A few days ago as I approached the junction of the High Street and Queen Victoria Road while on my regular lunchtime walk around Wycombe town centre I became aware of the most wonderful fragrance in the air. Stopping for a moment to admire
A BOURNE End pilot who was part of the legendary 'Great Escape' from a German prisoner of war camp is the subject a new book. The story of RAF man Bernard Green, who escaped Stalag Luft III before being recaptured, has been been told by his
As a woman, I’m statistically less prone to have expensive accidents than a man. It seems to be gender-specific unfortunately. I’m also more likely to have cervical cancer, breast cancer, be more upset when I crack a nail and like shoes more
HIGH Wycombe RFC are U16 Bucks County champions after turning around a 20-point league defeat to overcome Amersham & Chiltern 36-20 in a fierce battle at Kingsmead. Amesham led 10-3 early on with two unanswered tries, but fly half Liam Britnell
WASPS hope to have Dominic Waldouck back in the squad for Sunday’s match against London Irish. The centre injured his Achilles in the warm-up before last weekend’s defeat to Northampton Saints but it was not serious and he should be fit in time. However
STEVE Everson was on the pace in the first round of the Barc Clubmans Cup championship at Brands Hatch. He went on to take two second places while Chalfont St Giles resident Marcus Bignell claimed a fifth place finish.
THERE was still some uncertainty surrounding the future of the Princes Risborough day care centre although one councillor said he was “quietly confident.” Council chiefs agreed last week to work with community groups in Princes Risborough to keep the
Most people would find it alarming if their ‘ex’ returned from the dead to not only haunt but taunt them. This is the starting point for Noel Coward’s ‘Blithe Spirit’, when the successful writer, Charles Condomine, now remarried, is confronted by
THREE Olympic hockey hopefuls have become flatmates in High Wycombe as their training programme ahead of London 2012 gets underway. The men’s and women’s teams have started their training at Great Britain Hockey’s HQ at Bisham Abbey, with the Games
PRINCES Risborough Town Council has been awarded Quality Status after ticking all the boxes. At its monthly meeting on Tuesday night Richard Pushman, in his role as vice president of Buckinghamshire Association of Local Councils, handed the
WYCOMBE’S promotion rivals Bury are now managerless after Alan Knill left to take over at Scunthorpe United. Knill had been in charge at Gigg Lane for three seasons, missing out on automatic promotion to Wanderers by a single goal in his first season
A POP trio who had got used to performing in front of thousands with mega star Justin Bieber were left baffled when just a handful of kids turned up to their gig in Bourne End. Wye Valley School on New Road had organised for SoundGirl to play
ENGINEERS hope to restore electricity in the Wooburn Green area by 2.30pm after 360 properties were affected. Southern Electric engineers are currently working on a fault on an overhead line. Originally the fault affected around 360
A MAN was punched to the floor then hit again after getting up as he made his way home from a High Wycombe night club. The victim was attacked after leaving Pure nightclub and going to Dennis Kebab Centre in Oxford Street just after 3am on Saturday.
YOUNG midfielder Josh Scowen could be included in the Wycombe matchday squad for a second week running after impressing for the reserves in midweek. He made his first-team debut at Morecambe on Saturday before capping a man of the match display against
TO be able to play a violin while lying on the floor and moving your legs to the beat is no mean feat and that is just one of the things which makes the musical, Chess, so impressive. Showing at the Wycombe Swan until Saturday the ultra-polished
TWO teenagers who tragically died in a car crash on the Marlow Bypass on Tuesday have today been named. Alex Kurzyniec, 18, and 17-year-old Thomas Blunden died after their silver Ford Fiesta left the southbound carriageway of the A404 and plunged
We have a job going with the local Transition Town coordinating committee. Interested? It is simple really: we are after a new Chairperson and Secretary. Think you are up to the job? Do you think you have what it takes? What does it take? Few
RGS HIGH Wycombe will lock its gates next Wednesday and take 17 coach loads of supporters to Twickenham for their U15s Daily Mail Cup Final against The Truro School. In total, about 1,500 RGS supporters are expected to be at the game. It’s
VILLAGERS in Stoke Poges have been left stunned by their council tax bills – with one authority increasing its charge by 107 per cent. While most councils have frozen or increased bills by a few percentage points, Stoke Poges Parish Council
THE Census day has been and gone but it is not too late for Bucks residents to pop questionnaires in the post with the deadline looming on April 6. Since lines opened on March 4 more than 20,000 people a day have phoned the national Census
THE pub trade in Wycombe Marsh has undergone further upheavals in recent weeks, with the Disraeli closing its doors until further notice. There is no sign on the door explaining the closure of the Ford Street pub, but owners Enterprise Inns
WASPS star Riki Flutey says friendships will be put on hold during this weekend's game with London Irish. Flutey first joined Wasps from Irish and still has close friends at the club. But he says when the whistle blows he sees shirts not faces. He
THE season starts on Saturday for Beaconsfield SYCOB. That’s the view of manager Dave Mudge, who has targeted the home game with North Greenford United as one of three must-win fixtures in their final six games. SYCOB are in action tonight against
WASPS players got coaching of a different kind yesterday - singing lessons from Heather Small of M People fame. Small was at the club's training ground just before lunch in the build up to her pre-match performance at Wasps' St George's Day
EMPIRE Cinema in High Wycombe is lending its support to the mayor’s charity appeal with a screening of a new animated film. The cinema is backing the Pepper Foundation and the fundraising Sunrise Walk on Sunday, April 10, with a showing of
