May 2009 Archives

TWO COUNCILLORS who received over £40,000 in allowances and expenses between them from South Bucks District Council and Buckinghamshire County Council in 2007-8, have explained why they think they councillors are worth the money

KERAN Henderson, the Iver Heath childminder who was jailed after shaking to death a baby left in her care, has been released from prison.
Mrs Henderson was jailed in November 2007 after a jury found her guilty of the manslaughter of 11-month-old Maeve Sheppard.

CANDIDATES on the campaign trail in Bucks for next week's local elections have been met by a wave of hostility from voters.
People are so angry after the furore over Mps expenses that they are threatening not to vote in next Thursday's county and district councils.

THOUSANDS of children made an extra effort to walk to school instead of getting a lift last week.
But there was an extra incentive to take part in the annual Walk to School Week in Beaconsfield this year after schools joined forces to organise a photography competition in which children were asked to take pictures of their route.

THOUSANDS of children made an extra effort to walk to school instead of getting a lift last week.
But there was an extra incentive to take part in the annual Walk to School Week in Beaconsfield this year after schools joined forces to organise a photography competition in which children were asked to take pictures of their route.

Beaconsfield Rugby Football Club has announced ambitious plans to convert thirteen acres of arable farmland into pitches to cater for its growing membership.

A TUTOR and widow of 74 at Beaconsfield Adult Learning Centre is giving up classes to travel the world with a man who has swept her off her feet.

THE MANAGER of Sainsbury's in Beaconsfield, Kevin Sheen, who was parachuted in two years ago to turn the store around, is to leave next month, his mission accomplished.
Stocking plenty of champagne and other high end items, and getting rid of queues at checkouts has turned around the fortunes of the Maxwell Road store during the 21 months that Mr Sheen has been in charge.

DOMINIC Grieve, MP for Beaconsfield, is considering giving up his second home which he rents in Marlow and for which he claimed nearly £19,000 in 2007-8.
In an interview with the Advertiser, Mr Grieve, whose main home is a family house in West Kensington, said he has started to feel that he should move to a flat, and that he discussed this with his barrister wife Caroline some time ago.

POLICE are no closer to finding a man who attempted to abduct a woman in Beaconsfield earlier this month.
The woman was walking in Maxwell Road at 3.45am on May 4 when a car pulled up and a white man in his early 20s to early 30s asked her to get in and then tried to pull her in. She managed to get away.