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  • Top five things to do in South Bucks this weekend

    Top Five Things to Do This Weekend 1. With twenty different beers, local ciders, live music and hot food, the Wycombe Swan Beer and Food Festival is an appetising way to spend the afternoon. Bands and performers include Tony Goff, Maz Manzini and

  • Bucks mothers win Mumsnet story writing competition

    Many parents out there would agree that it’s hard to find time to become a published author in amongst juggling work and children, but two mums from Bucks have done just that. Kate Peridot, from Wooburn Green and Jenny Davis, from Buckland Common

  • Road closures during surfacing works next week

    IMPROVEMENTS to the county’s roads over the next week see a series of closures and diversions in place. Transport for Buckinghamshire has confirmed the following works for the next seven days. The following routes in South Bucks will be affected

  • Haskell reveals meningitis scare

    WASPS forward James Haskell hopes to play for England next Saturday despite being hospitalised with suspected meningitis. The Wasps skipper said he'd never felt so ill in his life during a week-long stay in hospital, after doctors worried he had

  • Review: The Ladykillers

    For their Autumn production the Lane End Players staged this well-known black comedy. Professor Marcus convincingly played by James Wood expresses an interest in a room for rent belonging to an elderly widow Mrs Wilberforce impressively played

  • Prime Minister intervenes over Marlow teenager's death

    DAVID Cameron unexpectedly helped the family of a South Bucks teenager who died on holiday earlier this year, by writing and arranging for them to receive vital information about his death, the Bucks Free Press can reveal. Marlow teenager James

  • Paris could be fit for derby fixture

    PARIS Cowan-Hall could be fit to feature at Oxford tomorrow despite picking up an injury last week. The former Plymouth man didn't look to be in too much discomfort as he came off just before half time of the draw with Dagenham and Redbridge, but

  • Grim Reaper to hit the streets of Marlow tonight

    GRIM reaper will be the word on the street in Marlow tonight - but thankfully it’s designed to reassure residents at Halloween, rather than scare them. Marlow police will begin their annual Halloween patrols to combat anti-social behaviour from

  • Keeper Ingram lands Football League award

    MATT Ingram has joined the likes of England internationals Wilfried Zaha and Steven Caulker after being named the Football League’s Young Player of the Month. The High Wycombe-born goalkeeper picked up September's award for marshalling for the

  • Ibstone pupils mark the centenary of the Great War

    Schoolchildren in Ibstone have been getting into the war time spirit to mark the centenary of the Great War. Pupils at Ibstone Church of England Infant School have been discovering how the war started, experiencing life in the trenches and making

  • Ainsworth tells players to take emotion out of derby game

    GARETH Ainsworth has warned his men to play the match and not the occasion in tomorrow's M40 derby trip to Oxford United. Memories of the U's 96th minute equaliser in last season's fixture will no doubt be in the travelling fans' minds as they

  • Father leads tributes to son lost in Hughenden car collision

    FRIENDS and family of a teenager who died following a car collision in Hughenden on Monday have paid tribute to the 19-year-old. Julian Randall from Woodley, Reading, passed away earlier this week. Julian’s father Duncan Randall told the Reading

  • Marlow businesses praised for support during fire emergencies

    BUSINESSES in Marlow employing on-call firefighters have been praised by for their support by the county’s top officer during a special awards ceremony this week. Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue chief fire officer Mark Jones awarded Rebellion Brewery