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  • 'I have to listen to the specialists - it's just too risky'

    THE man Wasps turned to when Lawrence Dallaglio stepped down has been forced out of the game by injury. Raphael Ibanez celebrated his 36th birthday on Tuesday by announcing his immediate retirement. He said: “During my career I’ve overcome so many injuries

  • Bowls club wants youthful injection

    A BOWLS club is looking for an injection of youth to give it a kick start. Although it recruited four new players after an open day this month, membership of the Cookham Thameside Short Mat Bowls Club has nearly halved in recent years and is looking

  • Dance performance at Swan

    MORE than 80 children took to the stage at the Wycombe Swan for an evening of contemporary and street dance routines. The children, aged eight to 16, gave dance performances on Wednesday night to the tune of songs from musicals like Mamma Mia

  • Jail term for former teacher

    A FORMER RE teacher who sexually abused three young boys was today jailed for 45 months. Gary Munday had his behaviour condemned by a judge at Reading Crown Court when he was sentenced. He will also remain on the sex offenders register

  • 'He deserves his chance at a pro club'

    TED Buxton has urged Football League clubs to give Chalfont St Peter’s miracle-working boss a crack at the big time. Danny Edwards has taken the Saints to within two victories of a dream FA Vase Final appearance at Wembley, and Buxton has been

  • Police called to Desborough Mosque

    A DOZEN police officers were called to a High Wycombe mosque this afternoon as a dispute spilled out onto the street. The incident at the Wycombe Islamic Mission Mosque in Jubilee Road, Desborough, happened at the same time Friday Prayers were

  • Spare part talk for 8 o'clock club

    A LIGHT-hearted talk on the human body will be the subject of the Seer Green Eight O'Clock Club's next meeting. Retired Princes Risborough GP Dr Tony Maisey will be giving a talk on 'Spare Part Surgery' at the Parish Church Hall on Thursday March 6

  • Taylor's delighted to land Beavon

    WANDERERS have swooped on crisis-club Weymouth to sign Blue Square Premier League hot-shot Stuart Beavon on a two-and-a half year deal. They have beaten off a cluster of clubs to land the 24-year-old who has plundered 14 goals for the Terras this season

  • Paranormal researcher opens Marlow's X-Files

    A PARANORMAL researcher believes the truth is out there and aims to open Marlow's own X-Files as he steps up an investigation into strange and spooky activities in the area. Richard Parsons, 39, a former pupil at Sir William Borlase's School

  • Wycombe students hoping for Question Time glory

    POLITICS students from a Wycombe grammar school are down to the final 10 in a competition for a chance to make an episode of BBC One show Question Time (writes Anna Widawska). The group from John Hampden Grammar School in Marlow Hill, High

  • Betsen to retain armband

    SERGE Betsen will retain the Wasps captain’s armband for Sunday’s Guinness Premiership game with Northampton at Adams Park. With club captain Raf Ibanez retiring on Monday, Betsen is likely to be installed as captain in the longer term too, sharing the

  • Ramblers back Holywell Mead campaign

    RAMBLERS have thrown their support behind a campaign to save Holywell Mead outdoor swimming pool. Mandy Williams, a member of the Wycombe branch of the Ramblers Association, has gathered 66 names to add to the petition being run by the South

  • Young's wants a long run as number one

    COMEBACK keeper Jamie Young says he considered leaving the club after finding himself axed after conceding seven against Shrewsbury in October. He said: “It did cross my mind to ask to go on loan or something but where would I go? I didn’t

  • Climate chaos to come is so underestimated

    RE: Global warming. MR WEEDEN and I CAN agree on one thing: the mainstream scientific view (as represented by the IPCC or The Royal Society for example) IS indeed dangerously misleading. He thinks they exaggerate the danger of burning

  • I've never been called an ostrich in my life

    RE: Eric Alexander's reference to Anthony Weeden being like an 'ostrich' in his views about global warming. I HAVE been called many things in my life but never an ostrich. Surely, Eric Alexander can see that if I was suffering from

  • High Wycombe's Environment Centre is so valuable

    THREE Cheers for the Environment Centre. I for one am delighted that we, through our district council, have supported The Environment Centre. It does excellent work despite operating on a shoe string. Your article last week neglected to mention the benefit

  • Who pays for Sainsbury's store work?

    YET again, the roads in High Wycombe have been closed due to the work on the new Sainsbury’s store. Bellfield Road is again closed for weeks, so that Sainsbury’s can use it as an extension to their building site. This causes major traffic problems for

  • Missing teen returns home

    A TEENAGE boy who went missing from his home in High Wycombe on Sunday has returned home. Aaron Ahmed, 16, went missing on Sunday evening, but he returned home safe and well yesterday. Officers from Thames Valley Police have thanked

  • When Dr Who met Pamela Anderson

    AFTER my visit to New York last week, I spent the weekend in Los Angeles in the company of a splendid bunch of people who gather together annually to celebrate their affectation for Doctor Who. It is heartening that they are still prepared to tolerate

  • Glyn was a very decent man

    IT IS with great sadness we hear that Councillor Glyn Galbraith has passed away. Glyn attended our five-week Islamic course and has remained a friend ever since. We found him to be a very decent and sincere person who will be a sad loss to the

  • Gentleman Glyn will be missed so much

    ON BEHALF of the Charter Trustees, officers of the town of High Wycombe, the Mayoress and myself, I offer our sincere and deepest sympathy to Barbara, children and family following the sudden death of Cllr Glyn Galbraith on Saturday. All of us are very

  • My NHS care was so good

    THIS month is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month. All men over the age of 40 should know that over 35,000 men are diagnosed with this disease every year. But there is hope if you take the precaution of having a simple blood test called a PSA test

  • Council tax rise is a bitter blow for OAPs

    CHARLES Mann’s article on salary levels within local authorities two weeks ago brings the spotlight onto council tax increases and the way council taxes are used. This year the increase is expected to be more than twice the rate of inflation at 3.8%

  • Flat earth logic

    I AM a great believer that newfangled ideas are generally wrong, or misplaced. I am certain that Pope Urban VIII was right in asking Galileo Galilei (1564 to 1642) to recant the findings in his book ‘Dialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems’,

  • Talking rubbish is the only way forward

    I KNOW my critics often accuse me of spouting rubbish, but it looks like all my arguments over many years will be finally vindicated – by a load of rubbish. Of course, I only refer to rubbish in the nicest sense possible in that I am talking about plans

  • Without Co2, humans will die

    RE: The global warming debate. LAST week, I was called an ostrich; this week David Hampton thinks I am a maverick! I wonder what I will be next week. David Hampton appears obsessed with castigating the oil industry as the cause of global warming.

  • Marlow FC scheme would be a disaster for us

    RE: MARLOW Football Club’s plan to move from its ground in Oak Tree Road, Marlow, to the Little Marlow Gravel pits in the Green Belt. This would allow 93 homes to be built at its current site. Several influential protest groups have banded together

  • Tribute to First World War heroes must be rebuilt

    THIS week’s sickening attack on a memorial to First World War heroes is beyond belief. So we are sure the vast majority of our readers will share the disgust and shock felt by members of Hazlemere and District British Legion at the vandalism. It was

  • No kissing couples at High Wycombe station

    IT WAS meant to be a jolly light-hearted assignment that would cheer up readers. But reporter Tom Pochciol returned to the office one afternoon this week with a face like thunder after it emerged I had sent him on a wild kiss-chase.

  • Car crime drops in Wycombe area

    CAR crime in Wycombe has dropped substantially compared to this time last year, according to official police figures. So far this year there have been 160 less thefts from vehicles, and 85 less vehicles have been taken, compared to the same

  • Pittman: Stepping down did me good

    JON-PAUL Pittman has made a sprint start to his second stab in the Football League after previously being at Nottingham Forest and Doncaster before dropping down. He was Man of the Match on his debut at Bradford on Saturday where he had one cleared

  • Wycombe Retailers Wear Red For Charity

    STAFF at the Homebase and Argos stores in High Wycombe supported National Heart Month by wearing red last weekend. They were taking part in the 'Wear Red to Work Day' campaign to raise money for the British Heart Foundation. The stores were

  • MP critical of response over Castlefield bail house

    A WYCOMBE MP has accused the government of “imposing its pet schemes” on the town by opening a new home for offenders in Castlefield. Paul Goodman MP wrote to Justice Minister David Hanson asking for assurances violent criminals would not be

  • Once a Wasp?

    WASPS insist there will be no further exodus following Tuesday’s announcement that England trio James Haskell, Riki Flutey and Tom Palmer are all defecting to France. Haskell and Palmer will switch to Stade Francais in the summer while Flutey has accepted

  • Wycombe District parking fines revealed

    MOTORISTS have been hit with more than £300,000 worth of fines in four months after Wycombe District Council took control of traffic wardens, it has been revealed. The council has billed 5,223 drivers since taking over enforcement duties from the police