Central Chilterns News Today

Lives have been “destroyed” by HS2, the Leader of Buckinghamshire Council has said as he called for the county to gain from scrapping the…

Protecting fragmented nature reserves and designated sites is important, but it isn’t enough: wildlife also needs space to move. The only way to halt

Farmer cluster groups are meeting local environmental priorities both on their own farms and beyond their boundaries. The term “cluster” was adopted,

The money will also be used to repair potholes caused by recent bad weather after the council set its budget for 2023/2024 at a full council meeting this

A peer behind an HS2 review commissioned by ex-prime minister Boris Johnson has said the entire project should be scrapped amid reports the…

A 300-year-old tree in Hughenden is undergoing emergency surgery after a large crack was discovered in the trunk.

I am grateful to Deborah Conway Read for writing this article. Deborah is a volunteer with The Woodlanders’ Lives and Landscapes project.

Lace terms and definitions Pillow lace (also known as bobbin lace) – a lace textile made by braiding and twisting lengths of thread wound on bobbins to manage them. It is held in place with pins set in a lace pillow, the placement of the pins usually determined by a pattern or pricking pinned on the pillow. Sometimes it is called bone lace, because early bobbins were made of bone or ivory. Yak lace – coarse bobbin lace typically made from wool, which was cheaper and faster to make, ofte...