Local news for High Wycombe & surrounding areas

Tributes paid to lifelong Beaconsfield Newsagent

1:22pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

TRIBUTES have been made to a “dedicated” Beaconsfield newsagent who died last week after a lifetime spent serving the town.

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Aylesbury's new homes plan 'unsound', Wycombe housing chiefs say

12:50pm Tuesday 18th June 2013

WYCOMBE'S housing chiefs could be on a collision course with their Aylesbury counterparts over a plan for 13,500 new homes which they have branded 'unsound'.

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Think tank questions use of £33billion needed for HS2

11:31am Tuesday 18th June 2013

A LEADING economic think tank has today said the money needed for the controversial HS2 project would be better spent on improving the existing rail network and upgrading broadband infrastructure.

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Wycombe Hospital restructure listed top in A&E failure causes

11:00am Tuesday 18th June 2013

BETTER healthcare in Bucks has caused worse healthcare for those using A & E according to an official NHS document.

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Anneka Rice flies in to see Bledlow garden

10:32am Tuesday 18th June 2013

ANNEKA Rice flew into a garden in Bledlow at the weekend to help raise money for charity.

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Council blasted over time taken to conduct Marlow parking review

9:00am Tuesday 18th June 2013

THERE is still no date for when a study designed to cure Marlow's parking ills will be finished.

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Woman injured in M40 crash

8:55am Tuesday 18th June 2013

A WOMAN was injured in a crash on the M40 last night.

Wycombe Magistrates Court reopens after refit

8:46am Tuesday 18th June 2013

SIX months after the last piece of business was heard at High Wycombe Magistrates, the court reopened its doors last week following a revamp.

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Police release e-fit after Wycombe 'car attack'

3:40pm Monday 17th June 2013

POLICE want to quiz this man about an incident in which a car was driven at a woman in High Wycombe town centre.

'Cut council tax for voters not given election information'

4:40pm Monday 17th June 2013

COUNCIL chiefs in Wycombe have been told they should cut the tax of voters who were not sent key election information or offer them another form of compensation.

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Political stalwart awarded OBE in Queen’s Birthday Honours List

4:25pm Monday 17th June 2013

A THRILLED political stalwart has credited her OBE to the “great support” she has received from her council colleagues.

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A&E petition needs 4,000 more names to trigger investigation

2:20pm Monday 17th June 2013

A PETITION calling for a probe into A&E services has gained about 4,000 signatures.

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Men bailed in Castlefield 'arson' probe

1:15pm Monday 17th June 2013

MEN arrested in connection with a fire which destroyed one building and damaged another in Castlefield have been released on bail.

Man treated after Gerrards Cross kitchen fire

1:06pm Monday 17th June 2013

A MAN has been treated for smoke inhalation after a fire in Gerrards Cross this morning.

Thieves taking £100 worth of charity shop's clothes per week

11:20am Monday 17th June 2013

HUNDREDS of pounds which should be going towards the fight against heart disease is being cruelly snatched away by thieves in Marlow High Street each month, it has been revealed.

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Thousands run and walk to raise money for cancer research

11:10am Monday 17th June 2013

THOUSANDS of runners donned pink and ran, walked or danced 5km yesterday morning to raise money for cancer research.

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Headmaster to retire after 27 years

10:30am Monday 17th June 2013

HEADMASTER Roger Dodds is retiring after 27 years at the Great Kingshill C of E Combined School.

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