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A metal recycling firm has been fined £650,000 for failing to protect workers from moving vehicles.

Thames Valley Police is releasing an image of someone officers would like to speak to following an assault in Chalfont St Peter.

Diesel has been in RSPCA care in Bucks for almost a whole year.

A man has been sentenced for aggravated burglary and other offences in Aylesbury.

'Be Bright, Be Seen', that is the message Buckinghamshire Council is sending to residents after the clocks went back at the weekend.

A serving Thames Valley officer has been charged in connection with a corruption investigation.

Diwali will be celebrated in Aylesbury this weekend with the Festival of Lights.

Rail passengers are being warned of cancellations between London Marylebone and Oxford.

Chief Nurse, Karen Bonner, and Deputy Director of Quality and Patient Safety, May Parsons, have been recognised in the Health Service Journal’s (HSJ) list of the Black, Asian and minority ethnic figures who will exercise the most power and influence in the English NHS and health policy over the next year.

Firefighters responded to an electrical fire in Aylesbury on Monday.

Thames Valley Police is releasing images of an individual officers would like to speak to following a burglary in Aylesbury.

Concerns have been raised over a lack of parking at the 66 new flats being built behind the Morrisons supermarket in High Wycombe.

Thames Valley Police is releasing an image of an individual officers would like to speak to following a criminal damage incident in Aylesbury.

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Aylesbury MP Laura Kyrke-Smith has joined calls for reform of the 'broken' system of support for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and their families.

A 350-home estate being built in Beaconsfield has taken a step forward as plans for the next section of the site have been published.

Several drivers have been issued fines after they were caught speeding in Chesham.

The Oxford Road between Aylesbury and Stone will be closed from 8:30pm (25/10) until 5:30am on Monday 4th November.

Aylesbury MP Laura Kyrke-Smith is encouraging residents to share their experiences of the NHS and ideas to "help fix our health service" following the launch of a major public consultation. 

Parking and traffic restrictions in Chesham have been changed, meaning that double yellow lines and pedestrian zones are being axed.

Firefighters tackled a car fire in the early hours of Sunday in High Wycombe.

Plans to fit more than 1,000 solar panels in High Wycombe have been submitted to Buckinghamshire Council.

Members of the local Royal British Legion launching the 2024 Poppy Appeal (Saturday 26th October)

The Aylesbury Wombles took on their annual challenge over the weekend (19th/20thOctober 2024)

The first ever Bucks Baby Week will take place from 14 to 20 November.

A secret plan to abstract millions of litres of groundwater from the River Chess in Chesham has been halted, marking a win for environmentalists.

A man has been charged with ABH and threatening a person with an offensive weapon in Buckinghamshire.

A police station in Buckinghamshire cannot be bulldozed to make way for ‘poorly designed’ new homes, planners have said.

A woman was released from a vehicle following a crash on the A413 at Great Missenden on Friday.

Thames Valley Police has released images of witnesses to an incident of affray in Aylesbury.

The Duchess of York has opened a cutting-edge breast cancer diagnostic unit in Buckinghamshire.

Buckinghamshire Council has completed a long-awaited traffic scheme on Camborne Avenue in Aylesbury.

The Labour MP for Aylesbury was given £15,000 for her successful general election campaign, her register of interests shows.

A comedy night in Aylesbury has raised over £43k for Muscular Dystrophy UK.

A car park built without permission harms the Green Belt, planners have told a golf club in Buckinghamshire.

The MP for Chesham and Amersham has called for ‘precious’ chalk streams such as the River Chess to be given special designation.

Charges for shoplifting offences in the Thames Valley Police area have risen by 98 per cent in the space of a year.

The former One Direction singer, 31, was found dead in Buenos Aries.

The MP for Mid Buckinghamshire has said he was ‘free to see with his own eyes’ the ‘harrowing’ aftermath of Hamas’ surprise attacks in Israel on October 7 last year.

A musical is set to raise money for a cancer support charity.

Road and footpath closures for filming in Amersham, Marlow, Wycombe and elsewhere have seen Buckinghamshire Council paid tens of thousands of pounds.

Health and social care teams across Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West are working together to prepare for the busy winter months ahead.

Plans to build a new 5G tower at a school in High Wycombe are ‘unacceptable’ Buckinghamshire Council has said.

A serving Thames Valley Police officer has been charged with a sexual offence.

The Buckinghamshire Business Awards 2024 culminated in a dazzling celebration of local business excellence, with Horwood House Hotel stealing the show by taking home the prestigious Company of the Year Award.

Open days next week will offer free 30 minute sessions that could save a life.

It's after the first hour free was scrapped in Buckinghamshire Council controlled car parks.

Around 30 GP surgeries in Buckinghamshire have said they will stop delivering unfunded post-operative wound care.

Angela Rayner has been asked to investigate Buckinghamshire Council’s decision to deny High Wycombe its own town council.

The family of Buckingham-born footballer George Baldock say a post-mortem examination found he drowned whilst swimming at his Athens home.

South Central Ambulance Service has warned of longer waiting times

Police are appealing for witnesses following a public order incident in High Wycombe.

The decision to block a planning application for a new movie set in Buckinghamshire is going to be reviewed by the government.

A section of Chalfont St Peter’s High Street is set to close for nearly two months for sewer works following recent flooding in the village.

Aylesbury MP Laura Kyrke-Smith has called for action to fix the 'broken' special and educational needs (SEND) system in Parliament following a meeting with parents of SEND children. 

Plans to demolish the former Gala Bingo building in Aylesbury have been approved.

Rosefield Solar Farm are asking for views on updated proposals for the solar farm which could power over 57,000 homes*

Poplar Grove in Aylesbury reports over 200 patients failed to turn up last month.

The proposed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Aylesbury Vale has taken another turn as new documents were recently added to the planning portal by the developers, Statera. Despite some revisions to the original plan, many local residents remain deeply concerned about the project's impact on their communities.

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has announced a General Election will take place on July 4th this year, when there will be 8 boundaries for Buckinghamshire voters.

The amnesty knife bin, based at Southcourt Baptist Church on Penn Road, has only been active for two years and in that time over 900 knives have been dropped off.

In recent years, the recreational use of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas or "whippets," has surged, especially among young adults seeking a quick and cheap high.

Roger Bolton, who runs The Works restaurant, will step into the shoes of his late friend, Justin Posner, and raise money for the National Deaf Children's Society.

Youth Concern say those needing support and food are the highest they've seen in over 40 years.

One-hour free parking schemes also set to be scrapped.

The Grange has received a Parental Partnership accreditation for their commitment to effective partnership work with parents and carers.

The community has untied to save the village greengrocers, with the group behind the deal saying the shop is set for an exciting future that will benefit local shoppers and the environment.

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Residents in the village of Quainton are going to sell shares to help buy a local pub.

The North Bucks Bike Ride will return this summer.

Buckinghamshire Council is calling for the planned extension of the Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in London to be scrapped.

Police are investigation a rape incident in Buckingham.

Locals to Burcott Lane have been campaigning for the addition for years.

14 year old Nancie Devlin currently sits Third in the UK Championships for Racing Hovercraft.

Lisa Squire, the mother of 21-year-old Libby, a student from High Wycombe who was raped and murdered in Hull in 2019, has spoken to Bucks Radio about how she hopes lessons can be learnt from her daughter’s death.

The MP for Aylesbury has come under heavy criticism from drug experts for a proposed new law that would make drug-testing of recently-released prisoners staying in Approved Premises compulsory.

A group of antivax activists campaigning against Covid-19 vaccines falsely claimed they have 'probably' killed over 200,000 people, during a protest in Marlow on Wednesday morning.

Tomorrow a fundraising walk will take place from Aston Clinton to Stoke Mandeville Hospital

Thames Water have told us it could be another 2 weeks before the over ground leak near Brunswick Close Playground is sorted.

As the country continues to mourn the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a former Long Marston schoolgirl has been sharing her memories of meeting Her Majesty.

It's lights, camera, action at the Court house in Aylesbury as new film 'Wicked Little Letters' is being filming there. 

Experts have told Bucks Radio that the language politicians use about migrants is ‘worrying’ and may even provide ‘permission’ for acts of violence, following last weekend’s attack on an immigration centre.

The Council has teamed up with local organisations, schools and charity groups to provide thousands of places for eligible children and young people to enjoy a variety of exciting and interesting activities and experiences in their local area throughout the summer holidays.

The UEFA Women’s EURO started on Wednesday and one of  the Aylesbury Vale Dynamos FC players – Olivia Walker, aged 8 – has been chosen  to be the Official Match Ball Deliverer for the Spain vs Finland game on tonight (Friday 8th July) at Stadium MK.

The Heart of Bucks charity is launching an urgent appeal for donations as the cost-of-living crisis hits hard across Buckinghamshire.

The 14.3 hectare site at Tralee Farm would feature housing in a sustainable and energy efficient way and create new open space features. The brief includes cycle and pedestrian links and improvements to the existing green infrastructure and biodiversity.

Thames Valley Police are re-appealing for help in tracing a man who has absconded from HMP Springhill in Grendon Underwood.

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