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

Police release e-fit after Wycombe 'car attack'

3:40pm Monday 17th June 2013

POLICE want to quiz this man about an incident in which a car was driven at a woman in High Wycombe town centre.

'Cut council tax for voters not given election information'

4:40pm Monday 17th June 2013

COUNCIL chiefs in Wycombe have been told they should cut the tax of voters who were not sent key election information or offer them another form of compensation.

• Comments(2)
• Have your say »

Political stalwart awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

4:25pm Monday 17th June 2013

A THRILLED political stalwart has credited her OBE to the “great support” she has received from her council colleagues.

• Comments(9)
• Have your say »

A&E petition needs 4,000 more names to trigger investigation

2:20pm Monday 17th June 2013

A PETITION calling for a probe into A&E services has gained about 4,000 signatures.

• Comments(1)
• Have your say »

Men bailed in Castlefield 'arson' probe

1:15pm Monday 17th June 2013

MEN arrested in connection with a fire which destroyed one building and damaged another in Castlefield have been released on bail.

Thousands run and walk to raise money for cancer research

11:10am Monday 17th June 2013

THOUSANDS of runners donned pink and ran, walked or danced 5km yesterday morning to raise money for cancer research.

• Comments(2)
• Have your say »

F1 team boss backs new motoring skills plan for Bucks

2:40pm Sunday 16th June 2013

A TOP Formula One team boss has backed a new plan to offer motoring skills to young people from a High Wycombe charity.

• Have your say

Donations received after charity break-in

7:30am Saturday 15th June 2013

DONATIONS have been given to a High Wycombe charity after it was broken into.

• Have your say

Four arrested after Castlefield house partially collapses in fire

1:23pm Friday 14th June 2013

FOUR men have been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a house in Castlefield partially collapsed in a fire.

Ribbon: cross examination of alleged victim concludes

4:13pm Friday 14th June 2013

THE trial of ten men accused of sexually exploiting a young woman from High Wycombe for almost five years continued this week.

WDC: 'We are not culling squirrels'

2:43pm Friday 14th June 2013

A COUNCIL has denied rumours it is culling squirrels in parks and woodlands.

• Comments(9)
• Have your say »

Firefighters called to huge blaze in Castlefield

8:20am Friday 14th June 2013

A WOMAN and a baby have been taken to hospital after a huge blaze ripped through one house and spread to another property.

Cllr Pearce: 'Wycombe district needs more park-and-ride facilities'

12:06pm Thursday 13th June 2013

THE district needs more park-and-ride facilities, a councillor believes.

• Comments(14)
• Have your say »

Pizza Express set to move into Eden

4:54pm Thursday 13th June 2013

PIZZA Express looks set to move in to the Eden Shopping Centre.

• Comments(11)
• Have your say »

Application made to turn The Nags Head into a hotel

10:35am Wednesday 12th June 2013

THE Nags Head in High Wycombe could be turned into a hotel, if a planning application receives permission.

• Comments(30)
• Have your say »

Cricket club chairman to take on 50 mile non-stop walk

5:50pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

THE chairman of the High Wycombe Cricket Club is taking on a 50 mile walk on Friday.

• Have your say

Mayor's fundraiser to celebrate Wycombe charity's milestone

3:27pm Wednesday 12th June 2013

A PARTY celebrating the “sterling work” of a charity marking its second birthday will be hosted by the High Wycombe Mayor.

• Comments(2)
• Have your say »

John Lewis receives 750 applications for 200 Wycombe jobs

7:30am Wednesday 12th June 2013

JOHN Lewis received 750 applications for the 200 new jobs up for grabs in its High Wycombe store.

• Comments(10)
• Have your say »

Alex Collingwood open to return as council leader

10:00am Tuesday 11th June 2013

THE district's recently deposed council chief has left the door open on what would be a sensational return as leader next year, just weeks after losing the role.

• Comments(27)
• Have your say »

New leader seeks 'big players' to revive High Wycombe town centre

12:30pm Monday 10th June 2013

HIGH Wycombe town centre needs some big name companies to invest to kick start regeneration, the district's new council chief believes.

• Comments(18)
• Have your say »

Car crashes into High Wycombe shop

12:25pm Monday 10th June 2013

A CAR crashed into the front of a High Wycombe shop yesterday.

Death rate inspectors start hospital probe today

6:00am Monday 10th June 2013

INSPECTORS are set to visit Bucks hospitals from today as a probe into high death rates is ramped up.

• Comments(3)
• Have your say »

Family's plea to catch masked "monster" who robbed pensioner

9:20am Saturday 8th June 2013

A SHOCKING attack that left an elderly woman shaken and terrorised after a robbery in her Wycombe home has led her son to make an emotonal plea to help police catch the masked "monster" responsible.

Waitrose “extremely keen” to open store in High Wycombe

4:00pm Friday 7th June 2013

SUPERMARKET chain Waitrose is “extremely keen” to open a store in High Wycombe.

• Comments(15)
• Have your say »

Street art drops back into town this weekend

2:20pm Friday 7th June 2013

STREET art mystery man Letts continues his mission to share his artwork with the unsuspecting public this weekend.

• Comments(1)
• Have your say »

Little 'intruder' frightens council chiefs at meeting

10:19am Friday 7th June 2013

AN 'intruder' frightened council chiefs at a public meeting on Wednesday.

• Comments(2)
• Have your say »

Ribbon trial: Girl previously accused father of abuse

3:28pm Thursday 6th June 2013

THE girl who claims she became the sex slave of a gang of men falsely accused her own father of abuse, a court was told.

Next home and garden store to be built in Cressex

1:13pm Thursday 6th June 2013

NEXT have been granted permission to build an “iconic” home and garden store in High Wycombe.

• Comments(30)
• Have your say »

Wycombe police tops early TVP table

4:48pm Thursday 6th June 2013

WYCOMBE’S police force is currently top of the Thames Valley league table.

• Have your say

Astro-turf pitch plan for Wycombe school approved

12:22pm Thursday 6th June 2013

A FLOODLIT astro-turf pitch will be built on the grounds of a High Wycombe school despite concerns from residents.

• Comments(6)
• Have your say »

Mother and children evacuated as fire breaks out in home

9:46am Thursday 6th June 2013

A MOTHER and four children were evacuated from their High Wycombe home after a fire broke out last night.

• Have your say

Police: 'Election fraud investigation ongoing'

5:30pm Wednesday 5th June 2013

POLICE have confirmed an investigation into allegations of election fraud is still ongoing.

Elderly woman tied up during Wycombe robbery

11:44am Tuesday 4th June 2013

AN ELDERLY woman was tied up during a robbery by a masked man at her High Wycombe home on Sunday.

• Comments(7)
• Have your say »

Church figure celebrates Golden Jubilee next week

4:26pm Tuesday 4th June 2013

FATHER Willie Strain celebrates 35 years as Priest of St Augustine’s Church next week.

£30m Wycombe sports centre is priority for new leader

10:20am Tuesday 4th June 2013

MAKING sure that the new £30m Handy Cross sports centre is delivered on time has been made the top priority by Wycombe's new council chief.

• Comments(19)
• Have your say »

Abbey Way flyover inspection continues

2:27pm Monday 3rd June 2013

THE inspection of the Abbey Way flyover continues this week.

• Comments(7)
• Have your say »

Family say they fear for their safety

10:11am Monday 3rd June 2013

A FAMILY in Micklefield say they fear for their safety in the face of what they claim to be racist and anti-social behaviour.

Extra £3m pledged to repair pothole ridden roads

12:30pm Saturday 1st June 2013

A FURTHER £3m raid on the county's piggy bank has been approved to fix the pothole blighted roads - but hundreds of millions of pounds are needed to completely eradicate the problem, says council chief Martin Tett.

• Comments(14)
• Have your say »

Mayor leads tributes to Lee Rigby

5:24pm Friday 31st May 2013

FAITH groups, politicians and police stood united against “evil acts” as they joined Royal British Legion members today at a remembrance service for Drummer Lee Rigby.

• Comments(5)
• Have your say »

Petition launched to start probe into A and E services

4:00pm Friday 31st May 2013

A LEADING Liberal Democrat hopes to trigger an investigation into the transferral of Wycombe Hospital's Accident and Emergency to Stoke Mandeville with a new petition.

• Comments(14)
• Have your say »

Street art drop to visit Wycombe this weekend?

1:00pm Friday 31st May 2013

ART fans should be on the lookout this weekend as a Flackwell Heath artist continues his ‘street art drop’ mission around Bucks.

• Comments(1)
• Have your say »

High death rate investigators to visit Bucks hospitals

9:00am Friday 31st May 2013

HOSPITALS in Bucks identified as having high death rates will come under the microscope after a report into catastrophic failures at Mid-Staffordshire Hospitals.

• Comments(2)
• Have your say »

Inquest: Young woman found dead just months after losing mother

7:30am Friday 31st May 2013

A YOUNG Wycombe woman died at her home just six months after losing her mother, an inquest heard this week.

Remembrance service to be held in High Wycombe for Lee Rigby

12:35pm Thursday 30th May 2013

A REMEMBRANCE service will be held in High Wycombe in memory of solider Lee Rigby, who was killed in Woolwich.

• Comments(16)
• Have your say »

Greater powers for High Wycombe Town Committee?

2:45pm Wednesday 29th May 2013

THE High Wycombe Town Committee could be handed greater powers but it will not become a full-blown town council, a council chief says.

• Comments(7)
• Have your say »

4G mobile service launched in Wycombe

5:18pm Wednesday 29th May 2013

SUPERFAST 4G mobile internet coverage is now available in High Wycombe.

• Comments(6)
• Have your say »

Crowds flock to town centre for Frogfest

12:04pm Tuesday 28th May 2013

HIGH Wycombe’s first live music festival left residents and dignitaries wanting more – as hundreds lapped up the sounds in the sunshine.

• Comments(18)
• Have your say »

Council merger pressure will increase, says leading Tory

4:40pm Monday 27th May 2013

THERE will be huge pressure to scrap Buckinghamshire's councils in favour of a radical money saving merger after the next election, the county's second in command foresees.

• Comments(7)
• Have your say »

'Council system must be abolished'

4:40pm Saturday 25th May 2013

A VETERAN Tory councillor who has just stepped down says Buckinghamshire's five major councils must be abolished.

• Comments(7)
• Have your say »