A FILM festival with an ethical theme is set to come to Chesham next month, it has been announced. The fairtrade town will host The Chiltern Fairtrade Film Festival, a two-day event featuring films followed by discussion sessions, with the aim of raising
A GREAT Missenden school had to be evacuated today after fire broke out at a church hall next door. Worried parents of children attending Great Missenden Church of England Combined School, in Church Street, were alerted after a blaze started at Oldham
A CHILD has been seriously injured in a road accident in Hazlemere this afternoon. At around 4pm, the youngster was hit by a van near the roundabouts at Hazlemere crossroads on the A404 Amersham Road. Helen Robinson-Gordon, spokesman for South Central
FOUR local artists are currently showing their work at the Wycombe Swan art gallery. Beverley Parkin, Cecile Gallina, Jenny Thompson, and Liz Grammenos, known collectively as Simpatico, meet regularly in Amersham and paint together, as well as travelling
WYCOMBE Swan Youth Theatre's latest production, Les Miserables School Edition, has proven a sell-out success a week before the opening night. Producer Joy Griffith says she is "delighted" the show, which boasts a 70-strong cast aged between ten and 19
TENANTS could again be asked to approve the sale of Wycombe District Council's council houses. The option - last rejected in 2004 - is being discussed between council bosses and tenants' representatives. WDC is the only local authority in Buckinghamshire
THE killer of taxi driver Mohammed Mahroof has been told he could go to prison for life after being found guilty of murder today. The jury at Reading Crown Court took five hours and 17 minutes to unanimously find Mohammed Mahroof Mustafa, 21, guilty
KIERAN Mann says he will never go back to High Wycombe RFC after the way he's been treated following his recent move to Marlow. Mann played for Wycombe for 15 years and made more than 200 first team appearances. But he says comments made by Wycombe
THE cost of keeping Thames Valley's streets safe is set to rise next year, after a new budget was decided at a meeting of the Police Authority today. The increase will mean the average band D council tax payer will be paying an extra £5.57 to the police
OPPOSITION councillors have hit out at Tory chiefs for claiming that Wycombe Hospital could shut. Labour, Liberal Democrat and Independent councillors on Wycombe District Council said they could scarcely believe' claims from Conservative members. Councillor
A CONTROVERSIAL device which emits a high-pitched sound to disperse groups of teenagers is being used by Chesham shopkeepers. Campaigners this week called for the Mosquito device to be banned saying it is unfair on teenagers. One youngster who spoke
JOSH Lewsey has warned his team-mates that playing for Wasps means there is no excuse for failure. The club's Guinness Premiership campaign has been heavily disrupted by losing swathes of players to the World Cup and Six Nations, but Lewsey says it's
JOSH Lewsey says his good recent form is down to consistent selection. He said: "It's no coincidence I've had a run in the same position for the first time in a long, long while, rather than being moved around all over the shop. "Your form will be linked
A THIEF was branded a "little Hitler" by a judge for pretending to be a school caretaker to violently demand money. After a drunken night out with friends, Bradley Martin, 18, took £128 from youths - and will now face them again as part of his penalty
A MAN has suffered burns to his face in a blaze in Great Missenden. Firefighters from Amersham, Chesham, High Wycombe, and Aylesbury were called to Oldham Hall, in Church Street, shortly after 11am. Around 50 per cent of the single story building was
SCOTT McGleish became only the third man to score 20 Football League goals in a season for Wanderers when he converted a first half penalty in the midweek 2-2 draw at Bury. The 34-year-old who joined the club for £75,000 from Northampton last season
SIR William Ramsay School welcomed back Danny' and Sandy' as the first production in its new performing arts centre was hailed a huge success. The audience was transported back to Chicago in 1959, as the Hazlemere school put on its own production of
AUDIENCES may well be left asking for more when the Young Theatre at Beaconsfield performs Lionel Bart's award-winning musical, Oliver! next week. First performed in 1960, the show is a loose adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic work, Oliver Twist.
COUNCIL taxpayers will have to fork out about an extra £100 next year as council, fire and police chiefs hit out at Government funding. The final amount - set to be agreed in the coming weeks - will rise to about £1,370 for a band D ratepayer in South
COMMUTERS have been left waiting outside in the cold after buses failed to stop on an unlit High Wycombe road. Bucks Free Press reader Mike Hall contacted the paper after he was forced to use a torch to catch the driver's attention on the 300 route.
THE boss of John Lewis in High Wycombe has hailed the opening of the new Eden centre as a great opportunity for his company. The store, in Holmers Farm Way, Cressex, will see more competition from, primarily, the House of Fraser when Eden opens. But
A DISABLED woman claims she is being singled out for attacks by vandals. Kim Hill, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2005, has for the past 18 months had her house in Court Lawns, Tylers Green and a number of her cars vandalised. Three of
THE jury in the trial of two men accused of killing taxi driver Mohammed Mahroof has retired to consider its verdict. Mohammed Mahroof Mustafa, 21, and Asif Ahram Mohammed, 26, deny murder. Mr Mahroof, a 39-year-old father of two, died from a single
PARKING - will it be a nightmare or a doddle when Wycombe's longed-for Eden shopping centre opens next month? The new stores are here, the town is buzzing with anticipation, but will 1,000 extra parking spaces be enough to draw shoppers away from competing
A NEW business venture designed to help young companies flourish by pooling a wide range of corporate expertise launched this month. The Business Box of Companies group is made up of six professionals who have been through the process of becoming self
I WAS helping the police with their inquiries the other day. Fortunately, this was not as bad as it sounds. It seems that a woman I'd never met, in a town I'd never visited, had 'stolen' my identity off the internet and written emails purporting to come
I WAS helping the police with their inquiries the other day. Fortunately, this was not as bad as it sounds. It seems that a woman I'd never met, in a town I'd never visited, had 'stolen' my identity off the internet and written emails purporting to come
SAM Stockley says America can wait if Wanderers need him for their promotion tilt this season. The 30-year-old ex-Colchester and Barnet ace made a big impression on MLS side FC Dallas during a three-day trial last week and sees his next move being to
PROBLEM geese in Chesham could be moved away from the town to help alleviate health concerns. A survey carried out last year showed that nearly two-thirds of residents felt the bird population at Skottowe's Pond, in Lowndes Park, was too high and creating
PEOPLE who have suffered domestic abuse will be able to get advice from a team of specialists touring the county by van today. The van will be stopping at a number of locations where staff from the police's community safety partnership will be giving
THE face of Marks & Spencer in High Wycombe will be transformed when it moves from its outdated store in the Chilterns centre to a new home at the front of Eden. The current 38,000 square feet store in Church Street will close at the end of Wednesday
PLANS to keep a 104-year-old fish business alive in Marlow have been scrapped - because the owner refuses to apply for planning permission. Mike Robson, owner of Phil Bowditch fishmongers, wants to run his business from a burger-style trailer when
WYCOMBE Wanderers have slammed reports in the national media that Wasps' game against Sale was called off on Sunday because they forgot to turn the heating on. The match was postponed five minutes before kick-off because of a frozen pitch, despite it
