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  • Police seek talks with "gaunt" man after burglary

    POLICE have released this sketch of a man "with sharp skeletel features" who they would like to speak to in connection with a burglary. A property in Lower Road Denham was burgled at 2.30pm on 1 February. The man is white and about 50-55 years old

  • 13-year-old boy missing for nine days

    POLICE are searching for 13-year-old Kishun Mills who was last seen outside his brother’s address in Adams Close, High Wycombe, on February 1. Police have received reports that he has been seen in the local area, but are keen to speak to him

  • Hollywood A-Listers catch a movie at Wycombe cinema

    HOLLYWOOD stars Jude Law and Sienna Miller made a surprise visit to a High Wycombe cinema on Monday. Cinema goers spotted the celebrity duo, who are believed to be rekindling their romance according to national newspapers, in Screen 5 of Cineworld

  • Foxy film sets to go on display

    FANTASTIC film sets from an Oscar-nominated movie are to go on display in Great Missenden this weekend. Visitors to the Roald Dahl Museum on Saturday will be able to take a peek at two of the background sets used in the film version of Dahl's

  • Overnight closure for M40

    A SECTION of the M40 will be closed tonight from 9pm to 4am for patching work. Maintenance work will take place on the northbound carriageway of the M40 between junction 3 and junction 4, High Wycombe. There will be a signed diversion

  • Waldouck set to miss out on Sale

    DOM Waldouck looks set to miss Wasps' game with Sale on Sunday. The centre picked up a shoulder injury while on England Saxons duty is doubtful to be fit in time for the Guinness Premiership clash at Adams Park.

  • Hinshelwood out for four matches

    WANDERERS defender Adam Hinshelwood has been ruled out for the next four matches. A scan on Monday revealed he suffered bone bruising to his knee during Saturday's 4-1 defeat at home to Yeovil Town. He went off with the scores locked at 1-1 and without

  • Crime round-up: Two arrests after church windows damaged

    POLICE arrested two people on Saturday night after offenders tried to gain entry to church premise in High Wycombe town centre, by causing damage to windows. Further enquiries are continuing. Three premises in the Cressex Industrial

  • Long odds on Labour or Lib Dem election win

    LABOUR and Liberal Democrat election hopefuls say they are not deterred by odds of 25/1 on winning the Wycombe seat from the Conservatives. Ladbrokes has given Tory hopeful Steve Baker strong 1/200 odds of succeeding the party’s MP Paul Goodman.

  • Pupils raise £822 by wearing 'Hats for Haiti'

    NORMAL uniform rules were ditched as nearly 400 pupils at a Marlow school raised £822 for Haitian earthquake victims by wearing hats to class. Danesfield School on Marlow Road holds four 'mufti' days a year to raise money for a new school building.

  • Residents: 'Colossal development will put homes in danger'

    ANGRY residents in Wooburn Green are fighting plans for a “colossal” care home next to the River Wye, saying it could put homes in danger from flooding. A local developer wants to demolish a bungalow and build a 116-bed residential care home

  • Risborough kebab man loses court fight

    A KEBAB van owner has been found guilty of illegal trading in Princes Risborough - but said he is not going anywhere. Michael Healy, from Chiltern Avenue, High Wycombe was found guilty of street trading without a licence and providing hot food

  • Biffa pleads guilty over digger death

    HIGH Wycombe waste firm Biffa has pleaded guilty to health and safety breaches over the death of man killed by a digger at a tip. Dennis Krauesslar, 59, was killed at a centre in Newbury, Berkshire in 2007 as he emptied garden waste into a

  • Drivers to get the message on car crime

    MOTORISTS in the Chiltern district who leave valuables on display are to be sent letters warning their vehicles are at risk from thieves. The 'Clear Car Campaign' was launched this week by the Buckinghamshire Community Safety Partnership in a bid to

  • Council leader's tyres burst by pothole

    THE council chief responsible for roads suffered two burst tyres after driving through a pothole. Buckinghamshire County Council leader Councillor David Shakespeare lost two tyres on his BMW while driving along Maxwell Road, Beaconsfield as

  • Natural causes led to fatal A404 crash

    A 73-YEAR-OLD woman who died near Amersham on Saturday died of natural causes, a post-mortem has revealed. The Honda Jazz car being driven by the woman, who is from Holmer Green, left the road and flipped onto its side at around 2pm.

  • New blog: Ivor

    IVOR'S latest blog questions a planned council tax rise. Click the link below to read.

  • Flackwell Heath man accused over petrol station 'coke deal'

    A FLACKWELL Heath man was arrested at a service station while taking part in a £1m cocaine deal, a court heard. Gary Crawford, 53, was swooped on by police with two other men, who admit possession of a class A drug with intent to supply.

  • Couch back at Marlow

    MARLOW have resigned striker Aaron Couch. Couch left for AFC Totten during the summer but struggled to hold down a regular place and rejoined the Blues last night. He played 20 minutes at the end of their Southern League Midlands 1-1 draw with Slough

  • School link for pupils at Lacey Green

    PUPILS at a Lacey Green school have benefited from a £500,000 development which has linked their school together. The link building at the St John's CE Combined School has joined the two separate buildings of the school and was officially opened yesterday

  • Facebook group calls for ski slope to re-open

    MORE than 1,500 people have joined a Facebook group calling for a new ski facility at the former Wycombe Summit site, currently held up by council wrangling. Bosses of the former ski slope – closed after fire – are gearing up for an independent

  • Crime round-up: Thieves target domestic garages

    A LAWNMOWER and a shredder were stolen as thieves targeted a number of domestic garages in Penn and Loudwater last week. Two garages were broken into on the afternoon of Tuesday, February 2, one in Meadow Walk, Penn and another in Altona Road

  • First impressions count for Willment

    TOM Willment made a great start to his Marlow career with an equaliser at Slough last night. The defender only joined from rivals Burnham at the weekend but his goal earned Blues a 1-1 draw in the Southern League Midlands division.

  • Flats plan for furniture factory site

    A FORMER furniture factory in High Wycombe could be demolished to make way for new blocks of flats. Plans have been submitted to build one block of eight flats and another of six on the site of the old JC and MP Smith factory in Princes Gate

  • New shop opens to raise money for hospice

    THE latest shop to arrive in Princes Risborough was officially opened by mayor Alan Turner. The South Bucks Hospice opened the doors of their fifth charity shop and will sell a selection of quality goods which have been donated. The money raised