Bucks Free Press: Local news in High Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Marlow, Amersham & Buckinghamshire

Resident calls council's squabbling "appalling"

3:50pm Wednesday 8th February 2012

RESIDENTS screamed “this is appalling” during a parish council meeting after members argued over how many councillors should form a committee.

Ex-Cllr appears before court charged with child and animal porn offences

12:44pm Tuesday 7th February 2012

FORMER Wycombe District Councillor Bob Bate appeared before court this morning charged with child and animal pornography offences.

Scrap HS2 or we'll take you to court, Government told

12:09pm Tuesday 7th February 2012

'SCRAP High Speed 2, or we are taking you to court' is the bold message campaigners are sending to the Government today.

Council tax will be frozen, County Hall confirms

5:30pm Monday 6th February 2012

COUNCIL tax will be frozen for a second year, Buckinghamshire County Council confirmed today.

Nearly five rat call outs per day in south Bucks

2:30pm Monday 6th February 2012

PEST control teams from two south Bucks councils dealt with 3,450 call outs about rats in two years, nearly five per day, figures show.

Freezing conditions but no more snow tonight

6:56pm Sunday 5th February 2012

TEMPERATURES will hover at just above freezing tonight but there will be no more snow fall, according to the latest weather forecasts.

Snow latest: Gritter and BMW in M40 crash

1:06pm Sunday 5th February 2012

A GRITTING lorry has been involved in a crash with a BMW on the M40.

Bucks wakes up to severe snow

8:59am Sunday 5th February 2012

MORE than five inches of snow has fallen and settled overnight in parts of south Bucks.

Snow: See latest transport alerts here

9:26am Sunday 5th February 2012

FOLLOW the latest alerts from Transport for Bucks here.

Snow grips Bucks this evening

7:06pm Saturday 4th February 2012

SNOW has begun falling this evening around Buckinghamshire, with as much as five inches predicted to have fallen and settled by tomorrow morning.

Consumer champion blasts council car park tickets at Sainsbury's

11:00am Saturday 4th February 2012

A CONSUMER advice chief, hit by a £50 fine, is the latest to blast the parking ticket machines at the council run car park behind Sainsbury's in Marlow.

Dog falls through ice into lake

10:01am Saturday 4th February 2012

A DOG fell through the ice on a lake – prompting rescue teams to be sent from south Bucks.

Transparency call over council merger

11:33am Friday 3rd February 2012

AN INDEPENDENT has called for two district councils to be more transparent about the savings and costs involved in a senior management merger.

Road closure posters to be axed

9:30am Friday 3rd February 2012

A4 POSTERS warning motorists about forthcoming road closures are to be scrapped by a council because they offer “little benefit” to road users.