Bucks Free Press
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000In the dock: Weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates' Court - February 1 to 3
Weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:
Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000SuperCamps helps children in Gerrards Cross to reintegrate with their peers post lockdown
An Ofsted registered leading school holiday camp provider will be hosting fun and covid safe camps in Gerrards Cross this Easter.
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000ROADWORKS: 6 roads to get treatment this week - full list
This is where Transport for Bucks will be working this week.
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 16:02:38 +0000Bucks planning applications: Four interesting plans this week
Buckinghamshire Council deals with thousands of planning applications every year.They range from house owners wanting to build an extension to new homes, shops, businesses and even chopping down trees.
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 15:00:00 +0000Nostalgia: Another example of innovative architecture in Amersham
New materials
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000'Drivers of large vehicles - take a different route to protect historic bridge'
This is what you have been writing to us about this week.
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Death notices in the Bucks Free Press last week
Here are the death notices published in the Bucks Free Press this week.
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Weekly news round-up in Bucks - Sunday, March 21
Here are five of the biggest stories published on the Bucks Free Press website this week.
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Local connections with the historic census - including man who rowed boat into Thames to avoid being counted
A communication from the government concerning the 2021 census has been dropping through our letter-boxes over the past two or three weeks. It takes place today, Sunday, March 21, and for the first time the form can be filled in on-line. The censu...
Sun, 21 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000Enjoying our time in the 'Great Outdoors' in March from years gone by
With the days getting longer and warmer, and the lockdown restrictions beginning to be eased, we are all looking forward to the “Great Outdoors”.
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000The 7 most popular villages Londoners are moving to in the Chilterns
The Covid pandemic has made us all value fresh air, the outdoors and the amazing countryside Bucks has to offer.
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 19:00:00 +0000These are some of YOUR memories of secondary school life
Last week saw the return of school children to classrooms across Bucks as part of the Prime Minister’s roadmap to ease lockdown.
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 16:30:00 +0000Rob Butler MP: ‘Putting the bleakest of winters behind us’
THIS week, Aylesbury MP Rob Butler writes exclusively to Bucks Free Press readers:
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000The Henley Festival is back after a difficult year
HENLEY Festival is returning in 2021 after a difficult year that saw the huge attraction go virtual.
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 16:30:00 +0000Looking back at The County/Odeon/Regal cinema in Marlow
AN email reminded me that last year I had promised some pictures of Marlow’s former cinema in Station Road.
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 12:00:00 +0000Stonor Park to host annual Easter Egg hunt this April
TO CELEBRATE Easter and to mark the lifting of lockdown restrictions, Stonor Park near Henley-on-Thames, has announced its annual Easter trail.
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Bucks planning applications - See what could be built near you
Wycombe area
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Paradigm takes over 500 Wycombe homes in new deal
House swaps happen every summer.
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Weekly horoscope for March 20 - your star sign reading by Russell Grant
Celebrity Bucks resident Russell Grant’s weekly Bucks Free Press horoscope from Saturday, March 20:
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Do you recognise these Loudwater roads from the 1900s?
This week, we’re in Loudwater for Then and Now.
Sat, 20 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Nominate your healthcare heroes for the Buckinghamshire Health & Social Care Awards
Entries have been coming in thick and fast for the Buckinghamshire Health & Social Care Awards - and there’s still plenty of time to put nominees forward.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:56:07 +0000Holmer Green Senior School to help identify Watchet Lane vandals
A RECENT spate of drug abuse and at a sports club has prompted the need for new CCTV and security measures to identify the culprits.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:47:19 +0000Bucks Council pressured to 'help pay' for play areas on Pine Trees estate
RESIDENTS of a relatively new housing estate are demanding the council “reconsider” supporting the upkeep of its child play areas – adding households could end up paying a maintenance company more for the privilege.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:08:34 +0000Bucks Council to decide major 50-home development in High Wycombe
A MAJOR new development boasting up to 50 houses and flats could be decided in the coming weeks – but it faces strong opposition from locals concerned about resulting traffic problems and obscured views.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:21:26 +0000Farnham Common: Shop worker racially abused by customer
A Farnham Common shop worker was racially abused whilst working in a shop in the middle of the day.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000In the dock: Weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates' Court - January 27 to 29
Weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:43:18 +0000Domino's Pizza in Milton Keynes moves location
A Domino’s branch in Milton Keynes has moved location.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:32:00 +0000Amersham man to sponsor Guide Dog puppy through training
An adorable six-week-old puppy is being officially sponsored by a Buckinghamshire businessman, as she trains to be a guide dog.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:02:33 +0000Man from Wycombe arrested for alleged drug crimes in Aylesbury
Two men have been arrested for allegedly being involved in drug crimes.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:27:16 +0000Driver fined after blocking High Street pavement during school drop-off time
A driver in Iver was fined after blocking the pavement on the High Street this morning.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:05:00 +0000Chalfont St Peter's Cheena Meadow could get a skate park
A proposal has been launched to try and get a skatepark built in Chalfont St Peter.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:35:23 +0000Buckingham MP Greg Smith on scrapping the Ox-Cam Expressway
A Bucks-based MP has welcomed the Government’s decision to formally cancel the Ox-Cam Expressway.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:56:12 +0000New waste transfer station opens on Aylesbury's Pembroke Road
A 'new and improved' waste transfer station has opened in Aylesbury.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 17:38:03 +0000Denham: Three men who climbed trees to hinder HS2 works convicted
Three men have been convicted and sentenced after climbing trees in an attempt to stop prevent HS2 works being carried out.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:43:46 +0000Covid-19 in Bucks - Looking back at a tragic year
Tuesday (March 23) will mark one year since Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that everyone across the UK was to stay at home for the first time, as the coronavirus pandemic ravaged the nation.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:28:20 +0000Thames Valley Police close inquiry into claims of 'illegal' Kimblewick fox hunt
Police have closed a high-profile investigation into the killing of a fox on private land by a hunt.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 07:26:00 +0000Thames Valley Police reunite lost dog with its owners in High Wycombe
POLICE officers have reunited a lost dog with its owners whilst on a night shift.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Milton Keynes and Aylesbury areas that are almost 'coronavirus free'
The areas across Aylesbury and Milton Keynes that have been almost 'free of coronavirus' according to the most recent data have been revealed.
Fri, 19 Mar 2021 05:00:00 +0000Dining at its best
3 of the best businesses to eat at in the Buckinghamshire and High Wycombe area.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:35:30 +0000Driver 'fails roadside test after driving wrong way down dual carriageway'
A driver was arrested by Thames Valley Police yesterday evening after reportedly being spotted driving the wrong way down a duel carriageway.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:19:30 +0000Bucks Council could introduce these resident parking permits in High Wycombe
CAMPAIGNERS are pressuring the council to introduce resident permits on four roads in to cut down on spaces being taken up by other drivers which they claim is making resident’s lives “unnecessarily difficult”.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:01:04 +0000Investigation launched after 'large number' of sheep found 'killed or injured'
Thames Valley Police have confirmed that an investigation has been launched after a 'large number' of sheep have been killed or injured.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 15:21:58 +0000Coronavirus in Bucks - Chiltern areas that are almost 'coronavirus free'
The areas across the Chilterns that have been almost 'free of coronavirus' according to the most recent data have been revealed.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:37:21 +0000New pedestrian crossing to be installed outside Chiltern Hills Academy
A NEW pedestrian crossing is to be installed outside a school.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 13:06:39 +0000Aylesbury: Moped destroyed by 'deliberate' fire
A moped was destroyed by a fire which Bucks Fire and Rescue 'believe was started deliberately' in the early hours of this morning.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:30:14 +0000Transport for Bucks slammed over ‘shoddy’ road repairs in Marlow
THE authority has come under fire for “shoddy” road repairs repeatedly done and which one resident said last ‘no more than a few months’.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:28:51 +0000High Wycombe Food and Wine shop owner caught selling illegal cigarettes from a van parked outside is fined thousands
A shop owner who was secretly selling illegal tobacco from a van parked outside has been busted by Trading Standards.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:27:34 +0000Consultation due on pedestrianisation of part of Chesham High Street
A TRIAL that saw part of a high street sealed off to traffic to enable shoppers and businesses to safely continue during the could become a permanent feature following a consultation.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:40:00 +0000Ainsworth on Daryl Dike and using Barnsley as inspiration
Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth has praised Barnsley’s on loan striker, Daryl Dike, after Wanderers lost 3-1 to the Tykes at Adams Park on Wednesday night.
Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:09:37 +0000Ainsworth remains upbeat after Wycombe lose to Barnsley
Despite falling to another defeat, Wycombe manager Gareth Ainsworth was full of praise for his side after the 3-1 loss against Barnsley.