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  • Ice cream company continues to scoop awards

    AWARDS keep coming the way of a Chesham based chocolate and ice cream maker after winning six prizes. Auberge du Chocolat took their tally past 60 after scooping six awards at the 2014 Ice Cream Alliance National Ice Cream Competition. The

  • Gym boss faces retrial in Sean Cleathero case

    A GYM boss accused of killing a 28-year-old man with a deadly weight loss drug will face a retrial. Sean Cleathero drank a yellow cocktail containing a massive dose of fat-burning drug DNP, which is normally used as an industrial pesticide.

  • Controversial supermarket may not open until winter

    A NEW Tesco Express store in Bourne End may not open until early winter, a company spokesman has said. The store, in The Parade, which has been part of a long running planning process, was finally given permission to open two weeks ago. The

  • Jacobson: We want to work hard for the manager

    JOE Jacobson said he and the rest of the Wanderers squad have bought into the strong work ethic manager Gareth Ainsworth has instilled into the team. The Blues boss called for blood, sweat and tears from his side in his eve of season rallying call

  • Balloon workshop for youngsters to make Dahl character

    YOUNGSTERS took part in a balloon workshop at the weekend to make a Roald Dahl character. For ages six and up, visitors to the Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in Great Missenden worked with balloon artist, Sally Blackman, to make a blown-up

  • Sculptor creates wooden servicemen for Ashridge exhibition

    A SCULPTOR who designed wooden servicemen for Hughenden has extended his talents to the National Trust's Ashridge Estate. Ed Elliott sculpted five servicemen out of tree trunks for parkland at Hughenden, which are currently in place. Following

  • Ingram signs new Wanderers contract

    GOALKEEPER Matt Ingram's future at Wanderers is in safe hands after he signed a new contract. The former John Hampden Grammar School pupil's original deal was due to expire at the end of the season, but Ingram has penned a new contract through

  • Woman freed from car after collision

    AN INJURED motorist had to be cut out of her car in a crash in Saunderton. Two cars were involved in the collision in Shootacre Lane at 10.20am on Sunday. Firefighters were called to the scene and rescued the woman by cutting her out the car

  • Ainsworth: Win was the start of the rebuilding process

    WANDERERS boss Gareth Ainsworth said he has the basis of a squad that wants to work hard to create success over the course of the next two seasons. The 41-year-old said his squad is currently a work in progress and fans shouldn't expect to see

  • Blues boss hails awesome Mawson display

    GARETH Ainsworth said he was delighted at a dominant debut display from defender Alfie Mawson. The 20-year-old had barely met his new team mates after arriving at Adams Park on a month's loan from Brentford, but instantly gelled with the rest of

  • Wartime spy finally recognised in book

    THE story of a spy who was based at Latimer House near Chesham during the Second World War has been published for the very first time. Historian Helen Fry has penned the book, Spymaster: The Secret Life of Kendrick, about the service Captain Thomas

  • Tour of Britain route through Bucks revealed

    THE exact route the Tour of Britain will follow though Bucks next month has been revealed. The one-week Tour starts in Liverpool and ends in London, cutting through the heart of Bucks on Friday, September 12. Stage Six will see the Tour weave

  • Review: The Swan's youth theatre does Grease

    I'M SURE the Wycombe Swan Youth Theatre productions get better every time I see them, and this summer's Grease was no different. More than 200 youngsters came together to perform the well known classic at the weekend and they blew me away with

  • RNLI Bourne End & Beaconsfield - 2013 record year

    Attached is a copy of a letter of appreciation from the chairman of the RNLI, Charles Hunter-Pease thanking the Bourne End & District Branch for its fund raising achievements in 2013, the branch raised over £20,000. Michael Prager, Chairman of the

  • Wade among four Wasps at England camp

    FOUR Wasps have been named in Stuart Lancaster's 55-man training squad meeting up in Loughborough this week. Joe Launchbury, James Haskell, Matt Mullan and Christian Wade have all been called up to train with England this week before Lancaster

  • High Wycombe title push derailed by Gerrards Cross shunt

    GERRARDS Cross CC gave their survival chances a huge shot in the arm on Saturday while upsetting High Wycombe's Home Counties title hopes with a shock 62-run over their neighbours. Cross were adrift at the foot of the table before play but a stunning

  • Beaconsfield school named as the best in the world

    THE National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield has been named as the best international film school. In a recent list published by the Hollywood Reporter, the school in Station Road came top in a list of the best 15 schools across the

  • Chesham set early pace after dream Southern League start

    CHESHAM United made the perfect start to the Southern Premier League on Saturday, but they'll have to back it up again tomorrow night when the title favourites bring two former stars back to The Meadow. Chesham won 3-0 at Truro thanks to goals