Tim Forrester

On a hot late summmer’s afternoon, Denise Herrington completed a five kilometer ‘duckathon’ challenge to raise money for local churches St Mary’s in Great Shefford and St Stephen’s in Shefford Woodlands. This year the churches have been unable to run the normal village duck race so Denise volunteered to be a solo duck and to

Having been closed since March 18, a new look Queens Arms re-opened on August 26. The pub has had a major refit during this period with a new look to the bar, restaurant and garden area. Additionally a new manager has joined the team and led the process to refresh the menu, extend the range

Here is the latest information on bookings for an appointment at Lambourn Surgery: “In order for us to help you with any health problem more efficiently and safely, and deal with the surge of demand following the easing of lockdown, we are introducing a new way of making an appointment. From now on, appointment requests

Message from the Watermill Theatre: Thank you so much to everyone who supported us on Double Matched Day; you helped to raise a staggering £44,653 for The Watermill Theatre on The Good Exchange. It is just amazing to have such a generous and passionate community supporting the theatre and helping to get The Watermill back

You don’t have to walk far along the Kennet and Avon Canal before encountering one of the many concrete pillboxes positioned along its north bank. Why are there so many and what was their purpose? Once upon a time you would have seen a set of dragon’s teeth in Victoria Park. How might they have

The 2020 Eastbury Duck Races  We hope everyone enjoyed the 2020 Eastbury Duck Races, which were broadcast on Friday on both Facebook and YouTube. We did have a few technical problems with Facebook, who had coincidentally made some significant changes to the site’s look and feel, as well as changing functionality earlier in the week. 

Our local sky expert, Peter Birtwhistle, is a guest on the Good Friday Face2Face programme. Peter provides a really interesting update on what we can currently or imminently expect to be see in the current clear sky. He talks about the asteroid 2020 CD3 and mentions a graphic animation which shows its path. To view

Coronavirus update: Thank you to all our patients for your consideration over calling us and observing the new dispensary opening hours (closed between 12.30 and 2.30pm). This has made a big difference to the staff and enabled us to keep up with the demand whilst coping with reduced staff due to self isolation and trying