In today's world of austerity measures and cutbacks it seems nothing is sacred. Originally installed to make the roads safer now the infernal electrical speed cameras that blight our roads are poised to disappear as part of the latest scheme
A SPATE of thefts from vehicles in south Buckinghamshire has been reported to police in the latest community ringmaster messages released by Thames Valley Police. Between 3:30am and 4:20am on Sunday 25th, offenders gained entry to an insecure yellow
GOALS from Daniel Pacheco, Keko and Sergio Canales ended Matt Phillips' European dream as Spain beat England 3-1 this afternoon to book a place in Friday's European U19 Championship Final. Phillips, who scored the goal that booked England's
The runnymede-on-thames may have gone all lower case but the hotel itself is certainly aiming high, writes Debra Aspinall. This privately-owned establishment between Windsor and Egham has had several millions spent on it to make the interior justify
PUBLIC relations officers insist High Wycombe has not been 'excluded' from a vital programme of public meetings. Buckinghamshire County Council has been criticised for printing 10,000 leaflets advertising 'Bucks Debates' in eight venues around
A CONTROVERSIAL NHS authority will close by 2013 as a result of a major Government shake-up of health services, it was confirmed today. A boss at NHS Buckinghamshire, also known as the primary care trust, confirmed the date after a Government white
WORK on Chesham's new £6million Healthzone will finally start in August – seven months behind schedule. Crucial contracts which delayed building work have now been signed, health bosses said today. Builders had been due to start constructing the
HOSPITAL redundancy costs rocketed from £46,000 to £637,000 last year – as bosses warned more job losses are on the way. Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, which manages Wycombe, Amersham and Stoke Mandeville Hospitals, made the payouts in
SPEEDING is not the major problem on an 'unsafe' road, concerned parents have been told by a roads boss. Cookham residents gathered on Monday evening to hear the results of a survey carried out on Lower Road where two schoolchildren were hurt last
A LANDOWNER's bid to keep ten CCTV cameras around his property was rejected after a neighbour complained it 'has the feel of a German concentration camp'. The cameras are posted along a 7ft boarded fence marking the boundary of Babs Park, which
CLOTHING and homeware retail giant Matalan is moving into High Wycombe. According to Matalan's website, the new store will open in Bellfield Road between Sainsbury's and Morrisons, but an opening date is not given. A host of job positions
ATTORNEY General Dominic Grieve has backed the decision not to prosecute a police officer following the death of a man at the G20 protest last year. The Beaconsfield MP told the House of Commons yesterday the Crown Prosecution Service had concluded
A TOP doctor today said stroke care should be axed from Wycombe or Aylesbury hospitals to save lives. Piers Clifford, a consultant cardiologist, said Wycombe Hospital and Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury were not seeing enough patients
FOUR teenagers have been arrested in connection with an alleged robbery which police said was 'particularly nasty and vicious'. A group of youngsters, who were holding a party in the woods off New Road, Marlow Bottom, had mobile phones, wallets
ANXIOUS residents have expressed their concern at an internationally renowned open air concert ruining their village idyll. Garsington Opera wants to move to Wormsley Estate, Stokenchurch for the 2011 season after their lease ran out at Garsington
RESIDENTS whose homes would be affected by plans for a new high speed rail route will be able to apply for compensation, the Government confirmed this week. But only people living along the 'preferred route' through the Chiltern district are
TRIALLIST Marvin McCoy looks set to get another run-out for Wanderers at Burnham tonight 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 but face competition from Leeds,
MIDFIELDER Ian Westlake says he’s ready to start the season as an emergency left back – if new signing Andy Sandell fails to recover from his mystery injury in time. Westlake has been deployed as a makeshift full back in all of the pre-season matches
WANDERERS youngster Matt Phillips fired England through to the semi-finals of the European U19 Championships on Saturday night and then described it as the best buzz ever. The teenager hit a dramatic 93rd minute equaliser against hosts France on Saturday
SCREENWRITER Simon Monjack's cause of death was nearly identical to his actress wife Brittany Murphy's, according to coroner's officials. The 40-year-old, who was brought up in Bourne End, was found dead at his Hollywood home on May 23 - five
TWO councillors who were at the centre of a bitter village row will be dropped from the Conservative Party ticket for the upcoming district elections. Kathie Webber and Naomi Arnold are not among the three candidates chosen to stand in the
DON'T forget to pick up your copy of today's Bucks Free Press Midweek. In this week's edition is a full report on the verdict and sentencing of Gavin Grant, the ex-Wycombe Wanderers player found guilty of murder. There is also the latest
MICKLEFIELD and Wycombe Marsh are set to benefit from a £1m windfall after the areas were chosen as beneficiaries of a Lottery community scheme. The High Wycombe areas will receive at least £1m from the Big Lottery Fund's Big Local Trust programme
The following applications were submitted to south Buckinghamshire councils yesterday. To view Wycombe applications click here, for Chiltern applications click here and for South Bucks applications click here. You must accept the terms and
AN 11-year-old girl stopped eating after the NHS said she was overweight. Patricia Callaghan was horrified to receive a letter from NHS Buckinghamshire which said her 11-year-old Chloe's body mass index results indicated she was 'overweight
