CONSERVATIVE council leaders were tonight slammed by a member of their own party for publishing an ‘totally unnecessary’ list of sites for a new stadium. Wycombe District Council leaders were criticised for releasing a list of 19 potential
TWO colleagues who only started their training programme four weeks ago are going to take on a 183 mile cycle challenge to a host of job centres. Des Healy of Stokenchurch and Phil Rees from Farnham Common are cycling to every centre in the Thames
COUNCIL chiefs today warned of ‘pain’ for residents after moving to slash £9.2m from budgets. Buckinghamshire County Council says cuts are needed because of an increase in demand for services and a cut in Government cash. The authority
CONTROVERSIAL plans for more than 200 new houses and a care home in the centre of Chalfont St Peter are to go before a planning committee next week. A decision will be made on the future of the Holy Cross convent site in Gold Hill East by Chiltern
THE mother of the man murdered by former Wycombe Wanderers footballer Gavin Grant said his “so-called friends” had deprived her of “seeing my son grow into a man”. Leon Labastide's mother Diane Havill said she had had to move after he was gunned
GAVIN Grant went on trial accused of a second murder, the Bucks Free Press can reveal. The former Wycombe Wanderers player was charged jointly with other defendants with killing Jahmall Moore in January 2005 – seven months after Grant gunned
FACEBOOK is increasingly being trawled by burglars trying to find out residents' holiday plans, police have warned. Householders and children have been told not to advertise their vacation plans on social networking sites. Earlier this
IT is not too late to pick up a copy of the Bucks Free Press which has an up-to-date guide to what's on this summer. As the summer holidays start get ideas of fun family days out across the county with the entertainment supplement in the July 23 edition
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE’S speed camera authority could close this year as a result of funding cuts, a council boss said today. Buckinghamshire County Council’s Councillor Valerie Letheren said the Thames Valley Safer Roads Partnership could close this
FORMER Wycombe Wanderers striker Gavin Grant has been jailed for at least 25 years for shooting a man dead in a London street. The ex-Blue wept as he was led away to the cells at London's Old Bailey today after he was convicted of the murder
TRIALLIST Marvin McCoy looks set to get another run-out for Wanderers in their pre-season friendly at Burnham tomorrow night as the Blues look to secure the 21-year-old right back’s signature. Wanderers are in talks with his club Wealdstone about a deal
DAVID CAMERON'S 'Big Society' plan has been championed by a councillor who says one Marlow group is already showing the way forward. The Prime Minister outlined his vision in a speech in Liverpool last week, saying it was his 'great passion
WORRIED parents will get their say on how best to tackle what they call an 'unsafe' road tonight. A public meeting is being held to put varying options on how to slow down drivers on Lower Road, Cookham. It follows outcry from mums in the area after
