Buckinghamshire

A Bucks charity has deployed volunteers to the Bay of Bengal, which has been hit by a tropical storm.

    

A charity president arranged a VIP dinner at Aylesbury Young Offender’s Institution to show how much positive work is done there following a controversial documentary on the prison.

A Buckingham man has been fined after dropping a carrier bag of litter from his car.

    

JEWELLERY was stolen from a house in Stokenchurch.

A new May Queen has been crowned in a ceremony at Oakley School.

    

Simpatico

  During Bucks Open Studios 8th – 23rd June 2013 Beverley Parkin, Cécile Gallina, Jenny Thompson and Liz Grammenos   will be   Exhibiting as well as Demonstrating Their Various Painting Techniques   At St. Michael and All Angels Parish Church Sycamore Road, Amersham, HP6 5DR Everyday from 9am to 6pm and From 12.00 am to 6pm on Sundays   For a Preview of their works, go to www.simpaticart.com   They look forward to seeing you there We will be supporting St.Michael’s Church and the Neuroblastoma Society

You can also find them under Studio no. 180 on the  Bucks Open Studios' booklet which is available in local shops and libraries and on Bucks Open Studios website under the following link  http://www.bucksopenstudios.org.uk/exhibitorlisting.asp?ArtCat=Painting&keyword=Simpatico&postcode=&searchdate=&button=Search

 

 

A group battling the building of 3,000 homes on the edge of Aylesbury is looking for volunteers to help fight its corner.

    

A CLERK who defrauded a parish council has been ordered to pay back less than half of the money she siphoned into her own bank account.

A Bucks Herald competition has helped unearth hidden writing talent around the Vale.

A NEW £130m rail link between High Wycombe and Oxford will go ahead after a challenge to halt it was thrown out of the High Court.

A massive recruitment campaign for foster carers in Bucks has been supported by the cast Birds of a Feather, who are currently appearing at Aylesbury’s Waterside Theatre.

    

THERE is an education exhibition this weekend for a new college which is launching this year in Aylesbury.

Nine out of 10 business owners would set out on their own again despite the difficulties of running their own firms.

    

Picture the Chelsea Flower Show and you’ll probably dream of incredible floral displays. Andrew Sinclair thought of a 19ft tall dinosaur ridden by a naked fat lady wearing a top hat.

Christopher Dixon, 27, of Owen Place, and Gregory Grant, 33, of Vincent Road, were both found guilty of conspiring to pervert the course of justice following a trial at Aylesbury Crown Court.

Apparently, the A40 Abbey Way flyover will be partially closed until further notice (single lane each way). I expect this will cause major delays, as it's near the town centre, the big roundabout in the valley and the Eden centre.

 

There is some (not very helpful) information here: http://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/10414467.Delays_expected_as_major_Wycombe_road_is_partially_closed/?ref=mc.

 

However, the BBC Travel News pages is not currently reporting any delays (Friday lunchtime), so maybe it's OK.

LANDING the role of Lina Lamont in the hit West End show Singin' in the Rain was a dream come true for High Wycombe born Zara Warren.

MOTORISTS can expect further delays as closures are to remain in place on the Abbey Way flyover after engineers called for a ‘large scale inspection’.

Aylesbury town centre pubs have praised the triumphant return of Friars gigs to Aylesbury for boosting their trade.

GREEN-fingered pupils from Holtspur School have been selected to show their horticultural creations at the Chelsea Flower Show for a second year running.