Don’t get sent off during the Euro’s
England’s first game in the Euro Championships is fast approaching but for a lot of organisations the tournament began a while ago.Working with pubs and clubs, councils and other emergency services,...
View ArticleVoice views on strategy
A PUBLIC consultation will run from June 4 to July 16 on changes to the strategy for mineral extraction and waste management in Central Beds.People can have their say at...
View ArticleGray reveals pressure players are under to win promotion
AMBITIOUS Hatters players are putting even more pressure on themselves to be a success because they want promotion back to the Football League so badly, writes Mark Wood.Livewire striker Andre Gray...
View ArticleNational treasure to strum at the Stables
COMING to The Stables for the first time this week is a Scottish national treasure that the Wall Street Journal dubbed “a musical hero”.Singer-songwriter Dougie MacLean’s hits have been covered by...
View ArticleA timely reward for royal Richard
A LEIGHTON resident who performed at Westminster Abbey as a choirboy during the Queen’s 1953 coronation had royal view of Sunday’s Diamond Jubilee barge procession, after being invited to observe form...
View ArticleFancy helping HULA?
HULA Animal Rescue are inviting LBIO’ers to come and share a purrfect day at their next open event.With all proceeds raised going toward the care and welfare of animals, the jam-packed day of games,...
View ArticleHankies at the ready for Steel Magnolias
GET your handkerchiefs at the ready as the heart-warming and bittersweet comedy Steel Magnolias comes to Milton Keynes Theatre from Monday, June 11.The Robert Harling drama features an impressive cast...
View ArticleLet’s get ready to ramble!
This week’s walk takes place on Sunday June 10 – ramblers are to meet at the Library Car Park for 9am.The 6.5 mile route will take in Studham, Dagnall, Little Gaddesden, Hudnall and then return to...
View ArticleGlider’s golden flight over Spain
An Edlesborough man soared almost 20,000ft above the Pyrenees, taking in “spectacular” views, to achieve a top solo gliding award.Martin Hayden completed the third and final phase of his ‘gold’ badge...
View ArticleLinslade School
MORE than 100 Year 8 pupils and 13 teaching staff from Linslade School went to Condover Hall, Shropshire, for a week. Set in beautiful grounds, the Elizabethan manor house provided the perfect venue...
View ArticleBurglaries can soar with the temperature in summer
RESIDENTS are being warned not to let burglars into their home by leaving doors and windows open this summer. Many people leave their doors and windows ajar while they are out gardening or in another...
View ArticleCricket round-up: Leighton dig deep for impressive win
THE Cherwell League fixtures secretary has given Leighton’s cricketers a tough start to the 2012 season with three of the top flight’s best teams played in the first four weeks. After their opening day...
View ArticleHoo-ha in ‘Hoe High Street
THE COMPANY behind a fiercely-opposed planning application on Ivinghoe High Street has defended the bid, claiming it has been subject to “a great deal of confusion.”Efforts to convert a shop outlet...
View ArticleA peak at how low we have all come...
KEEN students of monarchist hype will recall that when Her Maj actually had the crown placed on her head – 59 years ago, not 60, so there could be even more red, white and blue celebration to come in...
View ArticleMatt Adcock’s film review: Prometheus
“If we don’t stop it, there won’t be any home to go back to…”Before the fateful events of the original Alien movie it seems that there were creatures from outer space tinkering with genetic DNA both on...
View ArticleTRAVEL: Beyond Manhattan
Forget the Empire State Building and Time Square. Jayne Watson strays from the tourist trail to explore New York’s hidden gems.The first visit to New York is a milestone in anybody’s life. But what do...
View ArticleWar breaks out in Heath quarry as blockbuster move in.
A TOP international movie featuring a Bollywood superstar with a Hollywood heart-throb at her side and an internationally acclaimed film director in tow, is expected to keep the residents of Heath and...
View ArticleRed Lion Roaring
POPULAR Leighton boozer the Red Lion is gearing up for a bumper week of entertainment and is urging punters to sink their claws into the festivities.On Saturday funky covers and originals band “Almost...
View ArticleCurtain up on accursed operetta!
THE Vale Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s open at the Court Theatre next week with their spellbinding production of Ruddigore.Ruddigore, or The Witch’s Curse, concerns Robin Oakapple (David Patterson),...
View ArticleGo green for open garden weekend
RESIDENTS in Adstock are inviting the public to come and visit their lovely Buckinghamshire village gardens. For a small charge you can experience the wonderful variety of different plants and flowers...
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