Many years ago when I worked for the MOD I was told of a royal visit to a RAF base in a drought, the grass had turned that depressing brown colour you get in a drought and everything was looking baked and parched, so the RAF in its infinite wisdom got the cadets to paint the grass […]

While out for a walk today delivering the Bedgrove Focus, I came across the roadworks being carried out along Long Meadow and about time too, the only problem I have with these necessary works is that they don’t go far enough, like much of BCC work they are not going far enough as they are only […]

Many people in the town are concerned about the proposed Arla Dairy plant on the A41 at Aston Clinton. Some are worried about the plant itself but most are worried about the traffic. However, I suspect everyone welcomes the much needed jobs that this plant could bring if it is built. So, the Town Council […]

There have been quite a few issues raised recently about Tring Road. The poor state of the repairs undertaken by the utility companies has been felt by many residents, literally. The uneven repairs have caused extra vibrations giving concern about long term structural damage. County Councillor Jenny Puddefoot and Cllr Glenda Reynolds have taken up […]

Today’s decision to slash £9.2 million pounds from the Buckinghamshire County Councils budget is a hammer blow for many of our poorest and most vulnerable citizens,the Tories have had the grant from central government reduced by £3 million, but have been running an organisation that has wasted so much of our valuable council tax money […]

So another week, another Supermarket planning application, this time a Sainsbury’s Local at Adams Garage, next to Broughton Ave on the Oakfield Road, just a few meters from the Tring Road Air Quality Management Area, an area of already poor air quality caused by traffic congestion.   There is the issue of the new Sainsbury’s […]

    At the last meeting of the Aylesbury Town Councils planning committee we were treated to the revised planning application for the new ASDA store, for me it doesn’t really matter the changes that the company make to their application, the road system in that part of town has not been updated for generations […]

  The awful accident at the junction of the Bourg Bridge may not turn out to be due to the design of the road, but that does not mean that the new junction is safe, the design of the ring-road encourages drivers to go as fast as they can between sets of lights, there are […]