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  • House prices

    During my lunchtime walk today I ventured down Crendon Street and happened to glance in some of the estate agents windows. I could not believe the outrageous prices being asked for houses in Wycombe. An average three bed semi was over two hundred thousand

  • House prices

    During my lunchtime walk today I ventured down Crendon Street and happened to glance in some of the estate agents windows. I could not believe the outrageous prices being asked for houses in Wycombe. An average three bed semi was over two hundred thousand

  • Appeal to save pubs

    TRADITIONAL pubs in High Wycombe are no longer pulling pints as drinking houses continue to shut in the area. Nationally there have been more than 2,000 closures in the last three years with around 56 closing each month. Now one reader is calling on

  • Tense final few weeks

    THREE local teams face a nerve-jangling final few weeks of the Home Counties Division Two West season with the relegation line likely to be drawn one place higher than normal. With all but one of the teams in Division One from the West region, it is

  • Model battles it out with cowgirls

    A MODEL from High Wycombe will hit our TV screens tomorrow night in a battle to win the heart of one of Britain's most eligible bachelors. Keeley Dean, 19, will go up against nine other girls during the eight-week show, Dirty Cows, which will be aired

  • They're planes, not UFOs

    A LORRY driver claims Heathrow Airport is the cause of the UFO sightings which have hit the area in recent weeks. Frank, who doesn't want his full name revealed, lives in Penn Road, Tylers Green, and says the strange lights are actually aeroplanes waiting

  • We need scheme

    I WAS appalled to read in the BFP that the proposed parking scheme for Marlow may be scrapped. Just where is Councillor Wassell coming from. It's a well known fact that for years Marlow has been in need of parking controls, before it grinds to a halt

  • 'Implications of SPA are enormous'

    Re: Councillor Julia Wassell's remarks that a Special Parking Area (SPA) for Marlow gives cause for concern and has to be challenged. CLLR Wassell believes the SPA to be "expensive, undemocratic, and far more than Marlow needs". It is undemocratic

  • Divorcee died of accidental overdose

    POLICE thought a recovering drug addict had been murdered after finding her dead body at her flat, an inquest heard. However Brenda Moore had died by accidentally overdosing on prescribed methadone. Her teenage daughter, Cherrelle, had called police

  • FA Cup joy for Saints and Becky

    CHALFONT St Peter and Beaconsfield Sycob are through to the next round of the FA Cup after both won their extra preliminary round clashes at the weekend. Saints won 3-1 at Buckingham Town while Sycob were 3-2 winners at Bournemouth. But there was disappointment

  • Offer for Easter labelled 'insulting'

    WANDERERS have turned down a £125,000 offer from Swindon Town for striker Jermaine Easter and slammed it as derisory. Blues' managing director Steve Hayes said: "It was an insult to the player and the club. "It made me angry. This is a player who was

  • Marlow town centre trees to be replaced

    TREES lining Marlow High Street are to be replaced due to their poor condition. Marlow Town Council is liaising with tree officers from Wycombe District Council and Buckinghamshire County Council to arrange for trees to be removed and replaced at a cost