Great Missenden
Children develop breathing difficulties after pool visit
Firefighters were called to Gateway School, High Street, Great Missenden at 1.19pm today, Thursday 1st May 2014 after a number of pupils at the school developed breathing difficulties after using the swimming pool at Chesham Leisure Centre, White Hill, Chesham. Two fire appliances from Great Missenden fire station, one from Amersham fire station and one […]
Easter Bank Holiday rail service information
Over the Easter Bank Holiday Chiltern Railways are planning to operate a Saturday service on three of the four days of the holiday with a Sunday service on Easter Sunday on both the Aylesbury via Amersham line to London Marylebone and the Birmingham to London Marylebone line: Good Friday 18th April 2014 : Saturday service. […]
Chiltern Railways mobile ‘app’ celebrates 200,000 downloads
Chiltern Railways has announced that its mobile ticketing ‘app’, developed with partners Atos Origin and Masabi, for smart phones has been download more than 200,000 times. The mobile ticketing app enables customers to buy tickets and scan the barcode at station barriers thus eliminating the need to queue at a ticket office or print a ticket. […]
Bucks County Council wins at LGC awards
At this year’s national Local Government Chronicle (LGC) Awards, held in London on Wednesday 12th March 2014, Buckinghamshire County Council was announced as the outright winner of the Corporate Governance category. The LGC awards are one of the biggest celebrations of innovation and talent across British councils. The award recognised the way in which all the […]
Two women prosecuted for dumping household waste at recycling centres
In unconnected incidents a 67 year old woman from Chalfont St. Peter and a 46 year old woman from Little Kingshill, Great Missenden have been prosecuted for illegally dumping a single sack of household waste on the ground at their local recycling centres. On Wednesday 26th February 2014 both women pleaded guilty at Wycombe Magistrates […]
4,431 potholes repaired in January
In January 2014 Transport for Buckinghamshire repaired 4,431 potholes on the roads of Bucks (of which 2,318 were in urgent end of repair) before focusing solely on flooding related issues in February. Currently Transport for Buckinghamshire has ten crews out on the roads attending potholes that have been reported by residents as well as those […]
Bucks County Council shortlisted for two national efficiency awards
Buckinghamshire County Council is in the running for two national efficiency awards, including the prestigious ‘Council of the Year’ category alongside Oxford City Council and Norwich City Council for outstanding performance in the public sector. Hosted by The Improvement and Efficiency Social Enterprise (iESE), the awards honour the dedication and innovation of public service teams […]
Bucks Healthcare appoints new Chief Nurse
On the 25th February 2014 Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust announced the appointment of Carolyn Morrice as Chief Nurse and Director of Patient Care Standards. She will take up her new post on 1st April 2014 and will replacing Lynne Swiatczak who leaves the Trust at the end of March. Carolyn joined Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust […]
Burglary in Prestwood
Between 4.00pm and 5.45pm on Sunday 17th February 2014 a burglary has occurred at Wycombe Road, Prestwood, Great Missenden. The offenders gained access by forcing the front door. A suspicious male was seen in the same area asking for window cleaning work, he has been described as white, slim build, mid 20’s, dark greasy hair […]
Registration plates stolen
Over the last few days the following registration plates have been stolen from vehicles in the Thames Valley Police area. SV54RUH – stolen from a silver Nissan Micra YB07FAU – stolen from a Grey Fiat Panda. YG03SHX – stolen from a Red Citroen C5. EK54VME – stolen from a Green Toyota Rav4 OLZ9611 – stolen from […]
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