Community
Savings and loans for people with no access to banks
The Milton Keynes Credit Union has expanded its operation into Buckingham and Winslow.
Music helps popular twin town visit go with a swing
Young members of Harmonie De Thizy gave a morning ‘coffee and cake concert’ at Winslow’s St Laurence Room during last weekend’s twinning visit, before joining forces with Winslow Concert Band in the evening for a spectacular musical programme played to a packed hall at the Winslow Centre.
Well Street Centre still set for 2014 reopening
Plans to revamp and reopen Buckingham’s Well Street Centre are still on target, says Bucks County Council (BCC), despite 18 months of apparent inactivity on the site.
Plea for dog-free areas for kids to play in the parks
A Buckingham grandmother has asked the town council to provide dog-free areas for children in the town’s parks in time for the school holidays.
UPDATE: Father’s tribute to little Sarah
A father has paid tribute to his 20-month-old daughter who was found dead at a home in Bicester yesterday, Thursday.
Announcements
George Annetts : Acknowledgement
Published in the Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser on 17 May 2013
Doreen Dagge : Obituary
Published in the Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser on 17 May 2013
Marion Ivy Rumbelow : Memorial
Published in the Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser on 17 May 2013
Millicent Clara Cuthbert : Obituary
Published in the Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser on 17 May 2013
Sgt Alan Michael Moodie : Memorial
Published in the Buckingham & Winslow Advertiser on 17 May 2013
Local Businesses
Whittlebury Hall to host business support event
The chief executive of the South East Midlands Local Enterprise Partnership (SEMLEP) will speak at a business support event at Whittlebury Hall near Towcester next month.
Railway firm welcomes news on Evergreen 3
Chiltern Railways have welcomed the result of a judicial challenge against the building of a new railway line between Oxford and London, through Bicester.
Equine practice joins with Royal Veterinary College
A veterinary practice which has served the Advertiser and Review region since the 1940s has teamed up with the country’s largest and longest standing independent veterinary schools.
Brackley firm serves up world’s poshest tent
Brackley’s temporary structure specialists are showing off their finesse as they provide a stop gap for one of Oxford University’s historic dinning halls.
Town objects to jobs plan
Bicester has said no to a plan for an £80million, 75,000 square metre warehouse and office project which could create up to 1,200 jobs.
Environment
Inspector called in after solar farm row flares up
A consultant has said a more sensible and efficient solution could have been found after permission for a £6million solar farm, which is up and running producing emission-free energy, was refused.
Seven tonnes of waste is dumped
Seven tonnes of waste was dumped on a country lane near Bletchingdon which will cost taxpayers £900 to clear up.
Villagers on the march over wind farm plans video
Residents of Mursley, Drayton Parslow and Newton Longville came together last Saturday morning to protest against the proposed siting of wind turbines in Mursley parish.
Mass walk against ‘wind farm’ proposal
MP for Buckingham John Bercow will be joining residents of Mursley and the surrounding villages in a mass walk against a proposed wind farm in Mursley parish tomorrow, Saturday.
Bicester homes set to get £170,000 in free green upgrades
A group of 14 lucky households will get energy-saving home improvements worth a total of £170,000 as part of the Bicester Green Deal project.
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Weather for Buckingham
Sunday 19 May 2013
Today
Sunny spells
Temperature: 10 C to 19 C
Wind Speed: 12 mph
Wind direction: North
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Cloudy
Temperature: 11 C to 18 C
Wind Speed: 15 mph
Wind direction: North
