It was the summer solstice today; the longest day of the year. That’s good in a way but in another of a more depressing nature- it now means the days is getting shorter, slowly but surely. The year has been building up to 21 June, Midsummer’s Day
A MAJOR search operation is underway as police bid to find a vulnerable man missing from his Amersham home. Allen Marchant, who has severe short-term memory loss and is described as being at a high risk as he is “unlikely” to be able to find
A DRIVE to raise cash for the UK’s first public Islamic Garden in High Wycombe has taken a major step forward with a cash grant. A charity has given organisers £2,700 to produce a brochure to help attract funds for the scheme. The garden
WYCOMBE Wanderers wonderkid Matty Phillips has earned a call-up into the England U19 provisional squad for the European Championships taking place in France later this summer. Phillips earned his place in the squad after impressing the England coaching
WAR veterans and active servicemen were recognised for their bravery and sacrifice during a flag-raising ceremony to mark Armed Forces Week. About 50 battle-hardened veterans - including three Chelsea Pensioners - current war heroes and cadets
A 20-YEAR-OLD who attacked two teenagers who were playing tennis in Chesham has been put behind bars for three years. Ian Murray was sentenced to three years in a young offenders institute when he appeared at Aylesbury Crown Court on Wednesday
A COACH station plan for High Wycombe – which sparked a bitter running track row – has been put on hold because of Government cutbacks. The Department for Transport – which would have funded the Handy Cross plan – has put all projects on hold
OLYMPIC winners Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter relived their glorious gold from Beijing by winning another international gold at the World Cup in Munich on Sunday. Wycombe’s Hunter and Purchase, who races out of the Marlow Rowing Club, had not been in
LOCAL authority leaders today welcomed a planned freeze in council tax – with the body which gets the lion’s share pledging to keep it at zero if the public backed cuts. The chancellor is expected to tomorrow announce that councils will not
WYCOMBE boxer Mark McCullough became a national champion on Saturday night when he beat Dean Mills at the Torquay Riviera Centre to take the British Masters title. The 27-year-old won a bruising bout that went all ten rounds before eventually
DRIVERS can expect delays in Gerrards Cross for the next two months as temporary traffic lights are due to be set up today. Tesco will start work on widening the Packhorse Road bridge in order to create the forecourt for its new store. Temporary
WALKERS joined together on Friday night to raise money to help children suffering with cancer. Around 50 people took part in the midnight “Dream Walk” in aid of The Thomas Ball Children's Cancer Fund. By midnight the sky was clear and
FUNDRAISERS from a High Wycombe university toasted a towering success after a 208-mile charity cycle ride to Paris. A dozen students and employees from Buckinghamshire New University completed their ride to the Eiffel Tower after pedalling for four
SUPERMARKET staff cycled more than 1,000 miles on exercise bikes to raise money for the Cystic Fibrosis Trust. Staff at Waitrose in Beaconsfield pedalled a collective total of 1,405 miles – representing the distance between all the World Cup
RUNNERS faced a challenging and hilly route for the first race day held by the John Hampden Grammar School at West Wycombe Park on Sunday. Just under 100 runners took part in the 5k and 10k run with money raised going towards the High Wycombe
CAMPAIGNERS from more than 30 action groups protesting against plans for a high speed rail link met at a National Trust home which would be affected by the proposals. They came from towns and villages all the way along the proposed route between
A BUSINESS owner has backed a council’s controversial culling of pigeons in High Wycombe, warning they pose a risk to public health. Batrachian Management Company Limited boss Penelope Tollitt said she ‘fully supported’ Wycombe District Council
HIGH WYCOMBE CC, Aston Rowant, Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield all drew in the Home Counties League this weekend. Wycombe drew a thriller at Harpenden, when they finished one wicket from victory and four runs from defeat, while Rowant's match with Oxford
On October 20 1860 The Winchmore Hill Methodist Church was opened. On June 18 2010, almost a 150 years from that date, The Amersham Band gave a celebratory concert in the Village Hall in support of the Methodist Church funds (the Band rehearses weekly
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THERE was very slow traffic on the M40 southbound before the Loudwater turn due to an earlier accident. Two lanes of three were closed before junction 3 A40/A4094 while emergency services attended the scene. They have now been re-opened.
A RECORD number of runners took part in the Penn Seven yesterday with just one technical hitch as the clock recording the finishing times stopped working. As the winner of the seven mile road race Matthew Bennett crossed the finishing line
