High Wycombe
Fire in Wycombe Town centre
In the early hours of Sunday morning, 9th February 2014 at 1.03am, fire broke out in the living room of a disused house in Priory Road, High Wycombe. Two fire engines attended the blaze which required the use of one hose, two sets of breating appartus, a PPV fan and thermal imaging camera.
Very few stalls in High Street for Saturday’s Market
Shoppers visiting Wycombe’s market in the High Street last Saturday were greeted with no more than a handful of stalls as traders stayed away. With large puddles taking the place of the stalls the usually busy High Street was almost deserted leaving shoppers in search of a bargain to retreat to the towns shopping arcades […]
Car fire in Knights Hill
Firefighters successfully extinguished a car that had caught fire in Knights Hill, High Wycombe on Friday 7th February at 10.12pm.
JD Sports to open new shop in Eden
Well known retailer JD Sports is in the process of opening a new store in Wycombe’s Eden shopping center. Located in the retail unit formerly occupied by La Senza it will be much larger than their current store currently located near by in the former Octagon Centre.
Chiltern Railways wins top award for punctuality
Chiltern Railways have won the ‘Gold Award’ for operational performance at the prestigious Golden Whistle Awards in recognition of an excellent track record in punctuality. Now in their fifth year the Golden Whistle Awards are organised by the Institute of Railway Operators (IRO) and Modern Railways magazine. This latest award comes on top of being named the top franchised […]
Fire in Baker Street
At 7.06pm on Sunday 2nd February 2014 fire fighters attended Baker Street in High Wycombe to tackle a fire in the open.
New Local Plan may increase house building
Wycombe District Council have recently published a pamphlet entitled ‘A new Local Plan for the Wycombe District to 2031’. According to the pamphlet to keep pace with Government targets between 500 to 700 new houses a year may need to be built in the Wycombe District until the year 2031. This is a rise from the […]
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