A 29-year-old woman who battled with depression and believed she lost her job as a result of the condition hanged herself in her boyfriend's Downley home, an inquest was told. Nancy Isaac's body was discovered by her partner, David Court, in the
A FLACKWELL Heath man has completed a London to Paris bike ride for a charity close to his heart. Giles Cuthbert completed the ride over four days with 104 other cyclists. He has raised £3,800 for Parkinson's UK, as his dad was diagnosed with
BURGLARS smashed a patio door of a property in Chalfont St Giles last week before getting away with jewellery. Between Monday, September 15 and Friday, September 19, offenders smashed a rear door at a property in The Lagger to gain entry. Once
OVER the past few weeks, students have been preparing to go off to university. There will be some who have disabilities and naturally it is important that they should be able to enjoy the same access to higher education as any other student. The
THREE Wycombe Phoenix Harriers stormed to victory in the SEAA Road Relay Championships in Aldershot last weekend. Holly Hodgkinson, Kirsten Stilwell and Olivia Lowrie won the U13 girls title in 25:37. Each runner completed 2.3km, with Hodgkinson
SIX Bucks athletes put in a fantastic continental shift to help their team finish third in their first ever European event. Stephanie Clitheroe, Olivia Caesar, Eloise Davison, Becca Croft, Freya See and joint captain Sophie Street were competing
A CHARITY fashion show for Macmillan Cancer Support next week will showcase the best of what’s on offer on Marlow High Street. With pieces on show from Mistral, Pure, Jigsaw, Phase Eight, Mint Velvet, Chesca and Captain Tortue, the evening at the
A MAN who died when construction equipment fell on him at a building site in Marlow Bottom last week has been named as Lance Darrell Winder. The 48-year-old was working on renovating a house on Marlow Bottom Road when it is understood a digger
The body of a man who was haunted by the unsolved rape and murder of his mother and sister 30 years ago was found decomposed in his Wycombe flat earlier this year, an inquest heard. Justin Tapp suffered from depression and was diagnosed with post-traumatic
AN 85-YEAR-OLD woman died when she hit her head after falling down the stairs at her home, an inquest heard. Patricia Butler was found dead by a care worker who had called to check on her at her home in East Street, Chesham, at 7am on July 28.
KATHERINE Grainger is back in a boat and has a second Olympic gold medal in her sights. The 38-year-old returned to training at Dorney Lake on Monday and admits the Rio Games in 2016 are certainly the end goal. However, while a second gold
A BAA-RMY sight will greet Londoners next week as Marlow’s mayor takes her turn to herd sheep over London Bridge. Suzanne Brown is exercising her right to guide the woolly wanderers over the River Thames after she was named a Freeman of the City
A TEENAGE air cadet enjoyed the ride of his life last week after getting a last minute call to take the controls of an RAF jet. Coporal Daniel Wallis-Banbury, 15, was assisting visitors to the 1811 (Marlow) Squadron open day when he got a call
TV CAMERAS will be arriving at Adams Park after Wanderers' match with Burton Albion was picked for Sky Sports coverage. The match has been moved from its original 3pm Saturday kick off slot to 7.45pm on Monday, November 17. Both sides have
AN ACTING prize backed by a top South Bucks celebrity is up for grabs at this year’s celebration of music and drama. Holby City star and Strictly Come Dancing winner Tom Chambers, who lives in Marlow, will present the ‘Chambers Cup for Acting’
CLIVEDEN MANOR residential and care home on the Little Marlow Road held its opening ceremony last Wednesday and marked the event by introducing their Heart of the Community awards. The event saw a final short-list of three nominees. Jean Peasley
My maternal grandfather was born and raised in Glasgow. His genial and affectionate personality was a major influence in my early years, as he skipped around aged 80 in his slippers, bamboozling this five year old with his nimble-footed football skills
The High Wycombe and District Branch of the Multiple Sclerosis Society held a street collection in Marlow on Friday 22nd August. A total of £230.30 was collected. I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who gave so generously to
So Bucks County Council can plead poverty when it comes to mending potholes, broken drains, re-painting road markings after re-surfacing, but thinks nothing of wasting thousands of tax payers money on unnecessary speed humps. an extra roundabout and
Three articles that appeared in the September 5 issue of the Marlow Free Press concern me. Firstly, on the subject of changes to anti-terror laws and David Cameron’s measures to give police and officials increased powers, I find Dominic Grieve’
YOU may be suffering Scotland fatigue by the time of reading, but what else is there to write a column about this week? I’m afraid you’ll have to bear with us for another few hundred words. By now you should know whether we remain one big happy
I am an 82-year-old British West Indian and I would like to say thanks to three ladies and a young lad who came to my assistance on Monday September 1 when I fell on Chairborough Road, High Wycombe. The ladies got hold of me and helped me to my
I was interested in your feature 05/09/2014 (p.23) on the Black Prince in Wycombe Road, Princes Risborough where Ms Tollitt, head of planning and sustainability refused a small housing development because of “jarring and incongruous alignment... to
It took the Western world until the late 18th Century to start to believe that the weather that produced the seasons of the year, collectively called the climate, was not dependent upon performed rituals or incantation of ‘sacred’ words, created by
Readers of the BFP letters will recall that Eric Alexander wrote in mid August that May, June and July were the hottest months on record and August would be the same. In fact, as I pointed out in my subsequent letter, there have been many Mays,
The sickening murder of the aid worker David Haines has been a shocking reminder of the brutality of ISIL terrorists and the threat that they pose to our own security. Because ISIL claims to act in the name of Islam, questions have been asked in
FIVE fearless fundraisers donned orange facepaint before throwing themselves out of a plane in an Oompa Loompa skydive. They were among a team of daredevils to don wigs and parachutes that raised more than £20,000 for Roald Dahl's Marvellous Children's
A THRIVING Marlow employer took on a record number of new recruits this week as it starts its new financial year. Softcat, which has its headquarters on Fieldhouse Lane, welcomed 48 new starters, most of them graduates, to begin careers in sales
THE following planning applications were validated by Wycombe District Council on Friday. The Grove, Marlow Road, Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, SL8 5NY. Householder application for raising of roof and extensions to existing detached garage to incorporate
RESIDENTS will have a second chance to lobby the government on HS2 after changes were made to a piece of legislation. Minor amendments to the HS2 Hybrid Bill - effectively the multi billion pound project's planning application - were agreed in
WHAT started as a student's school project could end with a town's park being given a new futuristic pavilion. Emily Garnett was charged with designing the new building as part of a challenge while a pupil at Chesham Grammar School. Her teacher
