in the county when National Highways and Transport Survey envelopes start dropping on to doormats this...
View ArticleDistrict council chairman selects charities for the year
The new district council chairman has chosen Bucks Stroke Support and PACE as his two charities for the year ahead.Councillor Michael Rand, who was elected as chairman in May, picked the pair to...
View ArticleJust how did they end up like this? First pictures of bizarre pile-up
A crash near Dinton this morning (Thursday) left a black Nissan Qashqai on the roof of a blue Mini Cooper.A woman in her 60s was hurt after the three car pile up in Lower Road between Haddenham and...
View ArticleParalympic logo installation will provide lasting legacy
The Paralympic logo, Agitos, will be installed at Stoke Mandeville Hospital roundabout after being granted planning permission. The symbol is being put on the roundabout to recognise the hospital’s...
View ArticleBercow in hot water after £100k expenses revealed
Vale MP John Bercow has spent almost £100,000 of taxpayers’ money on travel and accommodation expenses in the past three years, according to national reports.A Freedom of Information request by the...
View ArticleAnd away they go: Runners pack out annual race again
A thousand runners laced up their trainers to take on Thame’s 10km road race on Sunday.It was the first year the race had introduced high-tech chip readers in its bibs to record finishing times.Claire...
View ArticleNew £60,000 lights at Vale Park
Cutting-edge lighting costing £60,000 has been installed in Aylesbury’s Vale Park – and there’s more changes on the way.Aylesbury Vale District Council says the 20 LED lights along the main footpaths...
View ArticleLidington: HS2 noise levels may be ‘seriously underestimated’
The amount of noise expected to be created by HS2 has been challenged by David Lidington.Aylesbury’s MP has questioned the estimates given by HS2 Ltd, pointing to the fact that the average noise level...
View ArticleHaddenham’s Green Dragon pub closes as owner seeks new landlord
The Enterprise Inns pub has had a number of landlords in recent years and its closure follows soon after it was announced that another Haddenham pub, The Red Lion, would be replaced by...
View ArticleGrant will help pupils from service families
An education support service for children from military families has beengiven nearly £300,000 to expand its operations.The Service Children Support Network gives youngsters additional support,...
View ArticleUPDATE: Two bailed over attack on man, 51, in Aylesbury
Two men arrested in connection with an attack which left a 51-year-old man with a fractured eye socket and jaw have been released on bail.The men, both from Aylesbury and aged 30, were arrested on...
View ArticleNew £43 million mental health hospital to open in November
A new £43 million mental health hospital, The Whiteleaf Centre, Bucks Health and Wellbeing Campus will open in November.Construction is progressing well at the hospital which is based on the site of...
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