THE Olympic torch is set to come to South Bucks following anger that the area was left off the list of original locations it was set to visit on its UK tour.

In October last the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games revealed the route that the torch would take on its route around the UK, which included the far north of Scotland and even the fictional Walford, home of TV soap East Enders.

EAGLE eyed youngsters at Fulmer Infant School have been out and about spotting birds.

On Friday, January 20, children at the school took part in the RSPB Big Schools' Birdwatch to help with put together a UK wide survey of birds.

WHEN Helen Halik lost her wedding ring while packing bags for supermarket customers in Gerrards Cross, she could not have imagined it would end up in North Africa.

Mrs Halik made an emotional appeal in last week's Advertiser for help to find the treasured ring, which she has had since her wedding day in 1990.

A WOMAN from Gerrards Cross who survived the Costa Concordia cruise ship disaster has spoken of her terrifying ordeal on board the vessel.

Mohan Phander, 48, was at the end of a holiday with her husband Charanjit, 52, when the ship hit a rock last Friday.

A GERRARDS Cross chef who has cooked for actors and rock stars is to help people flight the flab after she losing more than two stone herself.

Suzie Hayes, of Oak End Way, who used to work as a chef and cooked for the likes of singer songwriter Eric Clapton and film star Richard Gere, lost 34lb last year after starting a diet and is now set to share her knowledge with other residents of the village.

Residents in Gerrards Cross are celebrating after a set of traffic lights which they felt were causing problems are set to be resynchronised.

The lights, in Packhorse Road, were installed outside Tesco when the store opened in November 2010 and will now be changed to improve the flow of cars through the village.

A supermarket in Denham was held up by three armed robbers who stole £300 on Thursday night.

Police were called to D P Superstores in Denham Parade just before 9pm on January 12.

WAR memorials across South Bucks are set to be protected from thieves and vandals due to a new scheme.

South Bucks District Council (SBDC) has signed up to the In Memoriam 2014 scheme, which will see forensic technology being used to protect the monuments.

This is a list of planning applications for Gerrards Cross registered with South Bucks District Council during the week ended 6th January 2012. Many of these applications will not be heard at Planning Committee, but, rather, will be decided by Officers under the Scheme of Delegation operated by the Council.

A KEEN traveller from Gerrards Cross who visited such exotic locations as Vietnam and the Galapagos Islands has died.

Ronald Ivan Dawson, who was 74, died at his home in The Chyne, on Monday, December 19.