LAST Sunday, two coaches from High Wycombe took members of the Pakistani and Kashmiri community to London to join thousands of others from around Britain in support of the cause of self determination for Kashmir. The land-locked Himalayan Muslim majority
ROMANY gipsy church leader the Rev Terry Hurst has branded people in South Bucks as the most prejudiced in the UK. He claims the fact there is no gipsy site in the Wycombe district is proof enough but also states that his own children have been bullied
MOTHER and daughter will be hanging up their plimsolls and donning their pumps on Sunday as they limber up for the Hyde Park Fun Run. The two dance teachers, Elaine and Jacqui Jones, will be high kicking their way around London's most famous park as they
RESIDENTS staged a 24-hour road blockade to protest against plans to build 16 one-bedroom homes in their street. Paul Gardiner, 38, of Coleville Road, High Wycombe, was one of more than 100 residents who kept sentry duty to make sure no vehicles passed
Traders condemn pedestrianisation claiming it has affected business TRADERS have condemned the pedestrianisation of the heart of High Wycombe saying it has made it less accessible for shoppers and affected their businesses. The comments were made by market
MOTHER-OF-TWO Emma Spurrell blasted critics who condemned the state of High Wycombe Cemetery and said graveyard workers do a wonderful job. Mrs Sprurrell, of Lucas Road, High Wycombe, said she walked her daughter to and from Hamilton Combined School every
PRO-LIFE campaigners have launched a petition against the 'gruesome' possibility of human cloning. Members of the Chesham and Amersham branch of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC), who also campaign against abortion and euthanasia
INTREPID fund-raisers Bella Price and Adam Crawford have returned home after completing a gruelling challenge for charity across the glaciers and mountains of Alaska. The adventurous couple joined ten other people to brave the elements on the ten-day
THE father of a boy injured at Wycombe Summit dry ski slope has launched a campaign to get answers following the number of accidents at the centre. Mark Thomas' 11-year-old son Ben broke his leg after colliding with a crash barrier on the slope on November
PUPILS have won a major national science competition after exploring the solubility of sugar in water and adapting egg-timing devices Year eight pupils from Chesham High School presented the findings of their experiment to teachers and the school's deputy
A ROMANY gipsy church leader says people in South Bucks are the most prejudiced in the UK. The Rev Terry Hurst, of the Full Gospel Romany Church International, based in Plomer Green Avenue, Downley, told an equalities advisory group on Tuesday: 'High
AN OLD English sheepdog is recovering from exhaustion and malnutrition after he was found at the side of the road. Ben was found weighing little over three stone and disorientated close to Hedsor Road, between Beaconsfield and Bourne End. The RSPCA is
MARLOW Town Centre Forum members fear that Wycombe District Coucil is trying to strangle its voice following a heated meeting last week. The forum, made up of representatives from the town's main organisations, was set up by Wycombe District Council in
LIBRARIES in Buckinghamshire would fail new Government Ofsted-style inspections which are due to be introduced. County libraries have a very good reputation but would have too few professional staff and open for too few hours to pass the new test. County
THREE new cameras may soon be added to the controversial CCTV network installed in Marlow in 1998. The announcement came at a Marlow Town Council meeting last Tuesday and the Marlow Society is deeply concerned that the proposed sitings would further tarnish
CAMPAIGNERS staged a protest hours before Wycombe District Council decided to go ahead with a ballot of tenants on the controversial issue. The postal ballot, which runs from July 17 to August 11, will decide whether Wycombe District Council can transfer
Re: Plans to build a freight line through South Bucks I AM writing to oppose last week's editorial which supported CRAG (Central Railway Action Group). I am afraid the tone of your newspaper follows a trend in our national press criticising many new schemes
In a Perfitt World: Will they keep things locked in the Cabinet? THE county council is likely to have a cabinet style of government soon instead of the present committees which have been the framework for years. There will be consultative and scrutiny
WHY is there so much secrecy about the Western Sector? Are tax-payers facing a massive £25 million bill or will Tesco bosses be kind enough not to pursue a huge compensation claim against Wycombe District Council? To be quite honest it is all getting
Mann on Friday: Young 'uns shouldn't read Harry Potter - give them Chaucer I AM seriously worried about the taste of young children these days after reading about the huge popularity of the Harry Potter stories. Now, I have to confess that I have not
WHEN Tim Blott, the then editor of the BFP, asked me if I would like to contribute a weekly column to the newspaper I readily agreed - but I little thought that, ten years later, I would still be doing it. Now, after some hesitation, I have come to the
A VILLAGE is divided over plans which would save a deaf school from closure. The charity Sign is applying to build 40 homes for the elderly, 16 affordable dwellings, a doctor's surgery, post office, pharmacy, office accommodation, village green and a
DELIGHTED dog lover Pat Carey is keen to track down two youngsters who returned her missing Pekingese so she can thank them. Pensioner Mrs Carey, of Deanfield Close, Marlow, said she was so overwhelmed when the two good samaritans came walking down her
BOOK-BUYERS queued with sleep in their eyes when the latest Harry Potter best-seller hit the bookshelves at the weekend. Millions of children worldwide, and some adults too, had eagerly-awaited the release of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, the fourth
FEARS over education standards and funding in the county were rasied following a return visit from Government inspectors. The education inspectors gave a critical report when they visited Buckinghamshire more than a year ago, forcing County Hall to launch
Schools have share of £14.5m Government fund SCHOOLS are to benefit from thousands of pounds of Government funding towards improving science laboratories, care at nursery schools and repairs to church schools. Capital funding of £14.5 million over the
COUNCIL taxpayers could face a bill of up to £25 million to help pay for the Western Sector development, the Bucks Free Press can reveal. And we understand that the future of the entire £90 million plan to transform the centre of High Wycombe could be
SUPERMARKET giant Waitrose has given charities the chop after announcing they cannot collect outside the company's Marlow store. Local charities have been shocked at the news that the most lucrative collection point in the town, in the alcove at the rear
PARISH councillors are calling for an emergency meeting with police after residents complained that crime in Bourne End is escalating. Cllr John Dalton, vice-chairman of Wooburn Parish Council, said residents had expressed concerns over the number of
WEATHERMAN Bill Giles said he will undergo a DNA test in a last-ditch bid to convince an obsessed stalker he is not her father. Mr Giles, 60, of Icknield Way, Chinnor, spoke out after his niece, Joanna Toner, was jailed for two-and-a-half years at Barnstaple
JOURNALIST Paul Goodman is hot favourite to become the Conservative prospective parliamentary candidate for Wycombe at the next general election. Wycombe Conservative Association meets tonight to choose between four hopefuls for the job, following Sir
STAFF at the Bucks Free Press have been celebrating after the paper scooped a number of prestigious awards. Chief reporter Lester Posner won the newcomer of the year award at the National Newsquest Editorial Awards, held in Bradford last month. The Free
AN elderly widow has spoken of her disgust after thieves broke into her home and stole precious keepsakes and jewellery valued at £5,000. During the terrifying incident on July 4, brave Lilian, 92, whose full name we have withheld, pushed one of the burglars
THE Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir has addressed a full council chamber in High Wycombe and given a stark warning of the dangers of a nuclear war between India and Pakistan. The mayor of High Wycombe Mahboob Hussain and Wycombe MP Sir Ray Whitney
TELEVISION star Denise Van Outen could face a driving ban after being accused of travelling at nearly twice the speed limit. Denise, 25, was said to be speeding through roadworks in her VW Beetle on the M40 motorway near Handy Cross, High Wycombe, on
FORMER Free Press editor Arthur Church is finally putting his pen down at the age of 88 after a lifetime devoted to the newspaper. Mr Church, who first joined the BFP as a cub reporter in 1928, is giving up his weekly column in the Free Press which has
A CLASS of 1980 is set to meet up in October for a reunion with just one classmate missing. 'We are only looking for one more person,' said Emma Tyson, nee King, who is searching for the missing school friend. 'The reunion is not until October but it's
I WAS disappointed in the Bucks Free Press when I saw the misfortunes of Mr John Lowe, a good vet and kind man, blazoned across the news page of last Friday's edition in large letters. The Bucks Free Press boasts of its reputation, and this sort of insensitive
Re: Closure of Evans Halshaw by Pendragon Plc - 'Motorist angry as dealer due to close today' (BFP, June 30) I SHARE 'furious motorist' Roger Lawson's views concerning Pendragon Plc's decision to close this successful dealership which sadly took place
Re: Proposal to move Marlow Regatta to Dorney MAY I have the opportunity to make a few points in reply to recent letters in your columns about the Marlow Regatta: Firstly, how fortunate we are to have John Griffith, as usual, defending Marlow's best interests
MAGNIFICENT! Excellent! Percussive! Breathtaking! Fortissimo! Marvellous! Superlative! Strings! Amazing! Crescendo! Woodwind! Awesome! Bravissimi! Exceptional! Cantato! Wonderful! Unbelievable! Like multitudes of people from Wycombe, I attended the Millennium
THANK you for an interesting feature (Freetime) on breast cancer. I too have had breast cancer, but I was lucky enough to be a patient of Dr Grogono. I found the lump in my breast on a Wednesday. On Thursday I saw my GP at Penn Surgery. On Friday I saw
