Force-ful drive nets points from Monaco
PAUL di Resta and Nico Hulkenberg finished seventh and eighth respectively in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix driving for the Silverstone-based Sahara Force India team.The duo were able to score valuable...
View ArticleEnglish nibbles on Jubilee day
BUCKINGHAM: Buckingham’s newest restaurant, Nelson Street, will be celebrating the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee on Monday, June 4, with an English food event.For £10 a head, customers can enjoy traditional...
View ArticleLegion opens its doors to say ‘thank you’
WINSLOW: Winslow’s Royal British Legion will be opening its doors to local people over the Jubilee weekend.Tomorrow, Saturday, there will be a disco, karaoke and meat roast, starting at 7pm.On Tuesday,...
View ArticleJury told to acquit fairground worker
A FAIRGROUND worker has been acquitted of trying to rape an 18-year-old woman at a fair in Towcester.Benjamin Howe, aged 28, was cleared of attempted rape and assault by penetration when the...
View ArticleSchools sent hoax email
BOMB HOAX: Great Horwood and Marsh Gibbon primary schools fell victim to a hoax email on Monday, that has disrupted schools around the country.A police spokesman said: “The Metropolitan Police Service...
View ArticleChildren from Lois Weedon meet Lewis Hamilton
SCHOOL children got to meet a modern sporting legend when Lewis Hamilton officially launched the Mercedes Benz Driving Experience Centre this week. Local children got to test run the new driving school...
View ArticleHolding a Jubilee event this weekend?
We want your pictures of any Jubilee events you are holding this weekend.Our photographer, Jake McNulty will be out and about on Sunday and Monday taking pictures, but he can’t be everywhere at once.If...
View ArticleArmed robbery in Towcester
POLICE are appealing for witnesses following an armed robbery in Towcester today, Friday, June 1. When a member of staff arrived to opening the store in the Sponne Shopping Arcade between 5.45am and...
View ArticleMobile phone stolen from girl, aged ten
CRIME: Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a theft in Bicester on Thursday last week.At around 4.30pm, a 10-year-old girl was sat on a bench with a friend in the park on Shakespeare...
View ArticleTransition group to present film showing
WINSLOW and Haddenham Transition Groups are holding a showing of In Transition 2.0 on Wednesday, June 6.In Transition 2.0 is labelled as ‘a story of resilience and hope in extraordinary times.’The...
View ArticleCould the winds of change turn in favour of Helmdon residents?
THE threat posed by wind farms on the tranquil south Northants countryside could be receding after a decision in Norfolk put aside the national need in favour of local feeling. South Northants MP...
View ArticlePupils’ portraits of Queen in high street shop window
YEAR 2 children at Buckingham Primary School have been busy painting for the Diamond Jubilee. And their portraits are now proudly hanging in the window of Dandy Lions, in Buckingham’s High Street.The...
View ArticleBuckingham man LEDs the way on CO2 savings
A BUCKINGHAM man hopes to be a beacon for the future as he brings the latest energy saving light bulbs, which have a life span measured in decades, to the town.Mark Simmons of the Energy Association...
View ArticleKids find tasty ways to get their five a day
CHILDREN at Page Hill Nursery got to feel, smell and taste all manner of fruit and veg when Brad Anderson from Waitrose, Buckingham, came into the nursery.Nursery manager Georgina Barnes said: “We’d...
View ArticleRegal evening to mark jubilee
BICESTER Choral and Operatic Society will celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee with a night of song on Saturday, June 30.The performance, entitled Kings and Queens, will be held in Marsh Gibbon...
View ArticleFree repairs to get Bicester back in the saddle
FREE bike repairs will be on offer in Bicester this summer thanks to a new partnership between the Eco Bicester group and the Oxford Bicycle Company. All of the drop-in repair workshops will run from...
View ArticleFOCUS ON MOTORSPORT
MotorsportFox set to race former Formula Ford star’s carGawcott’s Dan Fox will race the Dave Morgan Motorsport-owned Van Diemen RF90, raced in period by Neil Cunningham, at Brands Hatch this weekend in...
View ArticleCharity sale for hospital
NEARLY NEW SALE: A Buckingham woman has organised a children’s nearly new sale at Calvert Green Community Hall on Saturday, June 9.There will be 28 tables at the sale, as well as a bouncy castle,...
View ArticleGive your views on new train timetable
BICESTER rail passengers have until the end of next week to comment on plans for Chiltern Railways’ new timetable.The rail operator says the new December 2012 timetable will offer improved spacing of...
View ArticleDecision due over £130m rail scheme
A £130million scheme to create a fast new Oxford-London rail link via Bicester got back on track as a public inquiry resumed this week.The inquiry, which has rumbled on since November 2010, was...
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