With my weekly shopping done I walked around Wycombe town centre at lunchtime today looking at the marvellous buildings and architecture. Wycombe is described as “a historic market town” yet with so many empty and boarded up shops it only needed
AMERSHAM & Chiltern RFC insist they won’t take their eyes off the ball as a potential last-day showdown with Witney draws nearer. The Bucks club turned the Southern Counties North title-race into a two-horse race by going to third-placed Grove and winning
HIGH Wycombe has the fourth highest rate of empty shops in southern England, a major study has found. A national report on the state of Britain’s town and city centres records 13.5 per cent of empty shops in Wycombe. Only Bracknell (
ARSON was suspected this morning after a blaze at a derelict building in Chesham. There was "five per cent" damage to the three floors of the building at Maple Court in Wallington Road. Firefighters from Chesham and Amersham dealt with the fire
A FORMER county councillor, who once sent a cow in the post, has died aged 85. Bourne End farmer John Lunnon represented the Wooburn Parish between 1973 and 1985 and died in November. Mr Lunnon made headlines around the world in 1955
PAUL Sackey will leave Wasps at the end of the season. The 30-year-old England winger turned down a final contract offer from the club on Wednesday and will move to France when his contract expires at the end of this season. Sackey
A LAWYER and a chartered accountant are limbering up to fight Beaconsfield MP Dominic Grieve for his seat in the House of Commons. Mr Grieve, the shadow justice secretary, has represented the constituency since 1997 and the Conservative Party
WASPS will come up against their former director of rugby Sir Ian McGeechan when they meet Gloucester in the quarter-final of the Amlin Challenge Cup in April. McGeechan has accepted a role working with the coaching staff at Gloucester. McGeechan, who
BEACONSFIELD High launched what they hope will be a triumphant few months by taking two medals on the national stage last weekend. Competing at the National Schools Swimming Relay in Coventry on Saturday, their senior swimming team of Leah Cohen, Libby
ALMOST £500,000 worth of outstanding council house rents have been written off from AWOL tenants. Wycombe District Council wrote off £468,175.16 rent arrears in six years because the cost of pursuing tenants who fled with rent debts would be
TOM Varndell, Serge Betsen and Paul Sackey could all be fit to return to the Wasps team for Sunday’s visit of Sale. Varndell and Betsen are both training again and Wasps director of rugby Tony Hanks is hopeful Sackey will be ready too. He said: “Tom
A SWAN which found its way onto the M40 by High Wycombe has been rescued by two Highways Agency officers. Around 1pm today a terrified swan was causing traffic to slow down as it sat in the hard shoulder by Junction 3 (High Wycombe) northbound
WASPS hooker Rob Webber says the next sequence of games will be vital for their play-off ambitions. Wasps play Sale on Sunday to kick-start a run of three home games in four. Webber said: “If we can come out of the Six Nations period with a decent number
FIVE arrests were made by Immigration officials this morning following a raid on a High Wycombe business. Officers from the UK Border Agency swooped on the Blowplast Ltd factory in Hillbottom Road following intelligence suggesting a number
UNCERTAINTY surrounds the future of a Loudwater gym that was suddenly closed - leaving users worried about losing their membership fees. The weights and machines at The Fitness Studio on Treadaway Hill were due to be auctioned on Wednesday
THE Princes Risborough branch of the Royal British Legion has been told to close by March 8, it has been confirmed. Branch members have received a letter from legion HQ saying they must remove all memorabilia before the Memorial Hall in Bell
Well, Valentine’s Day is just a few days away. When I was in my teens I would have already been looking forward to it. Whenever I had a boyfriend, I arranged something special for him, such as making home made heart-shaped biscuits or something
UPDATED AT 4.05pm. COUNCIL chiefs have earmarked £140,000 next year to find a new home for Wycombe Wanderers and London Wasps. The Wycombe District Council cash is for ‘feasibility’ study work in the 12 months from April. The
TWO friends are taking on a 37 mile walk from one football stadium to another to raise money for Help For Heroes. James Turner, 19 and Sean Bennett,15, will set out from Adams Park in High Wycombe at midnight on Friday to make it to Griffin
WASPS' contract talks with Paul Sackey have broken down and the winger is set to leave the club at the end of the season, it has been reported today. The Daily Mail claims that the 30-year-old winger was given until last night to make a decision, when
RESIDENTS in Bledlow Ridge are continuing to work on the defence of their village pub in a bid to save it being changed into a house. Plans to turn the restaurant Darusso in Chinnor Road – formerly the Boot pub – into a four bedroom house have caused
PLANS to extend a gym in Butlers Cross have been submitted to Wycombe District Council. The application is for a single storey extension at Clayton House on Lodge Hill. To view Wycombe applications click here, for Chiltern applications
THE first lamb of the year to arrive at Odds Farm Park has been given the ewe-nique name Alibaabaa. The Jacob sheep lamb was born on Monday, February 8 to first time mum, Jess and are on show for visitors to see at the farm in Wooburn Common. Operations
THE Met Office has warned of widespread ice on untreated roads in south Buckinghamshire this morning after snow showers yesterday. The public are advised to take extra care and refer to the Highways Agency for further advice on road conditions
