HIGH art meets the earthbound realities of the wild in the latest spectacular offering from Garsington Opera - a production of Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen. Fast-moving, broadly funny, and shot through with a haunting sense of melancholy,
A TEENAGER needed hospital treatment after being attacked and theatened with a knife in Downley this month with police releasing an E-fit of a suspect. At 9pm on June 5, a 15-year-old boy and his girlfriend were walking in the park near St James
FARIS Khan was expecting a long day on Saturday. He’d got snared in traffic on the way to Chalfont St Peter 2’s game with Farnham Royal 2s and by the time he arrived at the ground the match had started. His team had lost the toss and were already
THE Wycombe and Amersham Darts Club League have a vacancy for the coming season, which starts at the end of September. Interested clubs should contact Andy Long on 01494 671794.
A SUN-DRENCHED evening greeted the best and brightest Borlasians this week as the school celebrated its end of year speech day and prize giving. Head Peter Holding and his staff at Sir William Borlase’s Grammar School in Marlow put on their glad
A FOOTBALL tournament and fundraiser will be held this weekend in memory of an 18-year-old who died last year. The Alexander Jansons Legacy Festival is at John Hampden Grammar School in High Wycombe from 10am until 5pm on Saturday. Alexander
A GIANT mural depicting a steam train exiting the historic Brunel Sheds at High Wycombe train station has been unveiled this week. The 18-metre trompe l’oeil mural showing Isambard Kingdom Brunel inspecting a train was created by artist Dan Wilson
AN arts centre has received an excellence certificate as rated by members of the public on a popular website. Norden Farm Centre for the Arts has received a TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence award. The Maidenhead arts centre has been recognised
THIS year's Dash for Dad at West Wycombe Park raised £7,000 for Child Bereavement UK. Held on Father's Day, more than 130 people took park across the three races of a 5k, 2k and 1k. It was sponsored by Bucks New University whose mascot, Rusty
A MAMMOTH charity golf day at a South Bucks course raised more than £5000 for a cancer charity as amateur players took on four rounds in a day. The event at The South Buckinghamshire Golf Course on Friday saw teams competing in aid of Macmillan
JIMMY Savile committed sexual assaults on staff and patients between the ages of five to 75 across almost 30 hospitals in the UK, reports published yesterday have said. However, it could be months before information about Savile’s actions at Stoke
CHESHAM United have lost four first team players this summer and expect to lose more before the new season starts, but boss Andy Leese has not taken the departures laying down with new arrivals already announced in what he describes as the the most
DISADVANTAGED people in Marlow need better representation rather than just focusing on the more affluent, according to the town’s deputy mayor. Cllr Bob Johnson said Marlow Town Council has a responsibility to help all residents, not just the large
A SECOND male has been charged with witness intimidation in connection with a shooting in High Wycombe. A 17-year-old from High Wycombe was charged with one count of witness intimidation on Tuesday in relation to an alleged offence at the Eden
A PROJECT to fund Hungarian students to come to Marlow as part of a town twinning programme has been rejected by the town council. Marlow Budavar Town Twinning Association asked members for £300 towards a plan to pay for two students to come in
LIVING Tennis coach Jamie Delgado rewrote the history books on Wednesday when he played at Wimbledon for the 23rd year in a row. The 37-year-old joined up with Gilles Muller to come from two sets down to beat Lu Yeh-hsun and Divij Sharan 2-6, 2
PLANS for a proposed land swap in Beaconsfield Old Town were scrapped after almost 60 per cent of people said they were against changes. The changes would have seen ‘Common Land’ in the Old Town swapped with an area of open space on the edge of
A REFURBISHED charity shop has reopened in Hazlemere this week. The South Bucks Hospice shop in Park Parade closed on June 2 to be given a new look. It reopened on Tuesday and is open for business as usual. Chief executive, Jo Woolf said
THE first athletes to use the new £1.5million running track at Little Marlow will be able to get their running shoes on next week. The new facility at Westhorpe Park will be formally handed over to its provider, the Adventure Learning Foundation
DON Woodward said Blues hope to unveil two or three 'mouthwatering' signings within the next couple of weeks - which is likely to complete their summer shopping. The Wanderers chairman said he had met with some of the players that manager Gareth
MARSHMALLOW toasting and making leaf crowns was the order of the day at Penn Woods. On Saturday more than 120 people headed to the woods to mark 15 years since the acquisition of Penn and Common Woods with a summer festival. Held by The Woodland
ATHLETES are said to have a short shelf life, but a High Wycombe pole vaulter has just climbed to new heights a full 17 years after setting his previous best. Ian Parkinson was competing for Wycombe Phoenix Harriers in the Southern League in St
A TAKEAWAY was closed down for a week after health inspectors found cockroaches in its kitchens. Environmental Health officers from Wycombe District Council made the grim discovery during a routine inspection of Bucks Pizza in Castle Street on
A CHARITY playgroup which provides care for children with special needs has been asked to prove how many Marlow children it helps before the council agrees to fund it. Marlow Opportunity Playgroup, now based in Wooburn Green, asked Marlow Town
TWO Beaconsfield Town Councillors have resigned from office in a move the leader of the council has described as irresponsible. The double resignation on Friday, June 20, may force a Beaconsfield by-election to be held, which the council have warned
