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BBC man to start race
May 3, 2019
WheelPower, the National Charity for Wheelchair Sport, has said that the BBC’s Buckinghamshire-based Art Editor Will Gompertz (pictured) will start the Tour de Vale Charity Bike Ride at Stoke Mandeville Stadium on Sunday June 9. Will was previously director of Tate Media, and has written extensively for The Guardian and The Times newspapers. There are three routes […]
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Library is the last word
February 15, 2019
The newly refurbished Aylesbury Library welcomed nearly 9,000 visitors in its first fortnight – and nearly 5,000 people a week are enjoying the new space. The building has been completely remodelled into a modern and welcoming space with many new features including: > A colourful, inviting new children’s space with sensory wall and ‘bubble tubes’. […]
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Dogged efforts
September 19, 2018
Chiltern Forest Golf Club have selected Guide Dogs as their Charity of the Year for 2018. To celebrate this link, Nadia Turnbull (pictured), a local guide dog owner, visited the golf club with her guide dog Leah. Nadia lost her sight 14 years ago. After several years, she decided to apply for a guide dog […]
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Blue Badge crackdown
September 16, 2018
People found to be fraudulently using a Blue Badge for easier parking across Buckinghamshire could face prosecution, fines of up to £1,000 and possible withdrawal of the badge itself. That’s the clear warning from Buckinghamshire County Council as it brings in new measures to tackle the rising number of reports of suspected abuse of the Blue Badge scheme. Designed specifically to […]
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Virtual parking is here
September 1, 2018
Transport for Buckinghamshire is to launch ‘virtual permits’ for on-street parking and online applications for all other permit types. The new virtual permits, from 27th September, will reduce the time it takes to apply for, and receive, a permit. Currently, it can take up to 14 working days to receive one, but a virtual permit becomes […]
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Disability lifeline
July 28, 2018
All the information about support services for those with a learning disability or autism will be under one roof at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Aylesbury on Thursday 13th September. The aim of the Access All Areas event is to help people with learning disabilities and autism to discover all the areas of support and help available. This […]
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