Everyone has heard about the change to digital TV in 2012 but did you know there are also plans to switch off the normal analogue radio signal in 2015 and replace it with a newfangled digital signal? As regular readers will know I do not
WASPS legend Lawrence Dallaglio has called on fans of the black and golds to join a special Dallaglio Foundation team in the Tri for Life triathlon this autumn, raising money for Cancer Research UK. Now on the board of directors at London Wasps, after
A SOCIAL worker lost sensitive information about two children at Heathrow Airport after giving its security ‘no real thought’, a probe has found. Buckinghamshire County Council was today criticised for the loss of the information, which breached the
AN 81-YEAR-OLD widow struggled to contain her emotion as she spoke for the first time about the two conmen who tried to cheat her out of £100,000. Joyce Hardy, of Deeds Grove, High Wycombe, said 'nasty' Noel Ward, 23, tried to 'bully' her into
WANDERERS’ League Two clash at Torquay has been rearranged. The Blues were due to travel to Plainmoor on Saturday, April 23, but the game has been brought forward 24 hours to give both teams an extra day to prepare for Easter Monday fixtures.
ADAM Hinshelwood has to prove his fitness to Wanderers to earn himself a new contract after breaking down on the first day of pre-season training. The centre back captained Blues in the second half of last season, after signing from Aldershot in the
"All the world’s a stage, "And all the men and women merely players" Some of course, are not merely players, some are Simon Callow. And when Mr Callow - writer, director and master actor - steps onto the Windsor theatre royal stage with Shakespeare
WASPS A League fixtures have been released, with their first game at London Irish on September 13. Next they go to Bath a fortnight later before their first home match on October 4, against Saracens, probably at Henley. They go to Gloucester
A CROSSING island could be installed near to a busy crossroads in Hazlemere, councillors revealed at a parish council meeting. The mooted proposal would see an island built in the middle of the Penn Road by the Hazlemere Royal British Legion
A FRUSTRATED mum says it is “ridiculous” that nothing has been done to reduce speed on a road where her son was “nearly killed” a year ago. School pupil Daniel White was injured in July 2009 and was left too afraid to cross Lower Road. His mum Claire
A ONE-WAY system could be introduced as part of plans to redevelop Amersham town centre. The proposals have been put together by the Amersham Action Group and are to go on public display for the first time at the town's carnival on Saturday. Making
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE’S official NHS watchdog has been criticised for not taking any formal action over controversial service changes in its first year. The Buckinghamshire Local Involvement Network did not use its power to inspect hospitals unannounced
THREE men have been convicted for their part in a terrorist plot to blow up transatlantic planes that led to two High Wycombe men being jailed for life. Londoners Ibrahim Savant, Arafat Khan and Waheed Zaman were today all found guilty of conspiring
DRINKERS will be told to stay away from certain areas of a common which is popular during summer to stop “rowdy behaviour”. Signs will be put in place to deter visitors to Odney Common, Cookham, drinking alcohol. Cookham Parish Council
A 52-YEAR-OLD healthcare worker at Wycombe Hospital has been charged with sexual assault offences. Keith Mockler, 52, of Herbert Road, High Wycombe, was arrested on December 16 and charged on July 3 with two counts of a care worker engaging
A COUNCIL leader accused her opposition of ‘peddling un-truths and lies’ over a controversial stadium plan. Wycombe District Council leader Councillor Lesley Clarke hit out over an election leaflet photograph of an candidate at Wycombe Air
STUART Beavon is determined to win a place in Gary Waddock’s team despite watching out of the treatment room window two players in his position arrive at the club. Ben Strevens and Scott Rendell have both signed during a summer which Beavon
THE mother of Amersham Mayor Martin Phillips has been found dead in Birmingham. Elsie Mary Ford, 77, was found dead at her home in Burford Park Road in the south of the city by police officers on June 28. Steve Garey, a police spokesman, said she
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE is sending a 35-strong team to the English Schools Championships starting in Birmingham today, with Wycombe Phoenix Harriers stars Zac Randall and Pippa Woolven leading the charge. Randall, 17, will compete in the senior boys event after
A UNION leader fears the temporary closure of Wycombe birthing services is the ‘thin end of the wedge’ and could see it shut for good. Steve Bell, spokesman for Unison, spoke after bosses said the hospital’s midwife led unit would close from
ELDERLY residents in Beaconsfield are set to compete in a bowling league through a computer console. L&Q sheltered housing tenants living in St Josephs Mews, off Candlemas Lane, had a practice session on a Nintendo Wii on Tuesday, and will soon be
WARREN Fury has left Wasps for Leeds even though he had another year on his contract at Adams Park. The scrum half made the move after seeing Wasps strengthen their nine options this summer with the summer signings of Nic Berry and Charlie Davies.
FREE swimming sessions for over-60s and under-16s are to be scrapped at the end of the month – leading to a council setting up a new scheme to help residents save money. Government cutbacks announced this week have led to the free sessions
PIGEONS could to have their necks broken when a council culling regime for High Wycombe begins, bosses have said. Wycombe District Council said ‘cervical dislocation’ was the ‘usual choice’ of pest controllers but could not confirm it will
