Buckinghamshire County, England News

ANOTHER swathe of off licences owned by First Quench are to close with the loss of 55 jobs in Oxfordshire.

A former RAF employee from Cornwall has begun legal action against the Ministry of Defence , claiming 6m after breaking his neck during a fun day.

Householders who recycle could earn 130 a year in shopping vouchers under plans to be unveiled by shadow chancellor George Osborne.

A five-year-old boy with swine flu has died and his primary school has been closed, it was announced.

TWO thieves stole a box of tuck shop goodies that would have helped pay for games at a youth club.

Students from across Thames Valley have been given a stark warning about the danger of carrying knives and becoming involved in gangs.

A 30-YEAR-OLD man who was arrested in relation to a hit-and-run in High Wycombe town centre has been bailed until January 8. He was arrested by police in Oxfordshire on Wednesday.

A 21-YEAR-OLD Wycombe man was in a "trance-like state" while beating a businessman to death outside his home, a psychiatrist told a court.

TWO cars were broken into at Hazlemere Golf Club. The incidents happened on Monday night at the Penn Road club.

Girl wins substantial damages payout in High Court A teenage girl left severely disabled after being hit by a van has won a substantial damages payout at London's High Court.

A PUB and a shop were caught selling alcohol to underage teenagers in a police operation.

The jury in the case of a carjacker accused of deliberately injuring a mother of four he ran over in her own car in Berkshire has been sent out to consider its verdict.

THIEVES have been targetting vehicles in villages across the Daventry district this week.

TWO "utterly lawless" brothers who broke a motorcyclist's leg before threatening a female driver with an axe have today been jailed for a total of more than seven years.

REGULARS at a pub will not need to spend much time getting to know their new landlord - " he's been drinking with them for more than 30 years.

A BUSINESSMAN who was punched and kicked to death took sexual gratification from "extreme violence", a court heard.

A HAZLEMERE man saw his best friend fatally shot during an armed robbery in a Texas bar.

A mother was run over and dragged up to 65ft by her own car after a laughing thief leapt behind the wheel and drove off, a court has heard.

A 24-year-old man has been charged with possession of both class-A and class-B drugs with intent to supply after police mounted a drugs raid in Bicester.

TWO men were today convicted of an unprovoked late-night attack on a 35-year-old man in Bicester.