Mum calls for action on danger spot
A WINSLOW childminder is pressing for a pelican crossing to be installed at a well-known danger spot.Vicky Cochrane says the zebra crossing on Winslow High Street near the junction with Avenue Road, is...
View ArticleDouble joy for Great Horwood football team
FOOTBALL: Great Horwood FC are celebrating their first ever league and trophy double success.Shortly after securing the North Bucks League Intermediate Division title, the village side (pictured) beat...
View ArticleBank Holiday bin collections in South Northants
BINS: The Bank Holiday Monday bin collections have been bought forward to Saturday, May 5.Bins and box should be placed ready for collection from 7am. There are also minimal changes to services over...
View ArticleScacchi and Dobson star in Bette and Joan
2012 MARKS the 50th anniversary of the cult classic movie What Ever Happened To Baby Jane? Telling the story behind the film, Anton Burge’s new play Bette And Joan, starring Anita Dobson and Greta...
View ArticleStudents go head to head with green car manufacturers
SILVERSTONE Circuit hummed to the sound of electric engines as torrential rains failed to dampen the spirits of students and professionals taking part in the Green Power Corporate Challenge.On Sunday,...
View ArticleService to celebrate the life of a local teacher and preacher
A WELL-KNOWN Preston Bissett woman will be remembered at a church service next Saturday,.Eva Welby, who passed away recently aged 97, was a well-known figure in the Buckingham area for more than 50...
View ArticleSpotlight on Players’ show
THE latest offering from Winslow Players takes to the stage next week.Spring Spotlight is a whimsical collection of songs and sketches designed to amuse. Some are old, some new, but all are...
View Article‘I feel so much more vibrant,’ says winner
LIVES and shapes have been transformed at a 12-week bootcamp in Buckingham.Personal trainer Phil Robertson, from Padbury, offered five people the chance to join him for the free bootcamp, starting in...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the TV week ahead
SATURDAYCasualty (BBC One, 9.30pm)One of the goriest series on television is still going strong, and the fact this episode is on after the watershed means we can expect extra helpings of ketchup in...
View ArticleDaily auction for little Oliver
BICESTER: A daily online auction will raise money for the Help Oliver Walk campaign throughout the month of May. A new item will be auctioned off every 24 hours, from 10am until 10am the following day....
View ArticleFood expert at book shop
BOOKS: Food journalist William Sitwell will be at the Old Hall Book Shop in Brackley from 2pm tomorrow, Saturday, May 5, to sign copies of his new book. A History of Food in 100 Recipes explores how...
View ArticleGreyhound welfare campaigners promise ongoing campaign at Towcester Racecourse
GREYHOUND owners who say the numbers of dogs treated cruelly for sport is heavily underestimate have promised an ongoing campaign at Towcester Racecourse. On Monday 10 protestors gathered at the...
View ArticleClub could boost your confidence
BUCKINGHAM’S new job club got off the ground last week, with half a dozen people turning up to the first meeting, at the Swan Community Hub.Some were unemployed, some had been made redundant and others...
View ArticleDowpour fails to save clay pigeons from popular shoot
TORRENTIAL rain didn’t stop play at the 11th annual Ali’s Dream Clay Pigeon Shoot on Sunday.Despite the worst weather conditions since the event started in 2002, 62 guns turned up to have a go. There...
View ArticleBuy fresh local produce at town’s market
WINSLOW: Winslow’s popular farmers’ market is back on the Market Square on Sunday.The usual stallholders will be there selling locally produced goods, including Oving Dexter beef, Bradshaws Ice Cream,...
View ArticleSilverstone plans to attract 400k more to events at the circuit
IT already attracts more than one million people to its various events every year but Silverstone’s historic racing circuit aims to add another 400,000 to that.Among the irons in the fire are possibly...
View ArticleContribute to village history
DADFORD: Many unique old photographs will be part of an exhibition celebrating Dadford’s Past at the village hall this weekend. The organisers are hoping local people can fill in some gaps and...
View ArticleReview: Dirty Dancing
WHAT is still regarded as an iconic movie has been turned into a theatrical winner and, for the next three weeks, Milton Keynes Theatre will be packed with enthusiastic audiences wanting to see more...
View ArticleViews sought on food waste collections
TAXPAYERS are being urged to consider the double benefit of food waste collections as the local authority considers changes to its services.This week South Northants Council issued an online...
View ArticleBrackley Wine Festival pulls in crowd from across the region
PEOPLE travelled from across the region to discover new wines in Brackley last weekend, and helped to raise around £900 for local and international charitable projects.The third Brackley Wine Festival...
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