HOLLY Hudson heads to Wolverhampton next weekend chasing a remarkable hat-trick. The Park Lodge Judo Jujitsu Kai has been British champion for weapons kata for the past two years and will aiming to make it three in a row next Saturday.
Just when I thought things could not get worse I arrived home to read the news article on this site announcing that Council Tax in the Wycombe District will rise by £28 for an average band D property. The rise, which is above the rate of
A PROBE into ambulances today blames ‘perverse’ Government targets for poor response times in rural areas. The study said bosses were getting to emergencies in urban areas on time to hit an overall waiting target – at the expense of rural areas
A MAN has appeared in court today charged with raping a 17-year-old girl in 1980. Norman Stanley appeared at Wycombe Magistrates' Court accused of attacking the girl in Micklefield Road. The 60-year-old, of Great Billington, Bedfordshire
SPENDING on agency staff by NHS Buckinghamshire has more than doubled to £2.4 million since 2006. Figures show the primary care trust paid "hugely inflated" rates of up to £49-an-hour for agency nurses in 2008/09 - an equivalent salary of £86,000
MICHELLE Tipper will compete at the World Cup in South Africa. It’s not the football World Cup that’s got her dreaming though, but the Indoor Netball World Cup taking place next month. England are sending a men’s, women’s, mixed and U23 squad to the
LEE Smith admits the injury crisis at Wasps is the worst he’s ever seen. Wasps could not afford to leave a single fit player behind for their trip to Newcastle as they named their last 23 players for the LV Cup game. The utility back said: “I don’t
CHILTERN'S top police officer has said arrests could soon be made after a spate of racist vandalism in Chalfont St Peter. Chief Inspector Ian Hunter said patrols had been stepped up in the village as officers were taking the incidents “very
AN ANGRY gym-user fears hundreds of people will lose their membership fees after a fitness studio in Loudwater suddenly closed down. All the various weights and fitness machines at The Fitness Studio on Treadaway Hill have been put up for auction
TWO people were arrested yesterday in connection with the theft of a car during a house burglary in Chalfont St Peter. The Mercedes car was taken in the early hours of Saturday before being spotted by Metropolitan Police officers in Uxbridge
RACING star Tom Ingram will do his bit for the British Armed Forces later this month, when he competes in the six-hour Race for Heroes at the Daytona Raceway in Milton Keynes. The Wycombe 16-year-old is part of a four-man Junior Ginetta entry and will
THE average Wycombe council tax bill is set to rise by about £28 from April, it was revealed last night. The four authorities which take from the final bill want to set lower increases than last year, with an average band D bill rising from
WASPS are out of the LV Cup, but Sunday’s win over Newcastle shows they are learning the lessons of the past month. Indiscipline has been a major factor in a run of four defeats in five games before Sunday, but a line looks to have been drawn
A PILOT from Amersham today spoke of the moment he feared he would die after his plane crash-landed at Heathrow airport. Captain Peter Burkill was speaking after an official report concluded the smash on January 17 2008 was probably caused
TELEVISION presenter Fearne Cotton was out of her saddle almost as soon as she had got in it after beginning her bicycle training – with Marlow Professor Greg Whyte. The Radio 1 DJ, 28, was caught on camera falling off her bike alongside Little
WYCOMBE star Isa Guha's remarkable year just gets better and better as she was named British Asian Sports Personality of the Year last Friday. Guha is one the most destructive bowlers in womens cricket and last year was a key member of the
THE costs of a council magazine delivered to homes went up four-fold in five years, figures show. Wycombe District Council’s Community Voice cost the authority £53,262 in 2008/09 – up from £12,796 in 2004/05. The authority says more
DANNY Cipriani gave the clearest indication yet this weekend that he will stay at Wasps. He said the Wycombe club remained his first priority and positive talks would “put a stop to everything”. The 22-year-old fly half was linked with
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LEE Smith watched England beat Wales on Saturday and said being out there on such a big occasion is his goal. The Wasps man achieved almost everything there is to achieve in rugby league, but Sunday’s victory over Newcastle was his first union
A POLICE watchdog has finished its investigation into the death of a High Wycombe man who passed away almost three hours after being released from police custody. The Independent Police Complaints Commission has concluded its probe into the death
