A SCHOOL in Great Missenden is breaking new ground by becoming the first in Britain to use a Swedish memory training program. Pupils at the Gateway School have been using the new software to improve their concentration and problem solving ability
AN MP is encouraging residents to sign up to a Number 10 online petition in a bid to halt plans to build another 10,000 homes in his constituency. Aylesbury MP David Lidington, whose constituency also includes Princes Risborough, Great Missenden
IAN McGeechan says that contract negotiations are moving on quickly now that Steve Hayes has taken ownership of Wasps. Danny Cipriani is just one of a handful of high profile Wasps stars who are out of contract in the summer. The club need to tie them
With the build up to Christmas of christmas cards and letters, the work load of our town`s postmen and women must be collosal, but despite this they are there on the doorstep, always cheerful and everyone I am certain would send them alland their
A GROUP of seriously ill children have enjoyed an early Christmas gift with a magical trip to Disneyland Paris. Every year The Thomas Ball Children's Cancer Fund runs the trip for children suffering from some form of cancer. Thomas Ball
A MOTORIST who collided head-on with a car and killed the driver after going the wrong way down a dual carriageway has been jailed. David Pulsford was sentenced to 15 months' imprisonment after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving
A BUDDING chef beat six competitors to win a place in the next round of a national cooking contest. Great Marlow School student Jordan Flint was the victorious cook in the local heat of the National Rotary Cooking Competition. Pupils had to come up
JOSH Lewsey has called time on his England career, but his international ambitions have not yet been sated. The World Cup winner aims to lead Wasps to more silverware this season in a bid to cement a place on next summer’s Lions Tour to South
A WYCOMBE mum is calling for public support to get a Chris Rea song released to raise funds for children’s charities in memory of Baby P. The Facebook forum ‘Campaign to get Justice for Baby P’ hopes to re-release the Chris Rea hit ‘Tell Me
A GLOBAL inspired recipe book has been launched by a special needs school in Downley, High Wycombe . Maplewood School, for youngsters with learning and physical disabilities, have put together ‘Feelgood Food’ a cookbook full of exotic recipes from across
TOM Rees is a hot favourite to be the next captain of England – now the man himself has thrown his hat into the ring by saying he’d love the job. Rees, who learned his trade playing for High Wycombe RGS, said: “I’ve made no secret of the fact I’d like
WYCOMBE district council wants High Wycombe residents view on public art. The council have launched a new Public Art strategy to ensure that public art in High Wycombe town centre is of the highest standard. “We have a strong sense of
POLICE have released an E-fit image of a man they want to speak to in connection with the burglary of an 87-year old. At about 2pm on Sunday, November 30, two men posing as staff from the water board called at a property in The Homestead, High
WANDERERS defender Mike Williamson is stalling on signing a new deal at Adams Park. The in-form centre half is refusing to put pen to paper on the club’s latest improved contract offer amid speculation that bigger clubs are about to swoop in
WORD reaches me that the Eden centre in High Wycombe is still doing rather well, despite the harsh economic times. A report this week revealed that 10,500 people per day were shopping at the new shopping mall. A couple of questions arise from this: who
MURRAYFIELD might be one of the great rugby stadiums in the world, but there will be a better atmosphere at Adams Park when Wasps host Edinburgh in the Heineken Cup on Sunday. That is the view of Simon Shaw, who helped Wasps to a 25-16 victory
RE: Page one article in our Marlow edition. I WAS surprised to see from an article in the November 29 edition that some Marlow traders are blaming the long overdue enforcement of existing parking regulations for a decline in trade. As a regular shopper
IN Buckinghamshire, we select children for secondary education by tests taken at the age of 11. These tests measure the level of a child’s innate ability to process information, to ‘reason’. Those whose ability is appropriate to what might be termed
MAY I, through your columns, say a very sincere thank you to all the kind people of High Wycombe, who came up trumps on Saturday 6th last (in spite of the economic downturn we are experiencing) and donated £437.20 to the Action for Children charity (formerly
SOUTH Bucks RSPCA are hoping to home almost 100 rescue animals in time for Christmas. They are working hard to get the lonely dogs, cats, rabbits, guinea pigs, hamsters, rats, gerbils, happy homes for the festive period and beyond. But the traditionally
MAY I thank and compliment Jane Crompton, the organiser, and all those responsible for The Mayor and Charter Trustees’ Festival of Carols at the Swan Theatre last Sunday. What superb singing by the eight choirs and by all of us in the theatre as we
ON SEVERAL occasions recently I have noticed lads riding their bicycles with no lights, either at night or early morning when it is very dark, especially in the St Hughes Avenue and Windrush Drive areas. Last night, three lads cycled down Windrush Drive
POLICE Community Support Officers, mentioned by R Johnson (Letters, December 5), are valuable in doing what the name suggests, extending the role of the police beyond the numbers of police that the community is able, or willing, to actually pay for.
ELVIS will be adding some rock 'n roll to the festive cheer tonight, as he switches on the Christmas lights in Amersham On The Hill. Top impersonator Rob Kingsley will perform from 6.30-7pm in Sycamore Road and again from 7.20-7.50pm in Hill Avenue.
IT IS healthy to see our fellow readers recognising the future energy gap (‘Wind won’t fill gap’ Letters October 31),) but the topic deserves greater objectivity. Denouncing ‘green subsidies’ whilst defending nuclear subsidies requires us to know the
THIS is one of those almost predictable letters from a dog welfare group at Christmas – but it now has extra importance and edge. The credit crunch means times are tougher for many but there will still be some people who want to make Christmas even jollier
THE Environment Centre on Holywell Mead in High Wycombe would like to congratulate John Hampden School on becoming the first secondary school in Buckinghamshire to attain Eco-School status. We look forward to the day when every school is an Eco-School
RE: The story of blind Elvis fan Andrew Stewart, from Alexander Street, Chesham. He raised money for charities supporting disabled people by doing squat thrusts, bench presses and three laps of a circuit in a gruelling gym challenge. Mr Stewart
RE: PD Somerville’s letter of last week in which he responded to a previous A De Boise request and outlined why increasing M40 separation distances by painting chevrons would cause ‘total gridlock’. IN reply to PD Somerville’s letter of December 5,
THE Bucks Free Press did not court popularity when it campaigned for speed cameras on the M40. Far from it. We knew lots of motorists would hate this idea and label it an unnecessary cash cow for the state at the expense of the hard-pressed driver. But
WANDERERS boss Peter Taylor plans to inflict more misery on Luton Town tomorrow by taking three points off the ailing Hatters. The Bedfordshire club were docked 30 points at the start of the season for financial irregularities and although Taylor believes
I AM proud of the public debate stirred up over the years by this column, and of the reader response generated by my simple prose. We have discussed worthy subjects such as shock hospital service cuts, crippling council tax increases, unfair speed cameras
PIPPA Woolven beat athletes two years her senior to win the U17 Chiltern League Cross Country race at Slough. The 15-year-old Sir William Borlase’s student led from the front to claim victory seeing off the challenge of Melissa Hawtin from
JOSH Lewsey retired from international rugby on Wednesday and used the occasion to pay tribute to the Amersham & Chiltern RFC coach who encouraged him to reach for the stars. The World Cup winner, with 55 caps and 22 tries for England, said: “If I was
STOLEN cars worth more than £125,000 were seized by police in a major operation this week. Ten drivers were arrested during a series of stop checks on Wednesday for crimes including theft of motor vehicles, driving while disqualified and burglary.
WANDERERS boss Peter Taylor is looking to strengthen his squad in the January transfer window – with another striker top of his Christmas wish list. The League Two November Manager of the Month fears he could be left short of goalscoring options if Queens
