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  • Where are the windows?

    Today it seemed like a good idea to go for a ride in my car, with nowhere special to visit my car took me wherever I felt like going. While driving through Beaconsfield New Town the shop windows took my eye, each shop was displaying their goods and it

  • Where are the windows?

    Today it seemed like a good idea to go for a ride in my car, with nowhere special to visit my car took me wherever I felt like going. While driving through Beaconsfield New Town the shop windows took my eye, each shop was displaying their goods and it

  • Frightened dog found abandoned

    A STRANDED dog was found lying by the roadside after it was abandoned. The elderly dog was discovered by a motorist in Chinnor still wearing her lead and lying matted, freezing and frightened. Luckily for Sadie, as she is now known, the driver took

  • 'Think Thelma and Louise with wellies'

    SPRINGTIME gardens in bloom are a wonderous sight so last bank holiday weekend saw my sister Alison and I taking a tour of some of the finest gardens in West Sussex. Ali lives in Kent, which until recently was The Garden of England but a BBC report in

  • Regain your youthful looks

    I HATE needles; always have, always will. Whenever Ive given blood, plasma or had a test done I've had to look away. So when I learned the non-invasive beauty treatment I was to have consisted of more than 30 micro-injections, I nearly fainted on the

  • Throw yourself a pamper party

    TUPPERWARE and Avon may have started the trend, but now the party theme that's all the rage is to throw a pampering massage bash in the comfort of your own home. If you're familiar with Virgin Vie and Ann Summers you'll already know the score but if not

  • Do you have what it takes to be a special constable?

    ONCE the day shift is over most people are looking forward to putting their feet up for a bit but for a Special Constable with Hertfordshire Police, the work has just begun. The county is highly regarded as one of the safest in which to live and work

  • Gatland returning to England

    FORMER Wasps director of rugby Warren Gatland is considering a return to England. Gatland has been at Waikato in New Zealand since leaving Wasps, but has been strongly linked with the job at Northampton Saints.

  • Now you can hold aloft the Heineken Cup

    WASPS are giving fans the chance to get their hands on the Heineken Cup. After displaying the giant piece of silverware at the Wycombe District Council Offices today, Wasps' Community team and mascot Sting will be at the Children's Ward in Wycombe Hospital

  • Huw visits the RAF

    RAF High Wycombe was treated to a special guest appearance from BBC newsreader Huw Edwards. The event, which took place earlier this month, was in aid of the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. It provides support to members and associates of the RAF who

  • NHS gets funding for new project

    BUSINESSES in south Bucks could benefit from a new health project aimed at improving the physical, mental and social well-being of their staff. Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust has been given £2.5million of capital funding to develop higher quality

  • Vote for your prettiest pooch

    HERE are some of the entries for the South Bucks Star's Prettiest Pooches competition. The standard is already very high as the area's most-prized pets battle it out to become top dog and bag themselves a load of pampering goodies. This week's entries

  • 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

  • Vote for your prettiest pooch

    HERE are some of the entries for the South Bucks Star's Prettiest Pooches competition. The standard is already very high as the area's most-prized pets battle it out to become top dog and bag themselves a load of pampering goodies. This week's entries

  • Colder than Moscow

    HIGH Wycombe was one of the coldest places in the UK on Bank Holiday Monday, as temperatures dropped to a chilly five degrees centigrade. At midday the town was colder than Oslo, Helsinki and Moscow, which was basking in 32C of sunshine. And temperatures

  • It's just a lottery

    Someone bought a lottery ticket for me on my birthday. It’s a novel idea and the first ticket I’ve ever had. So there I was swept up with millions into that strangely surreal atmosphere of hope and expectation. There was nigh on £8m up for grabs. Isn

  • It's just a lottery

    Someone bought a lottery ticket for me on my birthday. It’s a novel idea and the first ticket I’ve ever had. So there I was swept up with millions into that strangely surreal atmosphere of hope and expectation. There was nigh on £8m up for grabs. Isn

  • Frightened dog found abandoned

    A STRANDED dog was found lying by the roadside after it was abandoned. The elderly dog was discovered by a motorist in Chinnor still wearing her lead and lying matted, freezing and frightened. Luckily for Sadie, as she is now known, the driver took