The jury at the trial of a man accused of gunning down High Wycombe woman Natasha Derby on a dancefloor has retired to consider its verdict. Prosecution and defence barristers summed up their cases today on day seven of the murder trial. Reading
JOHN Gorman and John Salako will sit down this week to discuss the winger's future at Wanderers. Gorman is keen to secure the former England international's services, but is vying for his signature with Sky Sports. Salako is on the verge of penning
The future shape of the built environment in Wycombe will determine whether the town is a vibrant place to live and work or whether it misses the opportunity to stand out on the map. With so much competition from neighbouring centres, Wycombe can't afford
It was far from the house of her dreams when Martine Veniez bought a run down semi in 1998 for £65,000. In the aftermath of her divorce she desperately needed a home for herself and her two teenage children and it had to be a case of any port in a storm
If ever a film director was born to tackle the weird and wonderful work of Roald Dahl, it's surely Tim Burton. His credentials are impeccable, with films like Edward Scissorhands, Sleepy Hollow and Big Fish proving his love of dark fairytales and off-kilter
ROWING: Hannah Read won gold for England in the junior coxless pairs at the Home Countries International Regatta at Cardiff Bay. The Hazlemere resident rowed to victory against Lucy Lewington in her last race of the season and was delighted with her
DOUBLE-KIDNEY transplant patient Sharon Barlow won seven medals at the World Transplant Games in Canada and claimed a World Record into the bargain. The 34-year-old swimmer from Prestwood smashed the previous 100m breaststroke record to smithereens just
NICOLA Sanders has capped a terrific season by qualifying for the World Championships in Helsinki this month. The Amersham resident, who runs for Windsor, Slough, Eton and Hounslow AC, was named in the GB squad on Monday and she can't wait to get out
A FAMILIAR face was welcomed into Marlow last Monday, as Mr Toad from children's book The Wind in the Willows arrived to meet and greet youngsters as well as someone not so young. Mr Toad headed into town in a vintage 1924 open top Vauxhall, before
TRAFFIC-calming measures are urgently needed on Bisham roads to avoid further accidents, residents have said at a meeting. At a meeting of Bisham Parish Council on Tuesday, July 19, residents were asked for their thoughts from lead member for traffic
THE NHS Trust which provides services for mentally ill people Buckinghamshire Mental Health Trust has been given no stars for the third year in a row. But chief executive Julie Waldron says things have improved during the current year and that the trust
Radical plans to rejuvenate Wycombe town centre for the next century are now being discussed with help from the public. We report on the latest ideas and how re-opening a river is key to the plans. THE masterplan now being drawn up for High Wycombe
DEMOLITION work for the new Wycombe shopping complex is underway, with Iceland in Desborough Road the first store to be levelled. The £180million town centre redevelopment project, named Eden, will provide shoppers with many new outlets. The development's
A HOMEOWNER says the Royal Mail ignored incorrectly delivered registered post for more than a week after receiving a bumper delivery. Latif Sageer, of Park Farm Road, High Wycombe received 15 letters, some recorded delivery, for six different addresses
A MUM who won a struggle to get her son into a grammar school of her choice, only to be told she would have to pay for transport to get him there, has now won that battle too. Tracey Harvey, from Denham, wanted to send her son, Sonny, to Dr Challoner's
A HOLIDAYMAKER who was near the scene of the Egyptian terrorist bombings has told of his terror after what sounded "like a firework" went off near his hotel. Leigh Shaw, 41, was staying in the Sharming Inn Hotel in Sharm al-Sheikh, which runs parallel
A WYCOMBE family are counting their lucky stars after surviving the full impact of a hurricane in Mexico. Keith and Cris Cordice, of Gandon Vale, were caught right in the middle of hurricane Emily that hit the resort of Tulum on Sunday, July 17. The
