Bucks Free Press: News from High Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Marlow, Amersham & Buckinghamshire

4:41pm Friday 10th February 2012

Some Christians and politicians reacted with dismay as the High Court outlawed the centuries-old tradition of formal prayers being said at the start of local council meetings up and down the country.

4:37pm Friday 10th February 2012

Getting young people into work using a tax on bankers' bonuses is a major priority for Labour, leader Ed Miliband has said at the launch of the party's local election campaign.

4:26pm Friday 10th February 2012

Andrew Lansley has brushed off suggestions that he should sacrifice himself to ensure the survival of the coalition's controversial NHS reforms.

4:08pm Friday 10th February 2012

A hand-written letter revealing Diana, Princess of Wales's joy at "slipping" in and out of Sandringham the Christmas before she married the Prince of Wales is to go under the hammer, an auctioneer said.

4:05pm Friday 10th February 2012

Families setting off on half-term getaways have been warned of "deceptively dangerous" road conditions and sub-zero temperatures as the snow freezes.

3:41pm Friday 10th February 2012

Relatives of two women thought to have been murdered by a lodger have described his suspected suicide in prison as "an admission of guilt".

3:26pm Friday 10th February 2012

Three men have been jailed after becoming the first to be convicted of stirring up hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation for handing out a leaflet calling for gay people to be executed.

3:09pm Friday 10th February 2012

Barclays was accused of ignoring anger over bonuses and running "business as usual" as it revealed a £1.5 billion pot for investment bankers.

2:59pm Friday 10th February 2012

Former National Union of Mineworkers leader Arthur Scargill has joined fellow trade unionists to celebrate the 40th anniversary of a key victory during the 1972 miners' strike.

2:54pm Friday 10th February 2012

The Christian owners of a guesthouse who refused to allow a gay couple to stay in a double-bedded room have lost an appeal over a decision that they discriminated against the two men.