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  • Pub plan leads to fear of lager louts

    NEIGHBOURS of an aspiring Michelin star gastro pub fear they will be disturbed by an invasion of lager louts and anti-social youths if the pub extends its opening hours. Tom and Beth Kerridge, who run The Hand and Flowers pub in Henley Road, Marlow,

  • Oh brother, look who’s here

    ANTHONY Hutton, winner of Channel Four's Big Brother TV show, joined other celebrities for a football match at Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre last Sunday. The match was part of trials for Sky One programme The Match, which pits a team of celebrities

  • Cyclists ride to boost churches

    A GROUP of cyclists joined thousands of riders across the country last Saturday to raise funds for historic churches and chapels. The cyclists, mainly from Marlow All Saints Church, took part in a sponsored cycle ride for the Buckinghamshire Historic

  • Sea of people cheering us was beyond all our dreams

    ASHES winner Isa Guha described England's victory parade through London as the best day of her life. The High Wycombe cricketer joined her colleagues and Michael Vaughan's victorious side as both teams celebrated beating the Australians. The players

  • Tyson breaks the deadlock

    A 21st-minute Nathan Tyson strike earned unbeaten Wycombe all three points at the Causeway Stadium. Barnet were lucky to still be in the game at the break, but they finished the stronger and might have nicked a point in the closing stages.

  • Tyson: I’m glad I can’t go until the New Year

    NATHAN Tyson increased his market value with a hat-trick in Blues' 3-3 draw at Stockport and then admitted he is glad no-one can sign him until January. The striker says his head has been fried ever since Wanderers turned down a £300,000 transfer deadline

  • Hero plumbing men flush out hedgehog

    THREE workmen struggled for more than an hour-and-a-half to save a stricken hedgehog stuck in a small hole in the pavement. Matt Tew, Dominique Bryant and Ian Watson swapped tools for a pair of rubber gloves, goalkeeping gloves and finally some pliers

  • Another head to depart

    ANOTHER head at one of the county's grammar schools has announced her departure. That means that Buckinghamshire LEA is now looking for heads at five of its 13 grammar schools. Hilary Winter, head at Dr Challoner's High School in Little Chalfont, is

  • Deaths of brothers within three weeks

    TWO brothers with the same muscle-wasting disease have died within weeks of each other. Mark Reynolds, 47, and renowned sculptor brother Adam, 45, from Great Missenden, were not expected to live past their teens after being diagnosed with Muscular Dystrophy

  • New swimming pool planned to cater for ethnic minorities

    A NEW swimming pool aimed at attracting members of Wycombe's Asian community is being planned at Millbrook Combined School in Sands. Discussions are underway between the school, Bucks County Council and Wycombe Leisure Ltd to renovate an existing pool

  • New chief exec hunted

    A HARD-NOSED operator is being hunted to run Wycombe District Council with the lure of a £120,000 salary. People who like the idea of running the council have until the end of the month to apply for the vacant chief executive position. The job came

  • Handy Cross improvements set to dump more misery on drivers

    A YEAR of Handy Cross hell will start in just six weeks when the £12 million improvement scheme for the roundabout begins. Delighted road bosses say the changes will dramatically improve the High Wycombe motorway junction, but added that massive queues