Firstly I must apologise for the late publication of my blog this evening due to technical problems. No doubt there are many disappointed readers out there who tuned in around 8pm to read my blog but I am sure you will agree it has been worth the
Reading Festival has announced Blink-182 as its first headliner. The band will be joining Jake Bugg, Disclosure, Metronomy, Of Mice & Men, Wilkinson and I Am Legion at the three day event, held on August 22 to 24. Blink-182 first played
THEY may be best known for their hit "Painkiller/Summer Rain" early in the last decade but Turin Brakes have recently released their sixth album. James Nadal spoke to Gale Paridjanian, one half of the original duo, also comprising Olly Knights,
A HOUSE in Hazlemere was ‘considerably damaged’ during a burglary. Police said intruders caused “a considerable amount of damage” to a property in The Warren after gaining entry to the house by the front door. Officers are now appealing for
SHOPPERS in Princes Risborough are invited for a blood pressure check this Friday. The event, organised by the Stroke Association, is part of a special stroke information morning. High blood pressure contributes to about 50 per cent of strokes
PRINCE Charming and Dandini were on hand to switch on the Christmas lights in Princes Risborough last Friday. The Wycombe Swan panto stars Sean Needham, who will play the Prince, and Duncan Leighton as Dandini, lit up the pretty market town with
It's a major boob when people involved in a car accident at the entrance of Wycombe hospital are forced to travel 45-minutes to their nearest A&E. Wycombe has a population in excess of 133,000 and yet for some mind-numbingly, ludicrous reason
GILES Westgarth is on course to play for his country next spring after making it through a series of cuts to earn a place at England U18 trials next February. The Amersham & Chiltern star represented Bucks at eight country trials before earning
WYCOMBE'S Erica Smith added to a burgeoning collection of ju-titsu medals with two more golds at an international tournament in Denmark. The 15-year-old topped the podium in the juniors ground and continuous fighting events. However, the Wycombe
ANITA Dobson will be switching on the Christmas lights in Thame this Friday. Best known for her role as Angie Watts in Eastenders, Anita will be taking a break from pantomime rehearsals at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre to turn on the Christmas lights
HUNGRY motorists will be able to make a pit-stop at the new McDonald’s drive through in High Wycombe from tomorrow. The fast-food outlet opens its doors - and its drive-through lane - in Dovecote Road on Wednesday. It will also feature free wi-fi
DISTRACTION burglars posing as neighbourhood watch members stole cash and jewellery from the home of an elderly couple in Hazlemere. At 7pm on Wednesday, November 27, four men talked their way into a house in Park Lane. They told the elderly
Amersham Concert Club’s second concert of the 2013/2014 season was given by the Blossom Street Singers - an ‘a capella’ octet of singers conducted by Hilary Campbell. The group grew out of a number of students at York University in 2003 but is
FATHER Christmas made an extra special four-legged friend called Whinnie at a charity's Christmas Market. On Saturday Hearing Dogs for Deaf People in Saunderton was transformed into a winter wonderland, which included a grotto for Father Christmas
WASPS wing Christian Wade faces six months on the sidelines after injuring his ankle in the win over London Irish on Saturday. Wade was playing his first game since injuring a hamstring training for England but had to be helped from the pitch after
ASSUAGING concerns over the visual impact of the hydro-power scheme at Marlow Weir will be the toughest task, the Environment Agency has admitted. Stephen Naylor, the EA's project manager on hydropwer, acknowledged that the aesthetic aspect will
BEACONSFIELD RUFC will lick their wounds and go again tomorrow after a couple of heavy-duty collisions with the top two sides in London 2 North West. Successive trips to Old Priorians and Twickenham have earned them nothing but bruises and frustration
THE family of two young brothers and their aunt, who died in a tragic car crash on the M6 in Staffordshire on Christmas Day 2012, have issued a family statement following the inquest into their deaths. Bushra Tazarib, aged 32, Mohammed Arsalaan
AN ANDY Murray backed tennis in schools scheme in Marlow has received a boost after permission was granted to install new floodlights. The racquet sport will be played all year around at Great Marlow School in Bobmore Lane, where Paul Delgado,
