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ON-CALL firefighters in Princes Risborough have been celebrated for beating a major performance target – keeping the fire engine on the run for at least 95 per cent of the time.

A TOP Tory heard about "the anger, disappointment and hurt" the High Speed 2 project has caused in Bucks at a meeting of the Chesham and Amersham Conservatives.

VAN driver Paul Luker has been found guilty of causing death by careless driving after hitting a Beaconsfield cyclist on a ‘motorway type’ road.

IT was a case of the bigger they come the harder they fall during the annual Shopmobility Pancake Race - after pupils from the Royal Grammar School flipped their way to glory.

A NEW school planned for Chalfont St Peter could be set up at the Epilepsy Society instead of the Holy Cross site.

TAX rates in the Chiltern district were frozen for a second successive year last night.

RESIDENTS are being urged to share their views on the short term improvement plans for public spaces in High Wycombe during a web chat.

ERIC Morecambe's son has created his own short film, which is a far cry from his dad's humour.

A COUNCIL boss has been appointed the new joint chief executive for two district councils in a money saving merger.

THE Bucks Free Press would like to apologise to our website readers after a glitch in the system disabled user comments on all online stories.

A VAN driver accused of causing the death of a Beaconsfield cyclist broke down in tears in the witness box yesterday.

THE following planning applications were received by south Buckinghamshire district councils on Monday.

A WOULD-BE robber who threatened a woman with what's believed to be a penknife ran off when his victim called for help.

VALUABLE items were stolen from a church in Penn after burglars forced open the doors.

A 26-YEAR-OLD man is in custody after being charged with burgling a house in Chesham.

THE family of a 17-year-old boy who died in a car crash in Seer Green on Friday night have paid tribute to the “gusto, passion and dedication” with which he lived his life.

A HEALTH Minister will be among Liberal Democrats gathering for a regional party conference in High Wycombe this weekend.

A LONGWICK school was transformed into an art gallery for a weekend which attracted about 1,500 visitors.

A MAN wielded a knife and shouted at staff during an attempted robbery at a store in High Wycombe.

A CYCLIST from Beaconsfield died after being hit from behind by a transit van on a three-lane section of the A40, a court heard.