Wanderers 0, Southampton 0. WANDERERS shut out Southampton's free-scoring strikers to bank another vital survival point. They blunted the twin threat of 20-goal Rickie Lambert and 17-goal Lee Barnard to keep a second successive clean
FRUSTRATION continues over the future of Chesham Post Office, after computer failure led to the branch not being able to re-open today. The store, in High Street, has been closed since November but bosses said it would re-open this morning. Yet
A TAX increase of 2.5 per cent among Chiltern district residents was confirmed by councillors this evening. The figure was officially approved by members of Chiltern District Council after being proposed earlier this month by the cabinet. It means
The other night yours truly was feeing particularly tired so it seemed like a good idea to turn in for an early night. After a few seconds of my head touching the pillow I was asleep. Next thing I was walking down the High Street on
PLANS for a "landmark" coach station at Handy Cross should be approved, a council planning expert says – a move that could pave the way for a controversial Hazlemere athletics track. Wycombe District Council has submitted a planning application
A SOUTH Bucks MP has said “there is nothing that Gordon Brown won't tax” after plans to tax broadband use were slammed by a Commons committee. Cheryl Gillan, Tory MP for Chesham and Amersham, said the proposed 50p-a-month tax for super-fast broadband
A FOOTBALL boss said he was “amazed” by the rejection of plans for a new stadium on Green Belt land – but insisted he had 'no sour grapes'. Marlow Football Club's bid to build a new stadium at Little Marlow Gravel Pits was thrown out by The
HUNDREDS of mourners flocked to the funeral of war hero and popular employer Lucian Ercolani today. Tributes were paid to Mr Ercolani at All Saints Parish Church in High Wycombe who died in his sleep on Saturday February 13 aged 92 .
A 60-YEAR-OLD man has today appeared in court charged with the rape of a girl in 1980. Norman Stanley, of Great Billington in Bedfordshire, was remanded into custody following this morning's hearing at Aylesbury Crown Court. He is accused
A COUNCIL employed too many senior managers, a boss in charge of axing posts admitted today. Buckinghamshire County Council’s Mike Dearing said there were ‘too many managers…for a bit’ and this was ‘because of our drive towards performance’
CHESHAM's game with Barton Rovers tonight has been called off due to a water-logged pitch.
A FORMER councillor died from smoke inhalation and burn injuries in a car left on a country road, it was confirmed today. The Buckinghamshire coroner’s office confirmed the body was that of Tony Dunn, 65, a former member of Marlow Town Council
AN ANIMAL circus will return to High Wycombe this summer – despite causing controversy when it returned to the town last year following a 17 year hiatus. Zippo's Circus will bring its new show – presented by ringmaster Norman Barrett MBE and
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CHESHAM take on Barton Rovers tonight and manager Andy Leese has backed Dom Marsala to keep wreaking the sort of havoc he has done since rejoining the club last month. Marsala has netted four times, including both goals in Saturday's 2-0 win over Bromsgrove
TONY Hanks predicts big things from Danny Cipriani and Paul Sackey before the end of the season. Both players are playing out their last few months at the club after announcing they’re leaving, but Hanks says their focus will be sharpened by
EVER tried telling a joke to a group of mates and completely forgotten how it goes, or made a complete hash of delivering the punchline? Most people only have about three gags to their repertoire, which they usually forget within seconds. So how
PUPILS told a series of amazing stories about their lives this morning during a workshop on journalism at Chepping View Primary School. Ryan Pearse, 10, told how he was a distant relative of the 14th President of the United States of America
Each time I see Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat it seems to get better and better. How? Somehow it has transformed itself from an overblown student-type romp into first class family entertainment
STOKENCHURCH teenager Jack Goff will race in the Elf Renault Clip Cup Championship this season after signing up with the Leicester-based Pyro team this week. Goff has won his contract after impressing the Championship-winning team over a series of tests
A MAN was led to safety by fire crews in Beaconsfield in the early hours of this morning after falling asleep on his sofa as a pan of bacon caught fire in the kitchen. Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue Service said he had come home from a night
RIKI Flutey has ended speculation of a return to Wasps by saying Brive are not prepared to release him and he will fulfil his contract in France. Wasps are understood to have put a three-year contract offer in front of the 30-year-old, but although the
BUDDING Freddie Flintoffs can strap on their batting pads despite the winter weather thanks to new indoor cricket training sessions. Little Marlow Cricket Club are running the classes for nine to 14 year-olds on Monday nights until March 20 from 6pm
EXCITED pupils from Chepping View Primary School helped Bucks Free Press journalists write stories for the newspaper and website this morning. Almost 30 children from Miss Evans' literacy class took part in a lively discussion about news writing
A FED up resident said he has had enough of the “outrageous” behaviour of students who live at Hughenden Park Student Village. Paul Dettman, from Hughenden Road, said he was in favour of the development in principle but said students had kept
A 35-YEAR-OLD man was killed in a car crash in Coleshill near Amersham last night. He was declared dead at the scene following a collision between a red Honda CR-V and a blue Vauxhall Tigra on Whielden Lane at 11pm. The Honda driver,
TWO passengers and a driver escaped uninjured after their car hit the central reservation on the Marlow bypass. The vehicle had spun en route to the Marlow and Bisham turn off and following the collision it was facing the wrong way. Everyone got out
MARLOW'S Southern League Midlands match at Beaconsfield last night was postponed.
JACK Wallace will win his first England U20 cap this weekend while another RGS old boy, Christain Wade, is also in the squad for the Six Nations game with Ireland. Wallace, who has impressed with Wasps this season, starts at full back. Head coach Mark
WASPS say they can ride the bump of losing Danny Cipriani and Paul Sackey this summer as long as they get their recruitment spot on. Cipriani confirmed on Friday that he will leave Wasps for a two-year stint with new Super 14 franchise Melbourne
COUNCILLORS raised £155 for victim of the Haiti earthquake appeal with a whip-round at a recent meeting. Members of Wycombe District Council donated cash at last month’s meeting of the authority. Councillor Jean Teesdale, who passed
TRIBUTES have been paid to a ‘doting’ husband whose body was found in a High Wycombe wood. Gordon Hobson, 80, was last known to have been at his High Wycombe home on Tuesday evening. Police launched a missing person’s appeal and his
