Good tidings on travel

Shop local is the message in Bucks as free parking, reduced bus fares and Christmas markets are lined up for next month.Buckinghamshire Council is offering free parking in its car parks that suppo

Celebration time for safety campaigners

Work has just finished on installation of a new footway alongside the A4010 Risborough Road at Ellesborough.This week, some of those involved in making it happen got together to mark the occasion

A brighter outlook

Nearly 29,000 streetlights in Bucks are being upgraded to energy-saving LED bulbs.More than 91 per cent have already been converted and an increasing number of streetlights, illuminated bollards,

Easier travel on the cards after campaign

Day Travelcards for people moving around London have been saved.Buckinghamshire Council has welcomed the news that the Mayor of London has withdrawn the proposal to cease the sale of Day Travelcar

Bank on a pop-up

Barclays will be hosting a pop-up shop in Thame's Tuesday Charter Market.The dates are as follows: * Tuesday 24 October;* Tuesday 7 November;* Tuesday 21 November;* Tuesda

High-tech road repair

An extensive programme of resurfacing works is taking place in Bucks in time to beat the weather.Roads in 14 locations around the county are being transformed, using a technique known as micro-sur

Bucks of the future

A key document has been approved, setting out a vision for future expansion in county towns and villages.‘Regenerating Bucks’ is the council’s blueprint for the county's future growth - a fr

Gritters hot to go

We may be enjoying an Indian summer but Buckinghamshire’s gritters are already out and about.Drivers have been taking the gritters out for a test run of their usual routes to help refamiliarise

HS2 'payback'

Demands are being made that Bucks receives compensation for damage to the county following scrapping of the Birmingham to Manchester section of HS2Buckinghamshire Council Leader, Martin Tett (pict

School run rethink

As families prepare for the start of the new school year, people are being encouraged to make their journey to and from school more sustainable.Steven Broadbent, Buckinghamshire Council's Cabinet