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

Second year for Marlow Mayor

3:50pm Saturday 19th May 2012

MARLOW Mayor Jocelyn Towns is gearing up for another year in the role after being voted in again on Tuesday night.

Twitter campaign forces HS2 supporter to quit role

9:50am Saturday 19th May 2012

A TWITTER campaign against a neighbourhood action group chairman who supports High Speed 2 has forced him to quit.

Council website hacked

1:43pm Thursday 17th May 2012

POLICE were called in after someone hacked into a council website and posted abusive messages.

UPDATED: Ex-Cllr pleads guilty to possessing child and animal porn

1:03pm Tuesday 15th May 2012

SHAMED former district councillor Bob Bate has confessed to possessing thousands of pornographic images of children and animals.

Chinese Government business chiefs hold Wycombe investment talks

7:30am Wednesday 16th May 2012

THE quest for international investment into Wycombe will continue next month as district council chiefs hold high level talks with business leaders from the Chinese Government.

Councillor retires from cabinet after 11 years

3:17pm Wednesday 16th May 2012

A LONG-serving councillor stood down from a council cabinet last night to become the authority's vice chairman.

Lib Dems fail to garner support in Chairman vote

9:00am Wednesday 16th May 2012

LIBERAL Democrat calls for 'political neutrality' failed to garner support as a new Chairman of Wycombe District Council was elected.

Protestors disappointed as delivery office move to go ahead

4:57pm Tuesday 15th May 2012

PROTESTORS against the closure of the delivery office in Princes Risborough have been dealt a devastating blow today after Royal Mail announced the move to Aylesbury is going ahead.

Ex-council quartet get 'House of Lords equivalent'

4:38pm Tuesday 15th May 2012

A FORMER leader and one of the men credited with kickstarting the Eden shopping centre project were among four ex-councillors awarded the 'equivalent of a peerage in the House of Lords'.

Sainsbury's parking saga: Council backs down over appeals

9:34am Tuesday 15th May 2012

TWO more motorists hit by £50 fines at the car park behind Sainsbury's have been victorious in their appeals.

Ex-mayor: Parking pupils are not good neighbours

3:50pm Sunday 13th May 2012

A FORMER Mayor has labelled a grammar school as “not good neighbours” as residents continue to be angered by pupils parking in a residential road.

Marlow may get underground car park

1:30pm Saturday 12th May 2012

AN UNDERGROUND car park in Marlow behind Sainsbury's has become a genuine possibility for the first time this week.

'Why was historic home sold for so little?'

10:48am Friday 11th May 2012

VILLAGERS are demanding answers after a council sold its freehold on a historic Grade I listed home for just £300,000.

Hosepipe ban: Tougher restrictions ruled out

12:28pm Friday 11th May 2012

HEAVY rain fall in April means the threat of more serious water restrictions has been ruled out, it has just been announced this afternoon.

£144k to save High Wycombe car park from demolition

12:10pm Friday 11th May 2012

AN URGENT cash injection of £144,000 has been agreed for a multi-storey car park in High Wycombe town centre to save it from demolition.