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  • Village rallies for Ethiopian fundraiser

    THE village of Medmenham rallied to the aid of a disadvantaged Ethiopian tribe yesterday, after a globetrotting 81 year-old brought its plight to their attention. Jennifer Beresford visited the African nation last year, to see how money raised

  • Wasps sneak home

    WASPS 9, NORTHAMPTON 5. WYCOMBE is getting familiar with Wasps' ways. It is the Guinness Premiership run-in and for the second week in a row almost 10,000 fans crammed into Adams Park. They are used to seeing their team save the heroics for about

  • Grant for Wycombe golf centre youth programme

    A GOLF centre has been awarded funding from Sport England to help nurture the talents of young people wanting to make their mark on the fairway. Wycombe Height, the public pay and play centre in Loudwater, received £3,500 last year and has been awarded

  • Beaconsfield leukaemia survivor's marathon bid

    A BEACONSFIELD man who battled leukaemia as a child will be running a marathon to fund research into the life threatening cancer. Ashley Foulkes, 25, of Post Office Lane, was diagnosed with cancer at the age of six. He fought the condition

  • Resident's relief after Marlow blaze extinguished

    A RESIDENT has spoken of his relief at the moment he knew firefighters had stopped a house blaze spreading to his adjoining home. The fire started in a mid terrace house in Jarry Court, Marlow, at about 1.52 am last night, and fire crews from

  • Award for MP's small business support

    A SOUTH Buckinghamshire MP is to be rewarded for her role in raising the profile of the county's small business community. Cheryl Gillan, MP for Chesham and Amersham, is one of nine MPs out of 21 in the Thames Valley region to be singled out

  • Pinewood to support disadvantaged young filmmakers

    THE world-famous Pinewood Studios Group has announced it will throw its support behind a charity dedicated to helping disadvantaged young people make short films about their lives. The film studio, based in Iver Heath, said it will be supporting First

  • Growing your own potatoes

    After reading the comments on my recent blog about the benefits of growing your own it seems there is quite a bit of interest in growing potatoes in containers. I would like to share some of my hints and tips on the subject. To grow successful