Clay by Melissa Harrison A boy tiptoes from a high-rise block in the half-light of dawn to see the neat prints left by a fox on the frosty grass. He is TC, eight years old and skipping school to spend Read more…
As you may know the Burton Community Association has asked John Millican to look at street lighting in the village. We stress that there is no definite plan or commitment to provide street lighting in Burton and that this is just Read more…
Garden waste is currently collected at the kerbside every fortnight, however the council has put together three proposals to reduce the cost of the service. People are being asked to choose which of these three options best meet their needs: Read more…
Life after Life – Kate Atkinson Life After Life follows Ursula Todd as she lives through the turbulent events of the last century again and again. With wit and compassion, Kate Atkinson finds warmth even in life’s bleakest Read more…
Hi everyone, Just to let you all know that the plan for the next edition of the Bugle is to do it entirely around Burton Tidy The Village Day, which is being held on Saturday, August 16. So, on the Read more…
I went away for a short break last week and when we got back a new green box had appeared on The Street. So what is it? Well, as it happens I’ve been waiting for this box to arrive ever since Read more…
I’ve just finished an OU English module (E301, The Art of English) which references a number of books I determined to read once the module was over. Listing them here in case you are in need of suggestions…and please feel Read more…
Burton Community Association General Meeting Monday 12 May 7:30pm at the Old House at Home At the meeting the Chair of the BCA, Amanda Read, presented the Chair’s Report for Period March-May 2014. The report summarises BCA activities since its Read more…
The book selected for June is Spare Brides by Adele Parks New Year’s Eve, 1920. The Great War is over and it’s a new decade of glamorous promise. But a generation of men and women who survived the extreme trauma Read more…
White male, 40-50 years old, approx 6ft, short brown hair, spectacles, beige jacket, greyish trousers. Seen walking into multiple cul-de-sacs peering into ground floor windows and also into cars on driveways then leaving and repeated on opposite side of the road. Last Read more…