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I thought he was doing it in honour of me...

I thought he was doing it in honour of me...

10:24am Friday 12th March 2010

MY eight-year-old son dressed up in a filthy beard, wig and dirty shirt for World Book Day at his school .

Is it safer to double park?

10:14am Friday 12th March 2010

NOW parking fees are set to go up across the Wycombe district, I have a question to ask, and wonder if any of you experts out there can help me.

The name game

The name game

10:07am Friday 12th March 2010

WE all loved the tale last week of Miss Lacey Green, the American student who has been visiting the Bucks village of Lacey Green, pictured.

Why I love the bus lane

11:20am Friday 5th March 2010

I love the lane because it gives priority to the most efficient users of space and resources – buses – helping to reduce congestion overall and easing the constant pressure on human health and the natural environment.

Six reasons why I love having a bus lane in my town

11:16am Friday 5th March 2010

Russell Chaney of Loudwater: IN response to your advertised competition I would like to enlighten you as to the myriad advantages of having a bus lane on High Wycombe’s London Road. I have listed these below: *During the hours of the lane’s operation one is able to avoid driving into the many pot holes that lurk kerbside, ready to trap the unobservant motorist. A saving of at least £100 a week on new tyres is a great bonus in these times of economic hardship. (Add £500 if your suspension’s been wrecked too).

This is one football cup I don't want to win

11:02am Friday 26th February 2010

I DON’T usually gamble, but I have a cup of coffee riding on a special bet I have made with Midweek sports editor Dave Peters – and it’s a wager I desperately hope to lose.

Have you got something to tell us all, Dave?

Our Dave Peters

11:16am Friday 26th February 2010

HAS Midweek’s Sports Editor Dave Peters been moonlighting – as manager of Celtic Football Club in Scotland?

Keep on loving our bus lane

10:59am Friday 26th February 2010

COMPETITION time. Two weeks ago, I slagged off the pathetic bus lane on High Wycombe’s London Road, and this was followed up by a couple of reader letters backing me.

So that's why they call it Marlow Bottom

Fearne's fall

11:16am Friday 19th February 2010

BEST picture of last week was the one of TV star Fearne Cotton falling off a bicycle after beginning her training for an epic charity ride with a man from Marlow Bottom.

Ban the bus lane just the ticket

10:58am Friday 19th February 2010

BACKCHAT readers have written in to support my decade-long fight to ban the bus lane on High Wycombe’s London Road.



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