Dust off your running shoes, it’s time to enter the Ridge Off Roader race. The third annual running race is set to be held on Sunday, April 26 next year and entries opened on December 1. Starting from Bledlow Ridge School, participants can
Marlow skier Georgia Keys has been selected to race for Team GB in the Czech Republic. The Sir William Borlase’s student was chosen to fill one of only three places on the Under-14 squad and will compete against a host of other nations in the Ski
More than 100 adults, children and dogs from Chesham will be joining hundreds of others in donning Santa suits to help raise money for a hospice charity. The team, who met through the Our Chesham Facebook group, have signed up to take part in a
A multi-million pound scheme to protect around 300 properties in Marlow from flooding will go ahead after funding was found for the long-awaited project. Despite Marlow’s £8 million Flood Alleviation Scheme not appearing in the Treasury’s £2.3
THE nephew of a man whose life was saved by air ambulance crews following a motorbike accident, has been crowned an ‘Outstanding Young Person’. Jayden Butcher, who is taught at Thorpe House School in Oval Way, was nominated for the Air Ambulance
Police are investigating after a vehicle was stolen in West Wycombe. The green Land Rover Defender 110 pickup was stolen from Chorley Road between 7.20pm and 9pm on Friday, November 28. Thames Valley Police confirmed they are investigating
Stokenchurch Judo Club has enjoyed a medal-laden couple of weeks in competition. Three players returned from the British Open Special Needs Championships - held in Cardiff on November 23 - with medals around their necks. Shaun Banks took gold
Stokenchurch Freemasons have paid tribute to the village’s war dead by cleaning up military graves, 100 years after the First World War began. The group polished the headstones of seven men and two women who lost their lives in WWI and WWII in
CAMPAIGNERS who have been instrumental in getting a new £500,000 cycle network implemented in Beaconsfield now want to provide better links for the schools in the town. The Beaconsfield Cycle Paths Action Group have been keen to improve cycle paths
These are the guns that have been handed in to High Wycombe police during a firearms amnesty. Officers in the town have been handed 16 guns during a surrender across the Thames Valley Police force area. Anyone handing in unlicensed guns, bullets
Luton Town will bring more than 2,500 fans to Adams Park on Boxing Day after selling out their full allocation. The Hatters were given extra seats in the Beechdean Stand - usually used for home fans - after selling all of the 1,800 tickets they
A woman denied committing child cruelty offences in High Wycombe when she appeared in court this morning. The female defendant, who cannot be named for legal reasons, pleaded not guilty to charges of wounding with intent and cruelty to a person
Police, fire and ambulance are on the scene of a traffic collision in the centre of High Wycombe. The three-car crash happened outside High Wycombe Fire Station on Abbey Way, with police saying they were called to the incident around 1.40pm.
THE views of school children could shape the future of Beaconsfield as residents look to deliver a blueprint for the town. The Bucks Free Press revealed in October that representatives of Beaconsfield Town Council were looking to form a group of
The hype sounds bizarre. “The funniest show on the planet... Comic perfection”? Oh come on. This is based on an improvised play The Servant of Two Masters written down by Carlo Goldoni in 1743 in Venice. How can it possibly be “a glorious celebration
Queues for shoppers trying to find a parking space at John Lewis department store in High Wycombe – the busiest in the country - could be a thing of the past after the retail firm applied to add over 200 bays. With the busy store on Holmers Farm
An annual remembrance service for lost loved-ones attracted a record-breaking crowd this year. Residents were invited to remember and celebrate the lives of their loved ones at the Princes Risborough Tree of Light ceremony on Sunday, November 30
A man has been arrested after cannabis plants were discovered at a house in Chesham yesterday. Officers from Thames Valley Police found 40 saplings, believed to be cannabis, and 32 mature cannabis plants in Brushmakers Court at about 2.30pm during
Good news for shoppers as department store John Lewis reveals it is looking to expand yet again with an appplication to install 208 extra parking spaces at its High Wycombe site. The following planning applications were verified by South Bucks
An 11-year-old girl managed to run away after a stranger in a van approached her in Wooburn Green last week and told her to get into the vehicle, police have said. At around 4.45pm last Tuesday, the girl was walking along Town Lane towards the
Marlow and Wycombe success stories were among the honours this week at a county-wide awards ceremony, dubbed the ‘Oscars’ of the Bucks sporting world. Almost 3,000 people gathered for the ninth annual Bucks and MK Sports Awards last Friday at Aylesbury
Clergy from a Marlow church say they are "incredibly proud" to have been awarded a £3,000 funding boost from a high street bank after a public vote. Residents and churchgoers voted for Marlow All Saint's Church to receive the cash as part of the
