A SPORTS club has been dealt a blow after planning permission for a state of the art new clubhouse was turned down.
Richings Park Sports Club had applied for permission to build a new clubhouse and to rearrange its bowling green, tennis courts and pitches at its site in Wellesley Avenue.

AN ENVIRONMENTALLY friendly district councillor is urging people to make sure that they compost as much as possible.

Rachel Pope, of Camp Road, who represents Gerrards Cross North on South Bucks District Council, is a keen composter and believes that other people living in the area should follow her lead for the benefit of the environment.

Next week is national sandwich week, and here at the Advertiser, we would like to hear from you.
Have you invented a unique or interesting sandwich recipe which you would like to share with other readers?
Where in South Bucks can you get the best sandwich?
What, in your opinion, is the sandwich to rule them all?
Send your thoughts and comments to us at bucksnews@trinitysouth.co.uk, and we will try and include them in a special report in Thursday's edition of the paper.

ONE of the oldest businesses in a village is set to cut its opening hours owing to the effect of the recession on trade.

Fisher's supermarket, which has been trading from its Gerrards Cross site in Packhorse Road since 1969, is from this week only opening until 5pm on weekdays, having previously opened until 7pm.

PLANS are firmly in place for this year's Gerrards Cross Fun Run, which organisers hope will be the best yet.

The event, which takes place on Sunday, May 20, is set to attract 1,500 runners, and around 4,000 people in total on the day.

A FORMER personal trainer has begun a mammoth cycling challenge which is taking him through some of the toughest terrain in Europe.

Lee Goward, 43, of Maine Drive, Gerrards Cross, has already taken on the first two of seven gruelling cycling challenges to raise money for Great Ormond Street Hospital, and is now set to take on five more.

CAMPAIGNERS who are trying to have a patch of woodland reclassified as a village green to protect it from developers say it would be 'a tragedy' if it was ever built on.

Jackie Edington and Robert Leschhorn of South Park Drive, Gerrards Cross are fighting to get a 19-acre patch of woodland between their homes and the A413 reclassified as woodland by Bucks County Council to stop potential developers building homes on it.

A LARGE new extension could soon be built at a prominent Bucks hotel.

The Bull Hotel, in Oxford Road, Gerrards Cross applied for planning permission to South Bucks District Council to build a basement leisure facility, a ground floor function suite and first and second floor bedrooms in 2009.

Motorists are being advised to take extra care on flooded roads and to watch out for fallen trees and other debris following periods of heavy rainfall and wind.

Keith Wheeler, Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service's road safety officer, said: "Try to avoid car journeys during the worst of the weather, and always check local traffic reports to see if the route is clear before you make the journey.

"In particular, take great care when driving at night in areas that you know have flooded on previous occasions."

Have you found the roads to be flooded in South Bucks? If so, email jackabell@trinitysouth.co.uk with any pictures or comments that you have.

DRIVERS are being urged to take care after the bad weather caused a tree to come down between Gerrards Cross and Stoke Poges (April 26).