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  • Celebrating the Diamond Jubilee

    As the Queens Diamond Jubilee weekend approaches I must admit that I am getting rather excited. Very few people have seen a monarch celebrate sixty years on the throne and we should be honoured to experience such an event. The last time this happened

  • Birch issues challenge to rivals: catch me if you can

    AMERSHAM’S James Birch dominated rounds three and four of the Porsche GT Challenge Series at Rockingham to move five points clear of rival Sam Liquorish in the Championship. Birch was in imperious form all weekend, drawing upon all his teenage

  • Sanders plans another charge down home straight

    NICOLA Sanders admits she’s not up to Olympic speed just yet – but she believes just being out on the track ensures she’s ahead of schedule in 2012. The 29-year-old made her second outdoor appearance of the season last weekend at the Great City Games

  • GBH charge after incident in High Wycombe

    A 26-YEAR-old man has been charged with GBH after a 53-year-old man was assaulted in High Wycombe. On Sunday at about 1.25am in Mill End Road a 53-year-old man was assaulted and sustained several cuts to his face, a fractured eye socket, a

  • Pizzas stolen in High Wycombe robbery

    ROBBERS stole pizzas and drinks after they hit a Domino's delivery driver in the back. At about 10.20pm on Sunday a 29-year-old pizza delivery driver went to Hilary Road, and parked near the address which ordered the food. When he got out of his

  • Motorcyclist named who died in M40 collision

    A 34-YEAR-old motorcyclist who died in a collision on the M40 on Tuesday has been named. Steven Salisbury, of Aspen Court, Freer Crescent, High Wycombe was pronounced dead at the scene after a collision between a Yamaha RIY1 motorcycle and

  • Calypso sounds from under the flyover

    WYCOMBE is fast becoming a ‘hub’ for calypso music thanks to the launch of a school dedicated to the steelpan drum. The town’s MP and mayor went along to celebrate the official launch of the School of Steelpan on Friday, at its new headquarters in

  • Resident fumes at overnight roadworks

    A WOMAN was left fuming when she found council workers digging up a road outside her bedroom window at 10.30pm. Joanne Smalley said she was given "no warning" about the overnight road works in Beaconsfield on Wednesday last week, which kept

  • Motorbikes stolen from Chalfont St Peter garage

    FOUR motorbikes were stolen from a garage in Chalfont St Peter, one of which held sentimental value. Offenders broke into a garage in Wheatley Way overnight between May 20 and 21 and stole three off-road bikes and one motorbike. The off-road bikes

  • Beaconsfield prepare for the road less travelled

    BEACONSFIELD RFC are reeling from an RFU restructure that will cost them more than £10,000 next season while consigning them to countless extra hours on the congested motorways around London. After storming to the Southern Counties North title last season

  • The most extraordinary game I've ever played

    THE High Wycombe players involved last Saturday will wonder exactly how they did what they did for the rest of their cricketing lives. Captain Matthew Eyles has described it as his most extraordinary experience on a cricket field ever, while ace spinner

  • Bucks trio win Paralympic places

    THREE Bucks stars of the court are celebrating this week after their places at the Paralympic Games this summer were confirmed at the weekend. Clare Strange of Wycombe and Louise Sugden of Flackwell Heath have both been named in the GB womens

  • She didn’t see Osmonds at the Swan

    RE: Last week’s letter from the woman who complained her mother was unable to see the Osmonds at the Swan theatre because the audience stood up for the entire show. MY wife and her friend went to see the Osmonds at The Swan. When she got back I asked

  • Village field given protection from development

    A PLAYING field in Penn Street has been dedicated to the Queen, which will give the green space permanent protection. Yesterday a plaque was unveiled which shows the field, which is used by the Curzon CofE Combined School, is now part of the

  • Planning applications for May 29

    To view Wycombe applications click here, for Chiltern applications click here and for South Bucks applications click here. You must accept the terms and conditions to proceed. Wycombe District Council: 56 St Johns Road Tylers Green Buckinghamshire

  • Bench to be placed in memory of fundraiser

    A BENCH will be placed in a Princes Risborough park in memory of a popular fundraiser. Risborough Car Booters want to put the bench in Wades Park in memory of Rita Woodwards, 65, of Berryfield Road. She passed away on April 12 from cancer