SWIMMING: Wycombe District won 28 golds at the Berks & South Bucks Counties Championships in Maidenhead. The swimmers also added 18 silvers and 18 bronzes to collect 56 medals. Katie Ambridge was the top medal-winner, scooping ten golds and two bronzes
A ROBBER in his 50s held up a Bourne End betting shop at gunpoint on Wednesday night, escaping with thousands of pounds in cash. The man, wearing sunglasses and a blue baseball cap, walked into the Ladbrokes bookmakers at the Parade between 6.15pm and
COMMUNITY leaders in the county are starting a drive to bring Olympic benefits to Buckinghamshire. A conference at Buckinghamshire Chilterns University College in High Wycombe on Thursday is intended to fire people up in the run up to London 2012. The
THE three primary care trusts (PCTs) which pay for health services in Buckinghamshire expect to be £14million in the red by the end of the month. And the county's mental health trust also expects to be £1million over budget. Only Bucks Hospitals' Trust
NURSES at Wycombe Hospital are shocked after being told on Monday that their ward is to close. Some 22 members of staff say they are devastated after hearing the news about Ward 6A at a meeting held at the Alexandra Road hospital. One nurse, who wishes
WYCOMBE Hospital has refuted suggestions that patient notes are being outsourced to India to save money. Last week we reported that two departments at the hospital in Queen Alexandra Road have been sending letters dictated between GPs and consultants
A MUSIC teacher who taught the recorder in Beaconsfield has been jailed for 13 years for molesting his young pupils. Brian Davey, 67, of Milton, Cambridgeshire, was known as one of Britain's top recorder teachers setting up private clubs for talented
