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  • No laughing matter

    WHEN I die I don't want people 'celebrating' my life with dodgy music and silly grins. I'd prefer the odd tear or two, if that's okay. What's to celebrate ? I'm dead ! (On the other hand, perhaps some members of the congregation might be quietly pleased

  • No laughing matter

    WHEN I die I don't want people 'celebrating' my life with dodgy music and silly grins. I'd prefer the odd tear or two, if that's okay. What's to celebrate ? I'm dead ! (On the other hand, perhaps some members of the congregation might be quietly pleased

  • Mum's run in memory of son

    A DEVOTED mum hopes to release a batch of red balloons as she finishes a 5km run next month - in memory of her son who died from cancer. Nathan Austin, six, died in July last year, just weeks after cheering on his mum, Lucy, at the Race for Life event

  • Wasps return to Twickenham

    FOUR Wasps stars helped England into the final of the Churchill Cup on Monday. James Haskell, Paul Sackey, Tom Voyce and Danny Cipriani all started for the Saxons as they beat Scotland A 18-3 at Twickenham. They will play New Zealand Maori in the final

  • Let them eat kebabs

    MIDWEEK upstaged an annual council lunch on Thursday with a kebab van - as we urged councillors to eat cheaper grub without dipping into the public purse. Armed with a trailer from Dennis's Kebab Centre in High Street, High Wycombe, we turned up outside

  • Ducks arrive in force

    A RETIRED builder who put a tray of water out for some ducklings has watched in amazement as the tribe of feathered friends settled into his garden. Derek Redding, 64, got a surprise when he discovered the waterfowl living outside his house in Cambridge