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  • They're dying to entertain you

    This afternoon one of Britain’s biggest sporting spectacles took place and yours truly was invited around to my neighbours to watch the event live on their TV. I am of course talking about the Grand National. I am not a betting man myself indeed

  • Wasps end week from hell with another low

    HARLEQUINS 33, WASPS 17. AFTER the week they've had, Monday morning can't come soon enough for Wasps. It all looked rosy after they beat Gloucester in their last Premiership match – but since then they've lost in a European quarter-final

  • Waddock: Don't blame Basey for draw

    BLUES boss Gary Waddock refused to point the finger of blame at Grant Basey after Wanderers drew with Oldham – but admits his missed penalty has made things harder for Blues. The full-back was looking to repeat what he did in injury time at

  • 'Marlow's reputation would be damaged if police didn't act'

    MARLOW'S reputation would be damaged if anti-social behaviour was allowed to go unchecked and continue, the town's MP says, as he backed the crackdown by police. Dominic Grieve said that creating a dispersal zone to tackle rowdy behaviour which

  • Tale of two penalties costs Blues a win

    Wycombe Wanderers 2, Oldham Athletic 2. A LAST minute penalty denied Wanderers a crucial victory as they missed the chance to move to within a point of safety. Blues had not long missed a spot kick of their own, with Grant Basey sending

  • Cheesemongers from around Europe in Beaconsfield today

    CHEESE of all shapes, sizes, colours, textures and flavours is on display in Beaconsfield today. Hundreds of dairy produce lovers have flocked to the old town for the festival, being held for the second time this year. Cheesemongers from across

  • Africa calls for teenagers

    A LIFE changing trip to Africa awaits for 48 teenagers – if they can find £4,000 each. Great Marlow School pupils hoping to spend four weeks working on community projects in Tanzania have begun raising the cash for the trip in summer 2013.

  • We back new stadium

    REFERENCE to the article in the Bucks Free Press two weeks ago, we are all for Wycombe Wanderers moving to a new stadium with all the facilities as stated in the newspaper by Mr Eric Buckle. We both agree that the change of Wycombe Wanderers venue would

  • How will Wycombe District Council keep Wasps here?

    I’M inclined to think that Eric Buckle is right when he suggests that the council’s extraordinary decision to stop the stadium development was the result of a well-organised campaign by a minority of people in the district. As the owner of a local business

  • Britain’s not broken – just ask Chloe

    ALL too often these days, we hear the depressing refrain that Britain is broken because, in our selfish 21st Century society, people no longer care about helping their fellow man. However, the story of Holmer Green Senior School pupil Chloe Jackson will

  • Rees bids farewell to Wasps

    TOM Rees was presented with a signed guitar as he bade farewell to his Wasps team-mates. Once touted as a future England captain, Rees was forced to retire with a knee injury last month, but came back to Adams Park on Saturday to wave goodbye to the

  • The Garden Players return to Beaconsfield

    A GARDEN in Beaconsfield will be transformed into the coast of Illyria as one of Shakespeare's best loved tales is staged. The Garden Players will be performing Twelfth Night in aid of the Child Bereavement Charity (CBC) to be directed by Archie Wilson

  • Official stats: £32bn High Speed 2 to barely break even

    HIGH Speed 2 will barely break even, gaining just 20p for every pound spent, official Government figures forecast. The latest statistics for the £32billion rail scheme cut the estimated value for money it will give back for the fourth time.

  • School sports hall work to begin

    WORK begins to replace Great Marlow School's 50 year-old sporting facilities with a new complex on the Bobmore Lane site next week. Builders will begin construction on Monday morning for the new sports hall - part of a larger plan for a coach-park