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  • Betsy leaves Blues dreaming of the Great Escape

    WANDERERS boss Gary Waddock insists his team can complete the Great Escape after they made it three straight wins by snatching a 95th minute winner over Bucks rivals MK Dons this afternoon. Kevin Betsy’s dramatic winner, four and a half minutes into

  • firefighters break into flat to turn off gas

    FIREFIGHTERS had to break down a front door after a householder left his gas hob on before going to work this afternoon. Crews from High Wycombe attended the home in Fennels Road, Loudwater, after neighbours reported a gas smell. When firefighters got

  • Betsy slams in injury time winner

    Mk Dons 2, Wycombe 3. KEVIN Betsy struck a winner four and half minutes into stoppage time to keep Wanderers' survival hopes alive. He provided the lifeline they deserved after two Alex Revell strikes for Blues had been cancelled out

  • Vickery back as Wasps cling on for win

    Worcester Warriors 20, Wasps 24 WASPS don't like doing things the easy way. Comfortably in command at half-time, having run in three tries against their relegation-haunted opponents, the Adams Park side fell asleep and could have been

  • Popular Bucks sportswoman loses fight with cancer

    A SPORTSWOMAN known for her bringing “warmth and joy to whoever she met” has died after losing her fight with cancer. Marlow resident Carole Wright passed away on Easter Friday. The former ladies captain of Harleyford Golf Club in Henley

  • Auditions begin to find Wycombe's French heroine

    A FRENCH heroine is the subject of a new musical inspired by a writer who rediscovered his great aunt’s history book. Robert Bromley Davis has teamed up with composer and director Mark Britton to launch Joan of Arc the musical. Speaking

  • Hub will house charities to improve effectiveness

    FOUNDER of Dreams bed shop Mike Clare has set up a 'charity hub' in Saunderton to improve and help charities in the area. The Clare Foundation was officially launched by the Foundation's Chair of trustees Mr Clare with his wife, Carol. The foundation

  • Confusion as campaign leaflet sent to residents

    MYSTERY surrounds a campaign leaflet featuring a Bucks Free Press article being posted through residents' doors in Amersham. Reacting angrily to recently-unveiled plans for a high speed rail link through the county, the flyer features a story published

  • County feud over selection

    WYCOMBE RFC have questioned the selection of the Bucks County team, claiming two of the county’s leading clubs are being ignored. However, Bucks say they have invited players from Marlow and Wycombe to play and been ignored. Wycombe captain Craig Murray

  • Arson suspected as fire damages building

    FIRE crews were called to a building blaze in High Wycombe during the early hours this morning - suspected to be arson. A smell of burning was reported from a property in Anthony Close, High Wycombe. Firefighters from High Wycombe were