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

Tree tribute to mark Queen's Diamond Jubilee

10:40am Friday 3rd February 2012

AN OAK will be among 400 trees planted in Marlow to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee this year.

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.

Public to be consulted over potential changes to bus lane

12:42pm Thursday 2nd February 2012

TRANSPORT chiefs will consult the public over potential modifications to the High Wycombe bus lane.

HS2 environmental study "too late" say campaigners

8:50am Thursday 2nd February 2012

AN environmental study into the effects of HS2 is to start this month - but campaigners say the work should have been done months ago.

Parish council's energy saving idea halted due to costs

9:00am Wednesday 1st February 2012

A PARISH council has decided not to go ahead with an energy saving scheme due to the costs charged by an electricity company.

Sainsbury's car park confusion fines cost drivers £4,600

4:51pm Tuesday 31st January 2012

FINES worth a total of £4,600 were slapped on the cars of motorists left confused by the new Marlow Sainsbury's car parking machines, figures reveal.

Council apology for delayed parking appeal verdicts

2:15pm Tuesday 31st January 2012

A COUNCIL has apologised to motorists for a delay in settling appeals to parking fines – blaming a staff shortage for the hold-up.

Wycombe Summit 'ski centre' site up for sale

11:25am Tuesday 31st January 2012

PLANS for a multi-million-pound indoor ski centre to replace the former fire-torn Wycombe Summit site appear to have been placed on ice.

High Heavens plan 'worse than stadium'

10:21am Monday 30th January 2012

THE expansion of High Heavens will have just as much impact, if not more, on residents as the now axed community stadium would have done, a dismayed councillor believes.

High Speed 2: We're buying your home, Govt tells residents

9:00am Saturday 28th January 2012

CHILTERN residents have begun receiving letters from the Government saying their homes will be compulsorily purchased because of High Speed 2.

GCSE and A-Level league tables released

2:20pm Friday 27th January 2012

LEAGUE tables showing a full breakdown of how schools are performing in GCSEs and A-Levels is now available for readers to view.

Mixed reaction to double yellow lines plan

11:10am Friday 27th January 2012

PLANS to introduce a raft of parking restrictions in Beaconsfield got a mixed reaction at a public exhibition at the weekend.

HS2 fund "unacceptable drain on depleted finances"

9:40am Friday 27th January 2012

A SUPPORTER of the High Speed 2 project has expressed concern at the amount of taxpayers' money being spent on a fighting fund, calling it "an unacceptable drain on the county's depleted finances".

Planning applications for January 25

9:10am Friday 27th January 2012

THE following planning applications were validated by south Buckinghamshire district councils on Wednesday.

High Wycombe Cemetery security set to be improved

1:19pm Thursday 26th January 2012

SECURITY is to be beefed up at High Wycombe Cemetery to stop thugs from vandalising graves, subject to approval from council chiefs.