CONSERVATIVES have increased their dominance of Buckinghamshire County Council. After laast Thursday's elections the council, always Conservative run, now has 44 of the 57 seats four more than before. There are two Labour members (down three) and 11
FINE art students at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College (BCUC) are setting their sights on international fame. Frances Greenough, 22, of Beaconsfield, has applied for an internship at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery following her graduation
LAWRENCE Dallaglio has warned his players there is no room for sentiment in tomorrow's final. The winner-takes-all clash between Wasps and Leicester will be the final game in charge of their clubs for the respective coaches Warren Gatland and John Wells
RESIDENTS Association committee members were unanimously re-elected at the AGM a week or two back. Two main factors came out of the meeting. I want to concentrate on the first of these this week and come back to the second on another occasion. For much
PAUL GOODMAN has successfully defended his seat and once again represents the town as Member of Parliament for the next four to five years with an increased majority. One of his first duties will be to hold a surgery for constituents at the Area Office
HITTING the national headlines when she stood as a Parliamentary candidate against Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown in Scotland Cookham's own Liz Kwantes of High Road, Cookham Rise was pleased she polled 47 votes. "It was terribly exciting and
EVENING WI will be having a stall at the Autism Bucks Family Fun Day on Sunday at Penn School from midday to 4pm. WI members have been busy all this week preparing cakes that will help raise funds for those who suffer from autism. They have also been
CARTERS Steam Fair will be at the Pedestal Field this weekend. This is usually a popular event in the village and will be open on Saturday from 2pm to 11pm and from 2pm to 9pm on Sunday. The Saturday evening will also feature a fireworks display. All
TOMORROW there will be a Coffee Morning at the Baptist Church on London Road, Wycombe Marsh, from 10am until midday. For the princely sum of £1 (50p for children), you can enjoy home-made cakes, biscuits, tea, coffee and cold drinks. All the proceeds
CHARITY collections in February raised £207 and the Easter Collection £225.60 which was shared between St Luke's Hospital for the Clergy and Open Doors. PLANT SALE organised by the Horticultural Society takes place next Saturday, May 21, from 10am in
PRINCES Risborough Lawn Tennis Club meet at New Road and they are a friendly club united by a love of tennis. For junior tennis and coaching contact 01844 343462. Teenage tennis is on Fridays from 5pm to 7pm. Ladies play on Tuesday afternoons and Friday
DON'T miss the Plant Sale being organised by the Horticultural Society next week, on Saturday, May 21 between 9am and 11am at the village hall car park. Stall inquiries please phone 01494 563233. NAPHILL Christians in the Community could not get a Christian
SUMMER Sale in aid of the Meningitis Trust will be held in memory of Callum Jones Woodward on Saturday, May 21 in the Methodist Church hall. Last time a similar event was held in the village and a useful amount was raised for the Trust. Your support is
CHRISTIAN AID coffee morning with a bring and buy sale will be held this morning at the Methodist Church from 10.30am to midday. GARDENING Society annual plant sale will be held at the village hall tomorrow morning from 9am to midday. A good opportunity
DID you know that Hazlemere Garden Association is open to residents of the surrounding villages including Penn and Tylers Green? It operates from Cedar Barn off Cedar Avenue, near to the Park Parade Shops at Cosy Corner. They are open from 10am until
SKITTLES AND SUPPER evening is tonight in the village hall with tickets £7.50 adults, children £5. Phone Gwen on 01494 882843 to check availability. You are invited to form a team of four. The supper is a two-course one, but you will need your own drinks
YOU may well have seen the news item last Monday or Tuesday about the 300 or so species of British plants which are in danger of extinction. Are you concerned about this? Would you like to be able to identify more of the British wild plants. Wycombe Wildlife
"THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND" will be performed by Lacey Green Productions on Friday and Saturday, May 20 and 21at the Millennium Hall. Tickets are £17 including a three-course dinner. Arrival time is 7.30pm for 8pm start. JUMBLE SALE for St John's Church
CARERS GROUP meets on Monday for an open evening with games at Kiln Court, from 7.30pm for 8pm. FANS of activities at the Nature Reserve will probably like to make a note of the Moth Trapping on May 21 and the Butterfly Identification Day on May 22 -
TODAY the Alpine Society has a talk entitled Cascades, Volcanoes and Flowers by Sue Lyon at 7.30pm in Great Kingshill Village Hall. TOMORROW at 2pm the Baptist Church have a sale of cakes, plants etc, plus teas in aid of Lighthouse. Donations will be
GARDENING ASSOCIATION has a plant sale at the Cedar Barn on Sunday from 10am until midday. You can bring your own plants to sell on the day. All you need to do is to label your plants with your name and price required, the Gardening Association takes
7th HIGH WYCOMBE Scout group invite you to their Grand Jumble Sale on Saturday, May 21 at Hazlemere Community Centre, in Rose Avenue, starting at midday. Admission is 30p but children can go in free. Further information from Ray Cox on 01494 813000.
CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS will be back at the churchyard again tomorrow for more repairing and repainting the Victorian fencing around St Mary's. Volunteers are reminded to meet at the church entrance gates at 10am. Next Saturday they will be holding a
GARDENING ASSOCIATION has a plant sale at the Cedar Barn on Sunday from 10am until midday. You can bring your own plants to sell on the day. All you need to do is to label your plants with your name and price required, the Gardening Association takes
MAY PROCESSION from Banks Park to Church End was led by flower girls Claire Parsons and Susanna Smith (both ten), followed by Michael Whitney driving his tractor and trailer in which sat the May Queen, Emily Hadder (nine) and her attendant, Emma Wright
GARDEN at Fressingwood, Hare Lane, Little Kingshill will be open to the public on Sunday from 2pm to 6pm. Turn into New Road from Nag's Head Lane, then first house on right in Hare Lane. Home made teas will be available. CHRISTIAN AID Coffee Morning
WARM invite to share in this coming Pentecost Sunday with Cryers Hill Methodist Church: 10.30am with Preacher Tony Cooper and 6pm has Music for Pentecost led by the singing group, followed by light refreshments. On Tuesday at 7.30pm the singing group
FIRST meeting of the parish council following last month's AGM, will be held at the Memorial Centre on Monday evening at 8pm. Residents will be able to discover what progress has been made on clarification from the Environment Agency about the safety
ROYAL WELSH College of Music and Drama String Ensemble will be playing in Hambleden Church tomorrow evening at 7.30pm. The conductor is Peter Esswood and the soloist will be Nicola Hughes. The music will include works by John Irelan, Britten and Tchaikovsky
MAY SALE, run by the Evening WI, is tomorrow at the Community Centre from 10am to midday. As well as plants, bric-a-brac, cakes and book stalls, there will be the enticing attraction of a chocolate tombola. LADIES CLUB on Thursday at 8pm in the Community
SHOPPERS had a pleasant interlude last Saturday as members of Chesham All Girls Band played a variety of tunes in the Broadway. They also had a tombola stall but I wasn't lucky. If your daughter would like to join this award winning band, pop along to
THANK you to all those who supported the Woodlands Pre-school Playgroup last Sunday. The organisers are delighted to declare the event a great success with everyone enjoying the wide range of activities and raising a total of about £400 to support the
FUCHSIA Society have a sale tomorrow in the Reading Room at St Giles from 9am until midday. There will be fuchsias suitable for patio pots and for hanging baskets. In fact there will be an abundance of fuchsias, to suit a variety of growing situations
MAY FAIR tomorrow in St Dunstan's Church hall starts at 10am and ends at midday. Stalls will be selling cakes, preserves, cosmetics, garden plants, childrens clothes, books and bric-a-brac. There's refreshments, a raffle and the popular Bonus Ball as
WHETHER your dog is a pedigree or a crossbreed, a puppy or a veteran, there will be a class for him or her at the dog show on the Common on Sunday. Entries will be taken from midday. Judging starts at 1pm. If you haven't got a dog come and watch and try
A COFFEE Morning with bric-a-brac will take place at Duncan Lock House, St Joseph's Mews today from 10.30am and you are all welcome CLUB HISPANICO meets tonight at the Fitzwilliams Centre from 7.45pm for 8pm and on this occasion a talk will be given
CHESS VALLEY Male Voice Choir will be Singing for Angels at the Free Church in Woodside Road on Saturday, May 21. This special performance is in support of a pre-school for Angeles City dumpsite children of the Philippines. Enjoy a lively and varied programme
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE stayed true blue at last week's county and general elections. All five Conservative MPs retained their seats with increased majorities. Wycombe MP Paul Goodman more than doubled his majority over Labour to 7,051. Dominic Grieve got back
A MARLOW councillor who stood against Theresa May for the Maidenhead parliamentary seat called for an end to tactical voting after the Conservative MP was re-elected. Janet Pritchard, who sits on Great Marlow Parish Council, contested the seat for the
A DEPUTY head teacher at High Wycombe's Royal Grammar School appeared at court on Thursday charged with indecently assaulting teenage boys at a London school in the 1990s. Nicholas David Cousins, 51, of Bassetsbury Lane, High Wycombe, faces four counts
Adrian Caceres has left the club this week without being offered terms. Gorman signed the former Yeovil and Southampton striker in deadline week from Conference outfit Aldershot and he played a bit-part role in Blues end of season run-in before being
KEEPER Lance Cronin has gone back to Crystal Palace after just one game in a Wycombe shirt. The on-loan glovesman made his debut in Blues' last game of the season against Bristol Rovers on Saturday and was beaten by a 12th minute goal from former Wanderers
CHESHAM boss Steve Bateman has secured the services of top scorer John Lawford for another year. The 33-goal striker put pen to paper on a new deal this week and Bateman is now hoping to sort out his defence. He wants to bring in four new faces as he
A COOKHAM woman who stood against Gordon Brown in the general election last week has said she would do it all over again. Liz Kwantes, of New Road, contested the Chancellor's Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath seat in Scotland to highlight the plight of pensions
PAUL Goodman, re-elected at 2.15 am on Friday as Conservative MP for Wycombe with a majority more than twice as large as he achieved in 2001 had his eye very much on his local role as he talked to the Bucks Free Press shortly afterwards. "I shall take
WASPS are looking to make it six of the best tomorrow when they take on Leicester. They have won their last five finals at Twickenham, which has been their second home for the last three years. Wasps started their run with back-to-back victories in
FREESTYLE skiers and snowboarders will battle it out at Wycombe Summit on Saturday for a summit jam. The day's events feature special ramps, including a 24-foot double kink slide box and 20-foot rollercoaster rail. The competition begins at 5.30pm with
PICK Your Own came from behind to defeat Flackwell Acers in the John Hudson Memorial Trophy. The mixed team of Kingshill A, C and D players were victorious despite going behind after Pan Zhengjun defeated Lawrence Harvey in the first game of a competition
A FORMER skiffle musician from Great Missenden is hoping to find his long lost band mates after discovering a poster from their past. Ernest West, of Winslow Field, was a member of the Blue Chords skiffle group who played in and around the High Wycombe
MORE than 1,000 runners descended onto Marlow at the weekend for its annual five-mile race, including Cookham favourite Ulrika Jonsson. The TV star, who was running the Marlow 5 for child victims of the Asian tsunami, joined training partner and fitness
LABOUR county councillors could hold their meetings in a phone box after their numbers on Buckinghamshire County Council slumped to a paltry two. The party's strength was cut on polling day, but it had never been high it had just five seats before the
