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• No more cars in the cemetery

  CARS will never be allowed back into Marlow Town Cemetery after risk assessors carried a series of tests and decided motor vehicles posed too much of a threat to pedestrians.

• School helps war-torn country

  SPEEN School has been helping children in war-ravaged Sierra Leone alongside the RAF.

• It's dry in Wycombe, but not elsewhere

  POLICE Superintendent John Donlon was slammed by a district councillor this week for refusing to back an open-air drinking clampdown in Princes Risborough and Marlow.

• Lord gets the right to destroy ancient trees

  GOVERNMENT big-wig Lord Sainsbury has upset neighbours after gaining permission to take a chainsaw to 16 rare and ancient trees.

• Drunk mum on rampage at school

  A DRUNKEN mother went on the rampage in a secondary school, beating up a school nurse and breaking a door, a court heard.

• UCI 8 CINEMAS MAIDENHEAD

  Cinema times for the week commencing February 15

• Arsonists blamed for school blaze

  ARSONISTS who started a blaze in a school bin caused more than £150,000 damage.

• Children's miracle escape as tree falls

  SCHOOLCHILDREN were moments from being crushed after a giant sycamore tree from Mel B's estate came crashing down just after they passed under it.

• Widow hits out at hospital care

  THE family of a man who died in agony after catching the killer MRSA 'super bug' at Wycombe Hospital believe shocking shortfalls in hygiene, staff training and basic patient care contributed to his death, an inquest heard this week.o

• ODEON SUPERPLEX CINEMA, AYLESBURY

  Cinema times for the week commencing February 15

• THEATRE

  The Beauty Queen of Leenane by Martin McDonagh Progress Theatre Reading

• Talks

  'Bulbs, Corms and Rhizomes' by Brian Fisher Red Cross Hall Chiltern Avenue Amersham-on-the-Hill Fri Feb 22, 8pm

• Shows and events

  Bingo Lane End Sports Club The Row Sat Feb 16, 8.15pm

• Sales including jumbles

  Bric-a-Brac Sale Temperance Hall Church Street Chesham

• Exhibitions

  Art Crazy Nation Show Milton Keynes Gallery 900 Midsummer Boulevard

• REGAL, HENLEY

  Cinema times for the week commencing February 15

• Comedy

  Jethro's Beyond the Edge Tour Apollo Oxford Mon Feb 18, 7.30

• ELGIVA THEATRE, CHESHAM

  Cinema times for the week commencing February 15

• Former riders return

  FORTY riders took part in the third winter of High Wycombe Cycling Club's winter Reliability Trials.

• RAFA rake off again

  RAFA Club got back to winning ways as they beat Barbara Bradleys Flackwell Heath FC team, winning 9-6 in the Wycombe and Amersham Darts League.

• Teenage road death: police appeal for witnesses

  AMERSHAM traffic police are appealing for witnesses after the death of a 16-year-old girl on Thursday night.

• Tube bosses admit service is in disarray

  TUBE bosses have admitted that Met line services from Chesham and Amersham are in disarray - and have offered little hope for the future.

• Devine keeps Blues on play-off trail: Chesterfield 0 - Wycombe 1

  WYCOMBE secured only their third away victory of the season with a battling performance and a good finish from rejuvenated Devine on Tuesday night.

• Reserves Cup replay postponed to Monday

  THE reserves' Berks and Bucks Cup quarter-final replay, which was postoned on Tuesday night due to a water-logged pitch, will now take place on Monday, February 18.

• Drive-thru protesters win the battle for housing on pub site

  AN ACTION group fighting McDonald's plans for a drive-thru on an old pub site can breathe a sigh of relief this week after developers announced plans to put up apartments there.

• CLUBS

  Amersham

• Thief woke up student

  A BURGLAR fled after waking up a female student who mistook him for a housemate, a court heard.

• Teacher's records will be checked after court case

  BUCKINGHAMSHIRE County Council is taking urgent action to check on the credentials of teachers brought in from Canada in September via the recruitment agency, TimePlan.

• Teachers' records will be checked after court case

  BUCKINGHAMSHIRE County Council is taking urgent action to check on the credentials of teachers brought in from Canada in September via the recruitment agency, TimePlan.

• Discworld heroes were old masters

  THE latest blockbuster by top-selling author Terry Pratchett features a host of characters that will be familiar to John Hampden old boys.

• Meeting on Amersham's future

  AN urgent meeting to discuss the future of Amersham-on-the-Hill is set to be held on February 20.

• Fascinating snaps put on show

  MORE than half a century of captivating and fascinating photographs snapped by Ron Goodearl have gone on display at an exhibition at Wycombe Museum.

• 70 nursery places for needy kids

  SEVENTY new nursery places are to be created for children in the Booker and Castlefield area of High Wycombe via a government grant.

• Primaries picked out for their good work

  PUPILS and staff across the district were celebrating this week as their schools were named among the most successful in the country.

• Chalfonts in the 1930s

  THE search is still on for the owner of a rare brass commemorative medal found by a lady as she walked her dogs in a secluded park.

• Primaries picked out for their good work

  PUPILS and staff across the district were celebrating this week as their schools were named among the most successful in the country.

• Woman finds medal while playing fetch

  THE search is still on for the owner of a rare brass commemorative medal found by a lady as she walked her dogs in a secluded park.

• Football club celebrates 120 years

  FOOTBALL games will be replayed when the oldest junior club in Bucks, Lane End Football Club, celebrates its 120th birthday with a reunion and special presentation.

• New book for trainspotters will be steamy

  TRAINSPOTTERS will be forgiven to think all their Christmas's have come at once when a new railway book hits the shelves.

• Devine Inspiration Gives Wanderers The Points- Wycombe 2 Bristol City 1

  TWO goals from Sean Devine and Mark Rogers in the space of three minutes were enough to give Wycombe all three points at a rain-soaked Adams Park.

• Confession time: I'm the ultimate sad bag lady

  YOU don't need loadsa money to eat well. Every time I leap into my small hatchback and head off for the supermarket, I am a hunter gatherer.

• Is the Met headed down the Tube?

  London Underground bosses faced angry commuters at a public meeting in Chesham last Thursday night to answer their questions on the service.

• Sights to see on site to see

  AS South Bucks starts to shed its winter chill in time for spring, we have a host of ideas for those desperate to get outdoors.

• Airgun hazard to animals warning

  CAT owners in Buckinghamshire are being urged to beware of stray pot shots from airguns.

• Francis Young samples organic wine

  There is much confusion around the world as to what exactly constitutes organic wine.

• Wine tasting with Michael Ford

  Wines of the month from a selection at Marks & Spencer

• Editor's Chair with Steve Cohen

  Who can end car misery?

• S Club star's dad jailed for teenage sex assault

  The father of S Club 7 star Paul Cattermole was jailed at St Albans Crown Court on Friday, January 31, after pleading guilty to having unlawful sex with a 14-year-girl.

• Lithuanian pop idol uncovered

  The current debate over the flood of foreign talent into the pop charts has become as topical as the annual outcry over the number of over-paid and under-skilled footballers in the premiership.

• O'Neals wedded bliss

  With a new record company deal, an album due for release and a UK tour underway, Alexander O'Neal shows absolutely no sign of slowing down.

• Kelly Joe Phelps at Wycombe Town Hall

  WASN'T it enough for Kelly Joe Phelps that he can play guitar better than any of us can dream of?

• Resist the powers of the EU

  DESPITE occasional differences, we have close relations with the USA. Nevertheless, there are recognised limits.

• We saw the good side of NHS

  AT approximately 1.15pm on Sunday, February 3, our Nan, Doris Brown, aged 85, developed a serious pain in her left leg.

• Middle Eastern Jazz

  ISRAELI-born saxophonist Gilad Atzmon is a rising star in the jazz world. On tenor or alto sax he displays garrulous wit and dancing around the full range of the instrument he barely needs accompaniment.

• Get ready for August

  AUGUST. A month for lovers of live music and communal living. It may seem like a long way from February but the organisers of UXfest the punk/metal underground charity festival are appealing for local bands to actually show their talents off on stage.…

• Jemma scoops title a second time

  BUDDING author Jemma Leslie has a way with words which has scooped her a prize for the second time in a story competition.

• Pupils show real enterprise

  SCHOOLS across Bucks are breeding the business brains of the future thanks to the Young Enterprise Competition.

• The Kennedy soundtrack is very loud

  COOL Cymru is about to hit High Wycombe on Friday 15th February in the shape and sound of The Kennedy Soundtrack band. The five piece band of 21 year olds first formed in '99 when they carefully honed their style of Rap, Rock and Hip Hop. They…

• Don't forget to remember this date

  MEN may be forgiven for forgetting anniversaries, birthdays or even Christmas, but God help them if they forget the most romantic day in the year Valentine's Day.=

• Are you totally addicted to bass?

  The man mysteriously known to most as Andy C. undoubtedly is one of the most important figures in drum'n'bass' evolution. He was there at the dawn of the '90s when drum'n'bass was still hardcore techno, honing his talents as a DJ. Then, in 1992, just as…

• Fire and Rescue tackle chip problem

  'COOK chips with care' is Buckinghamshire Fire and Rescue's message for this year's National Chip Week.

• Pensioner blasts council over heating

  CHILLY pensioner Anne Ching has blasted Wycombe District Council for failing to fix her heating since she complained early in the new year.

• School helps war-torn country

  SPEEN School has been helping children in war-ravaged Sierra Leone alongside the RAF.

• London style cabs in Wycombe

  DISABLED people can expect new wheelchair-accessible cabs on roads across the Wycombe district after the council restated its commitment to a changeover to London-style taxis.

• Having a ball this May

  SUPPORTERS of a school for the severely disabled are to hold a charity ball to raise money for a hydrotherapy pool.

• Arsonists blamed for school blaze

  ARSONISTS who started a blaze in a school bin caused more than £150,000 damage.

• Tube service has serious problems

  TUBE bosses have admitted that Met line train services from Amersham and Chesham suffer serious problems and they have offered little hope for the immediate future.

• The Tricks keep it live

  LIVE music. You can't beat it. The energy of the music, the dynamics of the band and the feeling you get when a song really touches you. These emotions are great, when you're there, but listening to a recording afterwards ... well, it's not the same. Is…

• Stir fried pork with Spinach and cashews

  Serves 2

• Rugby Round-up

  WYCOMBE suffered Bucks Cup heartbreak as they lost their semi-final match by just one point away to Buckingham.

• Royal Standard, Forty Green

  THE Royal Standard of England in Forty Green has a bit of an identity problem. The owner, a charming American, is fiercely proud of the pub's heritage. This is, it is claimed, one of the oldest pubs in England and was a refuge for the exiled King…

• Sixth place for Wycombe hockey

  HIGH Wycombe moved into the top six of the South Hockey League for the first time this season with a 4-3 win over bottom club Lions.

• Enchanting Extremandura

  Lilyane Weston explores the region of Extremadura and its wines

• Ryman Round Up

  CHESHAM boss Bob Dowie blasted his players after they crashed 2-0 amid blustery conditions at home to lowly Hendon.

• Having a ball with science

  JOHNNY Ball is singing a song about saving energy down the phone to me.

• Ulrika is on a shooting star, again

  ULRIKA Jonsson is busy juggling motherhood with her TV career at the moment.

• Our language ain't wot it use to be

  I'll admit that when it comes to the English language I am a conservative, in the non-political sense of the word.

• Marinated tomato wedges with avocado & mozzarella

  (serves 2)

• You eat, Loretta rides

  THERE'S the chance to take your fill of Indian and European cuisine on Thursday 21st February, and all in a good cause.

• Holiday Inn restaurant, Cressex, High Wycombe

  AS drivers manoeuvre their way round the notorious Handy Cross M40 roundabout, they hardly spare a glance for the hotel on its rim. If you do manage to take your eyes off the job of changing lanes in dense traffic, you may have noticed that The…

• Chris Carr at the Toad at the Emporium in Frogmoor

  Student Chris Carr, 18, enjoys a pint or four at his local pub, Toad at the Emporium in Frogmoor, High Wycombe

• Restaurant tips for perfect Valentine

  LANDLORD Alfie Molinaro is offering top tips for lovers on Valentine's Day so that the food of love does not end up all down your front.

• The love nests

  AS well as February 14 being Valentine's Day for people, it was also regarded traditionally as the date when birds pair up for the season. This is National Nest Box Week and now's the time to get bird boxes installed to encourage them to set up home.

• Flats planned for old church site

  AN abandoned church could be set to become a community facility after developers applied to build flats and a day-care nursery on the site.

• Flackwell get points back in return match

  FLACKWELL boss Neil Catlin was delighted with his side's performance after they beat Chalfont 3-2 in the local Division Three derby.

• War graves service for all

  RELATIVES visiting war graves on the Continent can get advice from the War Research Society.

• We'll meet again for 60th birthday

  EX-PUPILS of Mill End Road School should get in touch with old pal Julie Adby who has big plans for a 60th birthday reunion.

• Chasing Amy for more clues

  A HERO who died after a failed attempt to rescue Britain's most famous airwoman Amy Johnson has stirred the imagination of freelance journalist Midge Gillies as she embarks on a biography of the famous pilot.

• Council has faith in Phoenix Project's vision of a redeveloped Wycombe

  THE Phoenix Project is set to rise from the ashes of High Wycombe's doomed Western Sector development, but it may have a substantially different look to the original proposals.

• Chesterfield match reaction

  MANAGER Lawrie Sanchez says the heat is on for Saturday's Bournemouth match after Wycombe's midweek win over Chesterfield fuelled the club's play-off hopes.

• Tough Tenors hit Marlow

  THE Tough Tenors finally play at Marlow's Jazz Club this Thursday 21st Feb at TJ O'Reilly's, Marlow Bottom.

• Bournemouth match preview: Simpson escapes two-match ban

  MIDFIELD master Michael Simpson is free to face Bournemouth on Saturday after an amazing cock-up from Premiership referee Jeff Winter.

• Devine dedicates his emotional first goal in two years to his family

  SEAN Devine scored his first goal for 22 months and then celebrated by lifting his shirt to reveal a t-shirt with the words Im back written on it.

• Terriers and Totteridge

  ON Sunday at 10am St Francis Church will be commencing their annual Lent Project. This year the funds raised will go to the South Bucks Day Hospice and Avril Berry, who has just become the fundraising director at the hospice, will be addressing the…

• Stokenchurch

  CONGRATULATIONS to Stokenchurch 1st Brownies whose January show and concert raised £140 for the children's charity Whizz Kids. They put on a fantastic evening of singing, dancing and a performance of Snow White and the Seven Brownies, written for the…

• Seer Green

  THE Imperial Cancer Research Fund and Cancer Research amalgamated on February 4, and are now Cancer Research UK, ring Adrienne Britton on 01494 677783 for details.

• Princes Risborough

  DEBATES about Bucks County Council's proposal to build a new access route across Green Belt to Risborough Upper School has taken a fresh turn with the release of further details about a major sports complex that the school is planning to develop in the…

• Prestwood

  DO you want to close your Prestwood street for a Golden Jubilee party but have found it costs too much so cancelled the party idea? Chiltern District Council plan to produce one massive road closure order listing all the applicants, therefore reducing…

• Penn & Tylers Green

  LOCAL residents are eligible to join the Hazlemere Gardening Association, which is based at Cedar Barn in Hazlemere which is open every Sunday morning.

• Naphill

  BLOOD Donors - the next session at the Village Hall will be on Friday, March 1, with two periods from 2 to 4pm and 5 to 6.45pm. For more information phone 08457 711711.

• Marlow

  LITTLE Marlow CE School is to lose its head teacher this summer. After 12 years at the school, Jeanette Hamer is moving to the Isle of Man where she will be taking up the headship of a larger primary school at the start of the next school year in…

• Marlow Bottom

  ENTHUSIASM to get off on holiday at a time that I had confidently expected to be about the worst weeks of the year (and was I right) led me to being a little careless with my facts last week.

• Lane End

  THERE is certainly money in jumble these days. The Charity Group raised the magnificent sum of £638.66 after last week's sale.

• Lacey Green and Loosley Row

  BLOOD Donors should note that the next session at Naphill Village Hall on Friday, March 1, with two periods, from 2pm to 4pm and 5pm to 6.45pm. For more information phone 08457 711711.

• Hughenden Valley

  CONGRATULATIONS go to Courtney East, Sophie Parker and Samantha Bolt for organising a Blue Peter Sale at Great Kingshill School last week. They raised £343.05 for the Blue Peter appeal on behalf of Help the Aged.

• Holtspur

  BEACONSFIELD Carers Group meet at Kiln Court, off North Drive, on Monday at 7.30pm for 8pm, for a quiz and social evening organised by Ruth Ansell with the Penn Carers group.

• Holmer Green

  HOLMER Players are presenting Piece de Resistance, at the village hall, Friday and Saturday night at 8pm. Tickets £9, include chicken and chips, from Jose on 01494 713204.

• High Wycombe

  FANCY a flutter on the horses? There's a Race Night on Friday, March 1, at 7.30pm at The Irish Club in Station Road. Tickets are £5, with a ploughman's supper, and name a horse for £5. Tickets from Melanie, the Mayor's Secretary, on 01494 421134, or…

• Hedgerley

  THE Four Seasons, an illustrated talk by Geoff Burnett, will be given to the Historical Society on Wednesday, when they meet at 8pm in the Memorial Hall. Visitors are welcome.

• Hazlemere

  CEDARS School Site was discussed at a recent meeting of parish councillors with the English Church Housing Group, a Bucks County Council representative and Architect Mark Simmons, which resulted in a number of options to be considered. The parish…

• Haddenham

  HADDENHAM Bellringers (some rang for the Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977) marked the Day of Accession on Tuesday but were unable to complete the quarter peal of Oxford Bob Triples a good attempt according to leader John Keates. They will have…

• Great Missenden

  SATURDAY could be a day of totally new experiences for you in Great Missenden. It's Mind, Body and Spirit Day at the Memorial Hall from 10am until 4.30pm and this means you can sample some intriguing practices such as Hopi ear candles, Indian head…

• Great Kingshill

  CRYERS Hill Methodist Church services for Sunday are 10.30am with Reverend T Siuhengalu and 3pm with Rev M Hughes. The singing group meet on Tuesday at 7.30pm. The Thursday Afternoon Fellowship is at 2.15pm. Don't forget the Watts & Wesley Hymn evening…

• Gerrards Cross

  JONATHAN Aitken, the disgraced former Tory MP jailed for perjury and perverting the course of justice, is to make a local appearance next week. With religion now more dominant in his life, the former MP for Thanet, once spoken of as a future Tory…

• Frieth

  LENTEN Lunch takes place in Hambleden Parish Room on Saturday at midday. All are welcome to come along.

• Flackwell Heath

  ILIAD is at The Centre Theatre in Bourne End on Saturday night. It offers a chance to see Andrew Potter in a role which was highly praised during its initial run at the Wycombe Swan. You don't need to be a classics scholar to understand this study on…

• Downley

  GOOD news for local residents is that Doreen Biggin came home from hospital early this week following a successful skin craft and treatment. Please make sure that she gets lots of information for this column which she looks forward to doing next week.

• Cookham

  PLANS for the Cookham festivities for the Queen's Golden Jubilee continue but there is not the same enthusiasm for local junketing as there was for the Silver Jubilee. Those who saw the giant children's party all down Cookham High Street will never…

• Chesham

  LADIES are invited to an Indulgence Evening at Waterside School on Friday, February 22 at 7.30pm.

• Chalfont St Giles

  TENTATIVE plans are being drawn up by the Chalfont St Giles Parish Council for celebrations in the village to mark the Queen's Golden Jubilee in June. Village organisations and groups who are thinking of staging any kind of event for the occasion are…

• Vision needed for topsy turvy world economy

  A PROGRAMME to help small businesses ride the ups and downs of the demands of a global economy, organised by Business Link, will take place in High Wycombe next month.

• Chalfont St Peter

  I note that County Council have started to re-surface the roads albeit right at the edge of the Parish from the boundary stone in Packhorse Road.

• Shoulder to shoulder with US but heads in Europe

  QUENTIN Peel, international affairs editor of the Financial Times discussed the fall-out from the events on September 11 and the implications for Britain and the European Union when he spoke at the annual dinner of the European Network of…

• Bourne End and Wooburn Green

  ILIAD at The Centre on Saturday night offers a chance to see Andrew Potter in a role which has been highly praised during its initial run at the Wycombe Swan. You don't need to be a classics scholar to understand this study on why we make war. Anyone…

• Companies warned over data protection

  COMPANIES are being advised to be on their guard following approaches from businesses charging up to £95 plus VAT to register them under the Data Protection Act 1998.

• Booker

  TICKETS are now on sale for the quiz night at Our Lady of Grace Church in Squirrel Lane on Friday, March 8. A £6.50 ticket buys you entry to the quiz and a fish and chip supper. There will be a bar and a raffle. All proceeds go to Bega Kwa Bega…

• Beaconsfield

  I WOULD like to apologise for any inconvenience if you attended the proposed launch of the Friends of St Mary and All Saints Church. I was not notified of the cancellation of this meeting until Friday. Apologies are given for the cancellation.

• Amersham

  AMERSHAM & District Friends of Cancer Research UK are running a quiz on Friday evening (15/2) at Amersham Free Church Hall, in Woodside Road, at 7.30pm. Tickets are £7 each including supper. Please bring your own drinks, and if you would like a ticket…

• Last updated on Thursday, February 14

  Click on blue place names for full text.

• Is the Met headed down the Tube?

  LONDON Underground bosses faced angry commuters at a public meeting in Chesham last Thursday night to answer their questions on the service.

• Pupils to have their own crossing

  GRAMMAR school pupils will have have their own crossing after council bosses won £350,000 in back payments from the Swan Theatre.

• School to stay shut after fire

  A SCHOOL will stay closed for more than a week after arsonists torched a recycling bin causing almost £200,000 damage.

• Hitting those moles for six

  MOLE hills have become mountains for Wooburn's Narkovian's Cricket Club and Wooburn Parish Council.

• Pensioner Len sacrifices health

  PENSIONER Len Cummings is foregoing treatment for high-blood pressure because he claims it takes him hours to get to his 'local' surgery.

• Farewell to young Vicky

  HUNDREDS of mourners are expected to turn out tomorrow to pay their final respects to 16-year-old Vicky Bishop, who died after a friend's car hit a tree at an accident blackspot.

• MMR voteline set up

  AS fear spreads among parents over the controversial MMR vaccine, the BFP has set up a voteline to find out what South Bucks residents think about the issue.

• Lifting the covers on Stir Crazy

  IT takes a lot to excite Stegg musically, but Under The Covers by south Bucks band, Stir Crazy, really caught his ears. And for those who frequently visit Scorpion Records on the Oxford Road will back my assertion that Stegg, who has been selling…

• A hike in an area that offers everything for the walker

  THIS route must come close to the perfect walk.

• Jamiroquai tour tickets on sale now

  JAMIROQUAI releases his third single from his platinum selling album A Funk Odyssey.

• Going loopy for Louise

  POP icon Louise will be performing at The Hexagon, Reading, on Thursday, February 21.

• The Wilde man of rock returns

  DON'T miss the King of British Rock 'n' Roll Marty Wilde and the Wildcats at Rickmansworth's Watersmeet Theatre on Saturday, February 23.

• Jazz - the swinging kind

  WEST Wycombe Jazz will be hosting a new band to the village hall on Saturday, February 23.

• HGSA host another music club sensation

  THE Ginny Brown Band will be performing on Dusty's nights at the Holmer Green Sports Association Music Club on Wednesday, February 20.

• Youth League: Red hot Curry hits Eagles for six

  SUPER striker Kieren Alan-Curry handed out six of the best as Holmer Green beat Golden Eagles 10-3 in the Youth League Cup.

• Wycombe in the swim

  THE twentieth Wycombe Mailsports Classic Long Course Open took place at Handy Cross this weekend with hundreds of swimmers packing out the sports centre.

• I can't decide which boy should be my boyfriend

  I'm stuck between two boys. I'll explain about both of them then I need you to help me decide!

• I'm worried about leaving school

  I am only 15 years old. I am the youngest in my year - Year 11 - and I can't face leaving school. I keep having nightmares about it and not having any money.

• Inquest jury delivers verdict

  THE inquest into the death of James Paton who died in agony after catching the killer MRSA 'super bug' at Wycombe Hospital found he died from natural causes.

• When Princess Margaret caught my eye

  I WAS sad to hear of the death of Princess Margaret because it is yet another link broken with our glorious past.

• Penn finds its place in American history

  This attractive walk is centred round the straggling village of Penn, which has a place in American history through the family of that name.

• English language is going to the dogs

  I'll admit that when it comes to the English language I am a conservative, in the non-political sense of the word.

• I fancy my friend but don't know if I should tell her

  I have just started university and am in a flat with two other boys and three girls. At the beginning there was no problem and I hadn't thought about this, but recently I have started to have feelings for my flatmate.

• Littleworth Common and Burnham Beeches

  Much of the route on this easy stroll is on quiet lanes through Burnham Beeches.

• Pride of music

  THE novels of Jane Austen are familiar to millions, but it is less remembered that she was also a keen amateur musician.

• Princess regularly visited county

  THE death of Princess Margaret who was a regular visitor to Bucks has saddened some of the leading names in the county.

• Pupils to have their own crossing

  GRAMMAR school pupils will have have their own crossing after council bosses won £350,000 in back payments from the Swan Theatre.

• Light musical lunch

  SOLO pianist Ayako Kondo will be giving a rare lunchtime performance at Wycombe Swan in the coming weeks.

• Follow the path of the tax revolt

  THIS is a most enjoyable short walk. Apart from one short climb, it is entirely level and almost all in woodland. There is much of interest to see along the way and it visits one of the Chilterns' best known pubs. Its unusual and intriguing name, its…

• Going through the childish motions in council time

  CHILTERN District Council's Liberal Democrats have been described as "childish" after proposing and then withdrawing a tit-for-tat motion on the rights and wrongs of gay marriages.

• Need drove addict back to jail

  A DRUG addict's need for heroin drove him back to crime just two weeks after he was released on parole from a three-year prison term, a court heard.

• Broadway comes to Chesham

  ST MARY'S Way in Chesham will be turned into Broadway next week when all the hit musical songs are brought to The Elgiva.

• Beautiful views and a pint at the end

  This walk has so much to enjoy. There are some lovely views of typical Chiltern scenery and, on a smaller scale, the banks of the quiet lanes are studded with all sorts of wild flowers.

• Go back to the roots of the hampden family

  This lovely walk combes quiet lanes and woodland paths. It is not very long and mainly level so get out of that armchair and enjoy our superb countryside you really have no excuse.

• Paul Ryan's Straight Talking

  Beauty before age

• Pheonix set to rise with new look

  THE Phoenix Project is set to rise from the ashes of High Wycombe's doomed Western Sector development, but it may have a substantially different look to the original proposals.

• Stop off at the watering holes

  Three villages mark the points of this route through one of the most beautiful parts of the Chilterns.

• Devine inspiration gives Wanderers the points: Wycombe 2 Bristol City 1

  TWO goals from Sean Devine and Mark Rogers in the space of three minutes were enough to give Wycombe all three points at a rain-soaked Adams Park.

• Special skin condition camp unveiled

  A SPECIAL camp for children and adults with a life-threatening skin condition has been unveiled, with youngsters arriving from as far afield as Germany and Cuba for the event.

• School to stay shut after fire

  A SCHOOL will stay closed for more than a week after arsonists torched a recycling bin causing almost £200,000 damage.

• Sanchez praises his team for reigniting play-off hopes

  WYCOMBE boss Lawrie Sanchez has praised his team's character for keeping the season's play-off hopes alive with two goals in three minutes on Saturday.

• Sunday Combination: Captain Rose to the occasion

  SKIPPER Warren Rose scored his first hat-trick in 15 years in the game as his Priority insurance Dynamos side beat Micklefield Inn.

• Hockey round-up

  MARLOW look to be heading straight back to Division One after a comprehensive victory over local rivals Harlow Ladies.

• Bristol City match preview

  MANAGER Lawrie Sanchez sends his team out to face Bristol City on Saturday telling season ticket holders: "If anyone hasn't had value for money this season I'll give them their money back."

• Marlow Regatta: new events planned

  ROWING: The Marlow Regatta Committee has added a number of new events to the programme for this years regatta at Dorney Lake.

• Rugby: RGS through to School Cup semis

  RUGBY: The Royal Grammar School are through to the Daily Mail Schools Cup semi-final.

• Football: wounded Flackwell go hunting for revenge

  FLACKWELL Heath are out for revenge on Saturday in a Division Three local derby against Chalfont.

• Cross country: Yelling bids for world class races

  HAYLEY Yelling bids for a place in the IAAF World Cross Country Championships on Saturday when she runs in front of the British selectors at the Reebok National Inter Counties Championship in Nottingham.

• Reading scheme is fully booked

  A READING scheme has proved such a success that places have been completely booked up.

• Crystal Palace keen on Chesham defender Hall

  CRYSTAL Palace are interested in Chesham United defender Fitz Hall.

• Yorkshire lass celebrates her hundredth birthday

  A TELEGRAM from The Queen, a visit from MP John Bercow and the company of many friends were all enjoyed by Yorkshire lass Lillian Needham when she turned 100 on Monday.

• New chief executive has no plans to change the constitution

  HULL CITY fan Simon Monkman was unveiled as the club's first ever chief executive on Wednesday and immediately told worried fans "I'm not here to change the constitution."

• The long line of disasters

  THE Frogmoor fountain is just the latest of a long line of disasters perpetrated by both Wycombe District Council and Bucks County Council.

• EU policy and the dead fridges

  YOUR photo and report on the last resting place for dead fridges (BFP, January 25) was a graphic illustration of the so called benefits of our membership of the EU and another example of the total ineptitude of Tony Blair's administration.

• How the Tories run our councils

  I REFER to Cllr Smith's letter in BFP (February 1) and want to clarify and refute a few of his comments.

• Wasps move to Adams Park - deal is nearly done

  RUGBY giants Wasps have formally asked the sport's authorities for permission to play at Wycombe next season.

• The divisions in Marlow

  A RECENT piece in a national newspaper indicated concern at the increase of "gated communities" in our society which indicate, essentially, exclusivity and social isolation by high walls and gates often double gates and in some cases CCTV cameras and…

• Surely, Bucks children first

  THIS is a copy of a letter I have sent to Cllr Marion Clayton, Bucks County Council membeer for schools, and county council education officials and the heads of St Paul's C of E and Meadows schools in Wooburn Green, and Claytons School, Bourne End,…

• Write to minister about Central

  THE tidal wave of cross-Channel freight that Alastair Dyer thinks will need the Central Railway to carry it northwards (Letter, February 1) is as imaginary as the party-political plot for which he blames the opposition to that destructive scheme…

• Reading up on bloodsports

  WILLIAM Thom goes too far in his letter about bloodsports, particularly hunting with hounds. (Letters, January 25)

• Dithering far too long

  I WAS interested to read about prescription of beta interferon to multiple sclerosis (MS) sufferers in last week's BFP.

• Having a ball this May

  SUPPORTERS of a school for the severely disabled are to hold a charity ball to raise money for a hydrotherapy pool.

• Not treated second class

  PARTLY in view of the newspaper coverage and partly because of my outrage regarding the hammering NHS hospitals are getting, I am writing to put the other side of the picture concerning hospitals.

• Superb care on Ward 5B

  MAY I pay a tribute and say thanks to our much maligned health service.

• NEW ODEON UXBRIDGE

  Cinema times for the week commencing February 15

• Why not have a proper fountain?

  AS an 80-year-old, born and raised in HIgh Wycombe, I am shocked and disappointed at what has been done to our town.

• It's what Her Majesty

  IN response to Jennifer Grover's letter last Friday concerning Wycombe District Council's financial contribution to Golden Jubilee celebrations, I can only repeat Her Majesty the Queen's own request that taxpayers' money should not be spent on…

• Discworld heroes were old masters

  THE latest blockbuster by top-selling author Terry Pratchett features a host of characters that will be familiar to John Hampden old boys.

• Masked gunmen burst into shop

  A SHOP keeper says he is lucky to be alive after masked gunmen burst into his shop and fired a shot into the ceiling.

• Council taxpayers to face large rise in bills

  HOUSEHOLDERS in Chiltern district will have to shoulder a council tax hike four times the rate of inflation, even though the council has £11 million in the bank.

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