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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE'S Air Ambulance service is now back in action after being grounded following the volcanic ash cloud affecting air traffic.

YET again Marlow FC found another gear for a big game when they drew 1-1 with Chesham on Tuesday night, but their season has been ambushed by a failure to beat the teams at the other end of the table. Adam Harman gave Blues the lead against Chesham and

CCTV footage shown to jurors today shows the movements of three males accused of murdering Jourdan Griffiths, before and after the 20-year-old was stabbed, a court heard. Lotto Williams, 19, Christopher Joseph, 22, and a 17-year-old who cannot be named

A SCHOOL hockey team stranded in Greece by the volcanic ash cloud crippling the UK's air traffic say they are “in good spirits but just want to get home”. Three teachers and 26 students from John Hampden Grammar School are holed up in the lobby

GET the chance to appear in an exciting new musical about Joan of Arc with open auditions taking place tomorrow. The show will premier in All Saints Church in High Wycombe before a planned opening in the West End. The Chilterns Shopping

VOLUNTEERS are being sought for a new charity shop due to open in Holmer Green next month. The Iain Rennie Hospice at Home is marking its 25th year of providing 24-hour care for terminally-ill patients in the Chiltern district by opening a

DAN Ward-Smith is holding out for that one moment that will define his season. The back row forward has improved steadily all year and has been nothing short of a revelation filling in at lock in the past few weeks. But he still believes he has something

FORMER anti-sleaze MP Martin Bell rallied support for election hopeful John Stevens yesterday at a time, he believes, when it is a “great opportunity” for independents. Former war correspondent and independent MP Mr Bell joined John Stevens

DANNY Burnell is back at Chesham United to fire in the goals that could get them promoted this season. The ace scorer has returned from a loan at Weston-Super-Mare and started against Marlow on Tuesday after coming off the bench in Saturday’s win at

MORE than 100 artists will be exhibiting their work in Beaconsfield with a wide range of styles and media on show. The Buckinghamshire Art Society's spring exhibition will host artists from the area and beyond from April 30 to May 3. Chris Sims

WYCOMBE District Council has bought a High Wycombe church and hall which it plans to convert into 'community centre for creativity', it was announced today. The council has snapped up St John's Church and Church Hall in Desborough Road, which

HIGH Wycombe RFC have dismissed out of hand a suggestion to withdraw from the Bucks Cup to ease their fixture congestion. The Bucks County RFU emailed the defending county champions with the suggestion when the club was struggling to arrange their semi-final

AMERSHAM Band has beaten strong competition to win a place in the finals of the National Brass Band Championship. They took third place against 15 competing bands in the fourth section London and Southern Counties Regional competition, winning

A NATIONWIDE gun amnesty has been launched by police in a bid to recover “easily convertible” starting pistols predominately used at sports events. All 43 police forces in England and Wales are holding the amnesty, which was launched today,

COMEDIAN Russell Howard is one of forty people who will be supporting a south Bucks epilepsy charity by running next weekend's London Marathon. The star of 'Mock the Week' will be putting on his running shoes to raise money for the Chalfont St Peter-based

WASPS head coach Shaun Edwards admits Joe Simpson’s all-action style is a concern. The scrum hasn’t shirked a tackle despite just coming back from a dislocated shoulder and somehow always manages to get under the feet of the biggest member of the opposition

A MOTORCYCLIST has died from injuries sustained in a collision on the M40 yesterday. The rider, a 68-year-old man from Ferndown, Dorset, was taken to Wexham Park Hospital following the crash but later died of his injuries. The collision happened

WASPS director of rugby Tony Hanks has not been afraid to try things this season, and Dan Ward-Smith and Ben Jacobs follow previous positional experiments with Mark Odejobi and David Lemi. Winger Odejobi is learning the ropes as a flanker with the A

AND now the end is near. In fact it’s bean and gone for our Mr Bean lookalike as his tenure as Wycombe MP officially ended yesterday. Paul Goodman’s reign as our MP finished when Parliament was dissolved in readiness for next month’s General

THE most dramatic moment of the week so far came on Monday morning during my news conference... when a spider gatecrashed our meeting. As our content editor was reading out his newslist, I was amused to see a large arachnid dancing on the ceiling directly

When I was watching Sport Relief last month something struck me quite forcibly and I suspect I was not alone in finding it worthy of comment. In between all the fundraising entertainment are inserted film clips, showing many and varied examples of

RE: Proposed Handy Cross coach park/offices. WHOEVER proposed this crackpot plan has obviously not taken a drive around their own district. If they had they would have noticed all the empty office buildings for sale/rent. So what hope for any newbuilds

IN a modification of the US model, could we not limit the time in office of both PM and party to nine years? Also, we seem to be increasing oversight of MPs – with good reason. Should we act to reduce further temptations by increasing their

THE advocates of the London – Birmingham high speed rail link claim it is necessary to reduce current air, car and HGV transport. It appears there is currently no such air transport, the line is passenger, not freight, and it will be non-stop. Therefore

RE: “Am I alone in my election despair”, Mann on Friday column, March 26. I SHARE your concern. Serious polticial discussion is now almost unknown. In my view, this results from the breakdown of the large-scale communities (mining, ship-building,

A MAJOR part of the problem of potholes is the apparent lack of quality control on repairs. Any quick fix which allows the ingress of water will inevitably lead to deterioration even in a comparatively mild winter. A further contributory factor is failing

GIVEN the inexorable rise in population numbers, and aspiration for a lifestyle comparable to that experienced in the West, coupled with the present prospect of noticeably diminishing oil resources within the next 30 to 50 years, is anyone in Government

BLUES owner Steve Hayes says relegation rivals Hartlepool United must be deducted points for fielding a suspended player in their Easter Monday win over Brighton. The Pools have been charged by the FA after playing defender Gary Liddle in the game they

FIRSTLY, thank you to the Bucks Free Press for taking up the cause to throw out these proposals for High Speed Rail in the Chilterns. The more you look at the proposals the more you question the actions of the Government. Firstly it is the Government

RE: Tory councillor Paul Lambourne’s letter which accused Cllr Snaith of being mischievous for criticising plans to spend up to £750,000 looking into the proposals for a new community stadium. IT appeared from the tone of Cllr Paul Lambourne’s letter

RE: Last week’s criticism of the Tory administration on Wycombe District Council by Lib Dem councillor Trevor Snaith. Cllr Snaith questioned the spending of up to £750,000 funding feasibility studies into a new community stadium. IN last week’s paper

I STILL fail to see the point of the high speed rail scheme that is causing so much anguish in the Chilterns. Why does the UK actually need it? It’s difficult to object to a plan of great benefit on the basis that you don’t personally like it on your

IT has been an eventful week in the ongoing battle for the future of Holywell Mead. There were accusations at a heated Wycombe District Council meeting that responses in a recent consultation had been compromised by campaigners, who ‘hijacked’ the survey

A MAN accused of murdering Jourdan Griffiths had gone out to get some 'weed' shortly before the 20-year-old was stabbed, a court heard today. Lotto Williams' girlfriend yesterday told jurors at Reading Crown Court he had been "larking about

A SECOND application has been made to knock down a former High Wycombe pub and build flats in its place. Developers have this week made a bid to demolish the Red Lion, at the corner of London Road and Cock Lane, and build 12 one-and-two bedroomed

A TWO car collision was causing delays on the M40 this morning between junctions four and five northbound. A white Vauxhall Vivaro and a white Mercedes box van collided at about 8.35am. It has now been cleared onto the hard shoulder

GARY Waddock lavished praise on his players following Tuesday’s 3-0 win at Tranmere Rovers but says they will have to up it by another notch if they are to get anything at MK Dons tomorrow. The Blues have kept their survival hopes alive with back-to-back

AMERSHAM & Chiltern are planning the spectacular tomorrow. They go to Witney in the final match of the season needing to win by 39 clear points to snatch the Southern Counties North title out of their hosts’ hands – and director of rugby Matt Allen is

TONY Hanks has admitted that if Wasps don’t make the play-offs they will only have themselves to blame. They go to Worcester tomorrow in sparkling form, but with ground still to make up over the final three matches. While they have beaten every team

TOM Rees, Joe Simpson, Simon Shaw...and now Phil Vickery. The Wasps team is being injected with outstanding quality on a game-by-game basis and Vickery will be the fourth player of substance to return in the last three weeks when they go to Worcester

SEVEN young air cadets from Beaconsfield were left breathless after being given the chance to fly in an RAF Puma helicopter. Jessica Chadwick, 16, said: “It was magical – the best day I’ve ever had”. The teenage cadets, who are based