A MEETING last week over changes to Buckingham’s local bus services has been described as “a triumph for local people and community pressure”.

Buckingham to Lands End and back in a day by motorbike.

Now that the Olympic Torch Relay has started in Penzance (to be in Buckingham on July 9), perhaps I could take the opportunity to ask someone on the relevant Olympic organising committee to explain the rather curious, mixed up logic for selecting torch bearers in and around Buckingham?

DISTRICT councillor for Luffield Ward, Pearl Lewis, has said she is “very excited” a plan to restore part of the disused Buckingham canal has been approved.

A BUCKINGHAM business owner is planning to claim compensation for loss of income due to last week’s roadworks on London Road.

padbury: Relay For Life team Padbury Flyers are celebrating their fundraising success after a fantastic turnout to a Bygones Day and a Race Night last Saturday in Padbury boosted their efforts by £1,500.

IF you’re over 18 and available on Monday, July 9, between 7am and noon, Buckingham Town Council wants your help with the Olympic Torch Relay.

BUCKINGHAM: There’s a chance to find out how to keep safe and well at a Social Care Surgery at Waitrose, Buckingham, from 11am to 1pm on Wednesday, June 13.

THE new housing estate near Tesco on London Road, Buckingham, will be known informally as Lace Hill in future.

THERE’S no shortage of entertainment going on in Buckingham over the Jubilee weekend.

BUCKINGHAM: Buckingham people are invited to comment on the first stage of the Buckingham Neighbourhood Development Plan on Monday, May 28.

BUCKINGHAM: Children in Buckingham are invited to take part in a bee-related activity at Buckingham Library on Wednesday, June 6.

THE Bishop of Buckingham, the Rt Rev Dr Alan Wilson, will consecrate a new area of graveyard at the Church of St John the Evangelist in Radclive this Sunday, May 20.

BUCKINGHAM: Police are appealing for witnesses to a robbery on the street in Buckingham on Sunday, May 13.

HISTORY repeated itself at W. Ganderton & Son garage in Buckingham, when a motorcross bike was stolen out of the showroom in a smash-and-grab raid.

Buckingham’s newest ladies’ fashion shop is now open, in Castle Street.

BUCKINGHAM: A new restaurant in Nelson Street is open for business this weekend.

Readers are being encouraged to vote in Buckingham Rotary’s Outstanding Citizen of the Year Award

BUCKINGHAM’S biggest street party, celebrating The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, will be held on Castle Hill outside Buckingham Parish Church on Monday, June 4.

Riding Lights Theatre Company are visiting Buckingham on Friday, May 18, as part of their national tour of Monsieur de Coubertin’s Opymlic© Feat, a new comedy about the rebirth of the modern Olympic games in Athens in 1896, which has had rave reviews.