SAMPLE food from across the channel at the French Market at Waddesdon Manor near Aylesbury this Saturday and Sunday. Open from 10am-5pm on each day on the north front of the Manor. Normal admission charges apply. There will be breads, patisseries,
BEACONSFIELD RFC regained their U15 Bucks County title with an against-the-odds 26-12 victory over Marlow. With 12 players unavailable as they are playing in next week’s Twickenham final for RGS, Beaconsfield were down to the bare bones but they
LIAM Jones was just about untouchable at the Berks & Bucks Swimming Championships at the Maidenhead’s Magnet Leisure Centre. With 11 golds and a silver from his 12 races – making him the runaway winner of the BagCat Award – it was like the Wycombe District
EXTRA Parking spaces will be allocated at Jungle Mania in Bourne End following last week’s Bucks Free Press report about a mum who was clamped in a dash to hospital. Tonia Wyncoll was shocked when a clamper refused to take a clamp off her
WITH Mothering Sunday this weekend there are plenty of things to do to impress your mother and say thanks for all her hard work. National Trust properties in the area area are celebrating with free entry to their properties at Cliveden from 11am-5pm
INTERNATIONAL sports stars of the future will be given a cash boost to aid their efforts to make the big time. Budding sportsmen of all kinds are being encouraged to grab their chance for a £1,500 bursary. The Sir Steven Redgrave Sports
A CLEAR-the-air talk after Blues’ last home match with Stevenage has helped Wanderers to recover and pick up four points from two away games. Manager Gary Waddock said after that game, which Wycombe lost 1-0, that performances by his side hadn’t been
AS an experienced actress Lesley Joseph is a household name but she said her age has not stopped work coming her way and is preparing to drop her clothes for a new run of Calendar Girls. Joseph, best known of course, for playing Dorien Green in Birds
AMERSHAM Playgoers Theatre Group offered an exciting programme in the form of a comedy thriller. It tells of a man who reports his wife missing only to discover that another woman purporting to be his wife appears and everyone except the man is convinced
THIS area has a proud record in mounting that very difficult of musicals, Fiddler on the Roof. I well recall the excellent WYSPAS Swan production in 2005; before that Panda’s fine Elgiva showing, to say nothing of Beaconsfield Operatic Society’
THE management committee at Princes Risborough Youth Centre is gearing up to take over the day to day running of the service. The centre in Merton Road was threatened with closure after Buckinghamshire County Council decided to put youth services
HIGH March School showed off their superiority on the netball courts by picking up two medals at the Chiltern District Championship. The Year Six A team only conceded one goal as they swept all before them to claim gold, while the B side took silver
FREE swimming training will be given to successful trialists aiming to enter the Bucks Youth Games. Young swimmers aged seven to ten are being invited to attend the free open trial at the Chiltern Pools in Amersham from 5-6pm on Saturday April 2. Entrants
AN injury crisis at Marlow has left manager Kevin Stone down to the bare bones. He’s had to fit square pegs into round holes with a number of midfielders sitting on the sidelines, resulting in two defeats and eight goals conceded in their two games
I WAS going to write about the 2011 census this week – but then realised I hadn’t even gotten around to opening the envelope, let alone answer the questions inside. Sorry to disappoint all you fans of civil disobedience, though – I can assure you this
RIKI Flutey still has many friends from his time at London Irish, but he says that will count for nothing at 3pm on Sunday afternoon. In fact, insists the proud Maori, having mates on the opposite side will make him play even harder. He said: “I always
READERS have bombarded the Bucks Free Press editor this morning with their guesses about which story in today’s paper is a bit of a porky. But so far, the public have come up short with their suggestions as to which story is our April Fool’
ELATED is a fair description of how Joan Gilbert sounded when she rang to tell me of the results of her jumble sale in the village hall last Saturday. There was a huge amount of stuff donated, possibly more than ever before for one of her events
THIS weeks round up of lottery results is as follows: WINNERS of the Hospice Lottery Draw for March 25 include: £1,000: Mrs R E Webb Crowthorne £200: Mrs R Blackmore, Aylesbury won the rollover prize of £800. Next week's rollover will be
THE 19th century saw the glory days of the London furniture industry like Chippendale, Hepplewhite and Sheraton, whose chairs graced the country’s manor houses. Thirty miles away stood High Wycombe, with its abundant stands of beech trees and some elm
I CAN report that my theory about the great airport gate conspiracy is holding up. Since last week I have travelled to Australia, first Adelaide and currently Melbourne. This has involved four flights thus far, all of which have departed from
FIREFIGHTERS used water hoses for a different purpose than normal - to wash hundreds of cars- and raised nearly £5,000 doing so. Four stations around the county took part in the mass clean, part of a national day of fundraising for the Firefighters Charity
WE recently received a copy of ‘In Touch’ from the Conservative Party. There is a paragraph that caught my eye and I quote: “Firstly we would like everyone to know that thanks to a lot of effort from you the local residents and Wycombe District Council
THE cause of the present economic crisis is clear. The bankers pressured the Labour Government to ease regulation, they then invented ever more exotic methods of risking someone else’s money so they could maximise their personal wealth, while the regulators
I HAVE been following the High Speed 2 rail link debate with great interest and have come to the conclusion that we are completely missing the point. Quoting the Secretary of State for Transport: “The Government is committed to the establishment of a
RE: Last week’s article giving the results of the Bucks Free Press survey on the proposed stadium in Wycombe. THE chief executive of Wycombe Sports Developments Ltd, Mike Brooks, has dismissed the BFP survey as insignificant. Wake up Mr Brooks
IT may be April Fools Day, but bowel cancer is no joke. Through our direct experience of bowel cancer we know how devastating the UK’s second biggest cancer killer can be. But, this need not be so. Instead of more than 16,000 people dying prematurely
STOKENCHURCH Dog Rescue has some good news for its supporters in the Bucks and Oxfordshire area it serves. A problem is being licked. In the last 12 months, hundreds of forlorn dogs have been taken in at our kennels – but nearly all have been adopted
THE detailed GCSE results which have been published this week will, like any information of this kind, no doubt prove controversial. The Department for Education decided to release the data in a bid to drive up standards and make schools more accountable
WHAT on earth is going on with the traffic in High Wycombe? I am genuinely perplexed by the huge inconsistencies during rush hour. Most towns are busy all the time during the school run period, but on some days the main roads here are almost deserted
WYCOMBE RFC and Maidenhead RFC have both lost in recent weeks, but Amersham & Chiltern just keep clocking up the wins and now, with three games to go, they are in pole. Director of rugby Matt Allen said: “If Wycombe hadn’t lost those ten points they’
JUST a fortnight after announcing a ladies and girls section, Wycombe Cricket Club are pushing back the boundaries again and this time it’s disabled cricket in Bucks they are hoping to enable. Progress has already been made with the club forming a partnership
LEON Holden has this week admitted that the mental toughness that was for so long Wasps’ hallmark has been totally eroded. Under Lawrence Dallaglio, the black and golds walked with an aura that they and everyone else believed in. It won them matches
THE High Wycombe branch Salvation Army is to hold a sale next Saturday. Visitors will be able to browse through crafts, cakes, toiletries and bric-a-brac stalls. Tea, coffee, pastries and bacon rolls will be available for £1. The event will be held
GARY Waddock has urged Blues fans to get behind the side against Stockport tomorrow, saying they can play a “massive role”. The Wanderers manager praised the support from the travelling Blues who made successive long journeys to Shrewsbury and Morecambe
FLACKWELL Heath British Legion hosts singer Kim Sellick tomorrow (Saturday) night from 8 – 11pm. All welcome. Branch chairman George O'Leary is also calling on any ex-service personnel who do not already have the Ministry of Defence veterans badge
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
FIVE pairs of tickets to Wycombe Wanderers’ home game against Northampton Town are up for grabs in our April Fool’s Day competition. We’ve teamed up with the Blues to offer the tickets for the Adams Park showdown on Saturday April 16.
HOSPICE Aid UK has thanked Beaconsfield shoppers after its director Garry Campbell collected £854 in donations on March 11 and 12 on Station Road. In another collection at Waitrose in Beaconsfield on March 17, the Youth Cancer Trust raised £160
GARY Waddock is bracing himself for a few practical jokes from his players at training today – April Fool’s Day. He said: “I’m sure one or two of the lads will come up with some pranks but it will be business as usual from our side. “We’ve got a
WASPS director of rugby Leon Holden has at least three players in mind for promotion to the first team after the A’s thrashed Gloucester 34-3 on Monday evening. Wasps ran in five tries against the Cherry and Whites and with Holden admitting that the
SOARING petrol prices have contributed to a rise in crime in the Wycombe area and the district’s top cop says petrol stations are doing nothing to stop it. Superintendent Gilbert Houalla says that garages ‘are happy’ to see fuel thefts happen
