Changes to Bucks Citizencard scheme for teenagers
On February 20 the single bus fare discounts available for Buckinghamshire ‘Make More’ Citizencard holders aged 16 and 17, will be changing. This is the first time fares have changed since the scheme...
View ArticleAlan Dee’s guide to the pick of the week’s TV
SATURDAYLet’s Dance for Sport Relief (BBC One, 7pm)Charismatic duo Steve Jones and Alex Jones return to host this dance-competition-with-a-twist, which sees all kinds of familiar faces don too-tight...
View ArticleNow out-patients can breathe easier
PATIENTS living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) can now receive much of their support and care closer to home, instead of attending appointments at hospital, thanks to a new community...
View ArticleBeckwith wants shirt back
FIT-AGAIN defender Dean Beckwith is hoping he will finally be able to stake a claim for a place in Town’s defence after putting a calf injury behind him, writes Mark Wood.Having injured the soleus...
View ArticleSexy shrew goes under the covers
TAMING of the Shrew at its bawdiest comes to Milton Keynes Theatre on March 6. The RSC has taken Shakespeare’s battle of the sexes and come up with a high-octane romp that is sassy, sexy and...
View ArticleBrave Maggie now wheelchair-bound
THE TODDINGTON mum fighting a courageous battle against cancer is now confined to a wheelchair.Maggie Thomas’s distraught husband David told the Herald&Post: “Things are pretty bad. She’s...
View ArticleLeighton Co-Op robbers hunted
POLICE are hunting two armed robbers who attempted to hold up a Leighton store last night and ended up pelting the brave shop assistant with mini-eggs.Two men, wearing Balaclavas and armed with a...
View ArticleCourses for MORE good young drivers
SIXTY young people from across Central Bedfordshire recently took part in the MORE 16 and MORE Drive courses to improve their driving knowledge and skills.Three workshops, covering driving skills,...
View ArticleNutcracker! (review)
A SWEETIE-induced sugar rush left ballet fans at Milton Keynes Theatre on a high following the opening night of Matthew Bourne’s sumptuous production of Nutcracker!It well deserves its exclamation mark...
View ArticleLouie Spence dances into panto role
MILTON Keynes Theatre has swapped pantos after bagging everyone’s favourite TV personality Louie Spence (ITV’s Dancing on Ice, Sky TV’s Pineapple Dance Studio and Louie Spence’s Showbusiness) as their...
View ArticleSave The Last Dance For Me (review)
THE audience gave Save The Last Dance For Me a big thumbs up when it opened at Aylesbury’s Waterside Theatre this week.If 1960s nostalgia is your thing then you couldn’t do better than catching this...
View ArticleCelebrating 21 years of silver lining group
THERE have been 21 Silver Lining groups at Keech Hospice Care since the hospice opened its doors 21 years ago.Everyone who comes to a Silver lining group is connected to the hospice and has lost...
View ArticleAnother big freeze on the way - council tax that is
A second successive year of no council tax rises is set to become a reality after Central Bedfordshire Council’s Executive agreed the budget for 2012/2013 on Tuesday. The council will spend £179.2m on...
View ArticleLambs boss Law hopes for a change of luck against Hatters as players return
HAVING had two players sent off in the 3-1 home defeat by Luton, Tamworth boss Marcus Law believes his side are due a change of luck when they visit Kenilworth Road tomorrow.Both Paul Green and...
View ArticleKeane in the mix as Hatters prepare for ‘spoilers’ Tamworth
SPOILERS Tamworth shouldn’t be underestimated according to Hatters chief Gary Brabin after they held top-of-the-table Fleetwood Town to a 2-2 home draw in their last outing, writes Mark Wood.Having...
View ArticleUni boss is still waiting for OFFA
UNIVERSITY of Bedfordshire vice chancellor Professor Les Ebdon could still be appointed as the government’s new university admissions tsar next week despite a fierce row over his suitability for the...
View ArticleVideo: Police update on double drowning at Holywell
Lincolnshire police investigating the drowning of a 71-year-old woman and her six-year-old grandson spoke to reporters this afternoon.The video shows Lincolnshire Police Detective Chief Inspector Dave...
View ArticleAlan Dee: How purple paint could prick the binge booze boil
SO, our whole economic system is suffering from a massive hangover but it’s binge drinking that’s going to get sorted out.You may wonder whether that nice Mr Cameron has got his priorities right – but...
View ArticleDamian in the dark about his big role
Described as “24 for grown-ups”, Homeland has already won a Golden Globe and critical acclaim. As the show begins in Britain on Channel 4, its main star Damian Lewis talks to Shereen Low about...
View ArticleHigh pods are set to open up a new market for hilltop zoo
EIGHT “luxury camping pods” are being planned at Whipsnade Zoo as charity chiefs aim to make it a year-round attraction.The Lookout Lodge pods are set to open up a new market for the 80 year-old...
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