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Whizz there by bike
June 3, 2019
Aylesbury Garden Town is sponsoring WhizzFizzFest this year and to mark the occasion, extra cycle parking will be provided to encourage more visitors to come to the festival on two wheels. One of the key focuses of becoming a Garden Town is to reduce the carbon footprint by making it easier for people to choose […]
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Whisky galore
May 13, 2019
Early bird ticket sales for the 2019 Bedfordshire Whisky Festival will end on Sunday, May 19. Reduced entry tickets, offering the equivalent of free entry, and the opportunity to buy engraved festival glasses will not be available after this date, with only full-priced tickets available. Following the success of the inaugural event last year, the […]
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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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£15m roads boost
April 30, 2019
This year Transport for Buckinghamshire will be spending £15 million on their road surfacing programme, aiming to make a significant difference to more than 100 different roads across the county. The programme will include conventional surfacing across 38 roads, micro-surfacing across 51 roads and surface dressing across 20 roads. Roads included in the programme have […]
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County unites against HS2
April 29, 2019
Buckinghamshire County Council is to urge the Government to halt HS2 works in the county after councillors unanimously backed a motion to call for a stop to the project. An impassioned debate at last week’s county council meeting (Thursday, April 25) saw councillors from all parties speak in favour of the motion which was put forward by county […]
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WWI loco back on track
April 27, 2019
It looks more like a water tank than a locomotive but this unique First World War relic is now back in public service. The Greensand Railway Museum Trust is to relaunch the 40hp Armoured Simplex LR2182 (pictured) on May 6. after a restoration of the locomotive, which began in 2016. The work included stripping down and […]
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