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PLANS to install a roundabout on a major road as part of a new access for a leading ejector seat manufacturer have been permitted.

New bus routes make it easier to explore the rural idyll that inspired Milton, Roald Dahl and David Bowie. Last autumn our author immersed herself in the woods and fare of Buckinghamshire

To help Chesham and Amersham residents decide who to vote for in Thursday's by-election, we asked each candidate to sum up what they stand for.

Reopening the precious chalk stream – which has been buried in dark and dank concrete culverts, devoid of all wildlife and nature, under parts of the town centre since the 1960s – has been talked about since around 2017, but no firm plans have been progressed. Despite this, the appeal of the project has not lessened. Years later and the discussions are still ongoing. The Bucks Free Press supports bringing the river back to the surface, as does the High Wycombe Society and Revive The Wye. Much of the river through High Wycombe town centre is buried underground in culverts like this one...

PICTURED: One of the new tunnelling machines and some of the wall sections being produced at a factory in Bucks (pictures by HS2 Ltd). Right: The River Misbourne (image by Brenda Spargo/BFP Camera Club) More concerns have been raised about HS2 digging under the Chilterns AONB amid fears it could damage Bucks rivers. Last week the Chiltern Society warned that the chalk aquifer – which it says provides drinking water to thousands of people in the region – is “under threat” from HS2’s planned operations for the 10-mile-long Chiltern tunnels. It said in a statement on its website...