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The entrance to Burnham Beeches Hundreds of “deeply concerned” residents have signed a petition calling for action about the “increasingly dangerous” traffic situation around Burnham Beeches. With the nature reserve shutting half its car parks in a bid to deter too many lockdown walkers, visitors have instead been parking in surrounding roads in Farnham Common. This has led to complaints from unhappy residents about pavement parking, forcing those with pushchairs or those in wheel...

There was a double cause for celebration at two Buckinghamshire care homes as residents reached milestone birthdays. Barbara Wood, who moved into Sir Aubrey Ward in Marlow just after she turned 100, celebrated her 101st birthday on February 13. It comes after she contracted Covid-19 at the end of December, but went on to make a remarkable full recovery. She also fulfilled her birthday wish - to get the Covid-19 vaccine. She said: “I’ve made a full recovery and have now been vaccinat...

Lucinda Dryzek attended Wycombe High School in the 00s and is best known for playing Katy Riley in the BBC sitcom Life of Riley and Jasmine Burrows in BBC medical drama Holby City. The actress has been in numerous TV shows including Outnumbered, Midsomer Murders and The Twilight Zone where she played the character of Katherine Langford. Jimmy Carr One of the nations most-loved comedians also attended a school in High Wycombe.  He spent most of his early life in Farnham Common, ...

A 32-year-old man has been arrested on drug charges after a warrant was issued in Milton Keynes. In the morning of Friday, January 22, the Milton Keynes South Neighbourhood Policing Team carried out a section 23 misuse of drugs act warrant at an address in Tattenhoe. Video footage, which was shot by MKSouth NHPT, shows the police officers using a battering ram to knock down several doors to find the potential suspect.  The tweet showing the second video of the raid In total, the poli...

The front door of Mead Farm at Farnham Common doesn’t have a letter slot. The postman delivers Christmas cards along with the rest of the mail to a safe place in the porch. That’s because the farmhouse in Beaconsfield Road was built in 1687, 200 years before 1849 when Queen Victoria’s government urged builders to fit a slot with a flap in the front door of new houses. A letter box was the latest mod con for homebuyers in Victorian England. Up until then, post was delivered to pr...