On Sunday December 31st, 1933 a team of builders were not celebrating New Year’s Eve. They were working through the night to put the finishing touches to the new cinema in Bourne End, so that it could be formally opened on New Year’s Day 1934.

Former councillor Hugh McCarthy, who was the driving force behind plans to reopen the River Wye through High Wycombe, explains why it would be good for the town - and could make up for past mistakes. He writes:

A drink-driver who led police on a 130mph chase on the M25 has been handed a suspended sentence.

Two men who were caught exchanging a bag with a brick-sized block of cocaine inside at Kingsmead Business Park have been jailed.

A man has been jailed for breaching a civil injunction that banned him from an area of High Wycombe.

A man who was sleeping rough in a disused restaurant was actually wanted by police.

A man and a woman had to be cut out of a car following a crash in Chesham yesterday evening.

A beloved school crossing patroller has said goodbye to children in Flackwell Heath as he retires aged 92.

Up to nine cases of the Indian variant of coronavirus have been detected in Wycombe, new figures suggest.

With a bank holiday weekend and half-term coming up, we have put together some ideas of things to do with the family.

Two brothers behind a teeth whitening kit company favoured by television stars have launched a major campaign to tackle mental health issues in young people struggling to cope as we emerge from lockdown.

A NEW log cabin, a computer coding school, and a car garage are just some of the many applications submitted to in the last week.

House prices in south Bucks are now not far short of what you would pay in London.

Bucks has some stunning scenery and landmarks all of which look amazing during the day - but the same scenes look just as incredible when the sun goes down.

Here are the death announcements carried in the Bucks Free Press last week.

This week for Then and Now we take a look at the pubs of Prestwood through the years.

Health workers get the worst deal, as the only sector with an average figure in excess of £500 a year. 

We've rounded-up some of the highlights to look out for in Aldi and Lidl this weekend.

Gomm or Gomme is a familiar name in Buckinghamshire and appears in many local parish records going back more than 300 years. There is the Gomm Valley between High Wycombe and Tylers Green, Gomm Terrace, on the Moor in Chesham and of course the G P...

Celebrity Bucks resident Russell Grant’s weekly Bucks Free Press horoscope from Saturday, May 29:

A man was stabbed three times with a kitchen knife at KFC in Wycombe Retail Park - and a teenager has been arrested.

A teenager with a dream of playing football and going to university died after jumping in front of a train after hearing “voices” during a psychotic episode.

FRESH to build six new flats on a site which currently has permission for five have been submitted to the council.

A Bucks woman died following a fall in a Wycombe hospital days after an operation in Slough that resulted in her suffering “multiple strokes”.

A mechanics seeking to expand its business to incorporate MOT services has met resistance from neighbours who branded the proposal “laughable”.

Weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust was caring for just one coronavirus patient in hospital as of Tuesday, figures show.

POLICE forces across the country are showing their support today (Friday, May 28) for LGBT+ Domestic Abuse Awareness Day.

A wine and food business hoping to extend its hours and create a space to educate customers about “artisan produce” has come under fire from neighbours who claim the proposal could cause a “nuisance”.

An investigation into the death of a bartender who was killed in a motorway collision in Bucks is still ongoing a year on from the crash.

A mum was left astonished after giving birth to a 12lbs 9oz baby boy measuring two feet tall - who was so big that he wouldn't fit on the weighing scales at Stoke Mandeville Hospital.

A man has been sentenced to six years’ and 103 days’ imprisonment for drug crimes

THE new leadership of Buckinghamshire Council was “contested” during the first full members’ meeting since the local , by a representative from another party who also condemned “party politics”.

Marlow residents have expressed their concerns over submitted plans to the council for a new block of flats at the site of former garages.

A three-day summer festival which could see ‘up to 10,000 people’ turn out to hear music, dance, and drink has been met with strong local opposition – with one person claiming similar events in the past saw people ‘using their garden as a ...

Outline plans for 13 homes on Green Belt land in a Bucks village have been submitted.

Action from has led to 81 arrests and £42,047 in cash being seized in connection with county lines drug dealing.

The emergency services are currently at the scene of an incident in Beaconsfield.

A man has been disqualified from driving after leading police on a pursuit through Buckingham town centre.

Although Wycombe’s squad is already a relatively strong one, Gareth Ainsworth and his backroom team have some work to do concerning new signings for the 2021/22 League One season.

The opening times of some stores may vary, so customers should check details on Aldi’s website before their trip.

A man has been jailed after pleading guilty to burglary in High Wycombe.

‘Significant quantities’ of cannabis as well as other suspected drugs were seized in Chalfont St Peter.

A man from Milton Keynes is one of eight people to be charged with drug crimes across three separate counties.

A gift and lifestyle boutique has opened on High Street in Liston Court this week.

A child was thrown to the ground, a woman had her hijab pulled down and a man was punched in the face during a ‘road rage’ incident in Milton Keynes.

The ever popular Bremont Stonor Supercar Sunday is set to return to the gounds of the Stonor Park Estate in Henley on Sunday, July 4.

Concerns are growing after three people with links to Milton Keynes have been reported missing within the last few days.

Lidl defended its case and claimed there are “clear and obvious differences” between the Hendrick’s trademark and the Hampstead gin product.

A man has avoided serious punishment after he was caught sexually touching himself in a quiet Bucks village.