My word it has been hot all this week and the weather forecast predicts the heatwave will continue for at least another seven days. I can't cope with the hot weather. How anyone can say they enjoy this weather beats me. Do people really
SCHOOLS remaining under county control could be hit with cuts if the Government allows nine south Buckinghamshire schools to become academies, a council boss warned. All schools in the county “urgently” need more information on the move, Cllr
BLUES have finally secured the services of 6ft 1ins striker Scott Rendell from Peterborough United on a three-year deal. Rendell is a proven goal-scorer with 59 goals in 120 starts in his career. Blues boss Gary Waddock told the club’s official
DOMINIC Waldouck has been named in England's Elite Player squad for the coming season, after impressing during the summer tour to Australia and New Zealand. Waldouck, new Wasps signing Riki Flutey plus forwards Tim Payne, Simon Shaw and Joe Worsley have
POLICE are offering a cash reward for information after a spate of car badge thefts in Lane End. Between June 17 and 23 ten badges have been stolen in the village from a range of models at times throughout the day and night. Thames Valley
BALLET teacher Rita Trigger, 78, is set to retire after more than 60 years running a dance school in Flackwell Heath. The Links Way resident has run classes in the village since 1949 and set up the Rita Trigger School of Dancing in 1963.
A TEAM of nine elite athletes have bared all for a naked calender with the friends posing in various sporting poses in Buckinghamshire and across the country. The money raised from the calender will go towards their final challenge to raise
WASPS will send a strong squad to the Middlesex Sevens on August 14 as Tony Hanks plans to use the tournament as part of his pre-season conditioning programme. He said: “We will use the Middlesex Sevens as part of our preparation, and will send a stronger
FORMER Wasps director of rugby Ian McGeechan has joined Bath’s coaching set-up. He has joined as performance director on a two-year deal with the option of extending it another season. He said: “I am delighted to become part of a club
WANDERERS are poised to sign Scott Rendell from Peterborough United. The striker is understood to be undergoing a medical at the club this morning. The 23-year-old is a proven goal-scorer with 59 goals in 120 starts in a career that
WIDOW Monique Hogg was left in tears after she discovered thieves had stolen some special flowers from her late husband's grave. The 81-year-old had bought four new bunches of artificial flowers and taken them to Douglas Hogg's grave in Loudwater
A CHARITY was left 'extremely disappointed' after a council shelved plans to spend £40,000 on a Muslim burial area. South Bucks District Council had been in discussions with the Zainab Foundation about extending the Parkside Cemertery in Hedgerley
WASPS have arranged a glamour pre-season friendly against Brian O'Driscoll's Leinster. The match will take place at Donnybrook on Friday, August 20. Tickets are available at www.ticketmaster.ie
POLICE have charged a High Wycombe man with raping a girl in April. Nathan Wesley Ashton, 23, of Hatters Lane was arrested on June 16 on suspicion of raping a girl on April 2. He was remanded in custody and will appear at Aylesbury Crown
BLUES have still not received any official bids for England youth international Matty Phillips. Speculation has surrounded the talented wide man all summer, with Preston North End leading a clutch of clubs higher up the pyramid said to be preparing an
WANDERERS boss Gary Waddock has confirmed that he still wants to bring in a centre midfielder and striker to complete his squad. Blues have signed five players in the past week, and six this summer, but the rebuilding job is still going on. He said:
ARSON is suspected after firefighters were called to a caravan fire last night in Hillview Road, High Wycombe. Two fire crews from High Wycombe attended the fire at 2.17am with station manager John Bull. The caravan trailer was parked
THE following planning applications were received by south Buckinghamshire district councils on Wednesday. To view Wycombe applications click here, for Chiltern applications click here and for South Bucks applications click here. You must accept
A FIREWORKS display which has been a 100 year-old Oxfordshire tradition will be revived in Buckinghamshire on Saturday. In 2008 a Belgian rower was stabbed at the Henley Royal Regatta – where the fireworks used to take place – and the display
