October 2010 Archives

OUR READERS have condemned the results of the Bucks Debates, saying that Bucks County Council's (BCC's) claims that residents want to see less money spent on street lighting and road safety are "ludicrous."
BCC has said that the public has told them through their debates programme that it is in these areas that people want to see money saved.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE County Council (BCC) has announced its findings from the Bucks Debates and has claimed that people want to see savings made on road safety and street lighting.
Last month, BCC held a number of public debates at sites around the county in which people were asked their views on where they want to see money cut so that the council can make huge savings over the coming years.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE County Council (BCC) has announced its findings from the Bucks Debates and has claimed that people want to see savings made on road safety and street lighting.
Last month, BCC held a number of public debates at sites around the county in which people were asked their views on where they want to see money cut so that the council can make huge savings over the coming years.

THE Tesco store in Gerrards Cross is set to open in just over a month, but to the majority of people in the village, what it will look like inside is still something of a mystery.
It is even difficult to judge what the size of the building is, because from the street, it is only possible to see the front of the development.
Reporter Jack Abell was invited by Tesco to take a look around the site in packhorse in order to get a better impression of the nature of the development.

A GROUP of pupils from the Chalfonts Community College got a taste of life as a fire fighter during a special training course at Gerrards Cross fire station.
On Friday last week, eight pupils from the Chalfonts Community College were presented with certificates after completing a course which involved working and learning at a fire station for one day a week.

THE owner of one of Tesco's main rivals in Gerrards Cross has hit out at the supermarket giant's "bully boy tactics".
Paul Fisher, who runs Fisher's supermarket in Packhorse Road, has spoken to the Advertiser of his views on the new Tesco store, which is due to open its doors at the end of next month.

COUNCILS have written to Tesco to ask them to pay for repairs to a Gerrards Cross road damaged by deliveries to their building site.
Material for the Tesco development site in Gerrards Cross has come into the village by lorries using the Packhorse Road, which, according to campaigners, has resulted in sections of the road becoming damaged.

GERRARDS Cross cinema has been in the village for 85 years, and remains popular to this day.
It harkens back to a time when nearly every town in the UK had its own picture house, but over the years, the popularity of huge multiplexes has put paid to them.
However, the Odeon in Gerrards Cross has managed to buck the trend, and is popular with people throughout the village.
Reporter Jack Abell looked into what it is that makes this cinema such a popular venue for people from in and around the village.

THE AMOUNT raised by this year's Gerrards Cross Fun Run has been finalised at last.
The event, which took place in May this year and was the best attended race ever, raised more than £30,000 for the Kids in Sport charity and the Sunrise Cancer Unit in High Wycombe.

WITH the Tesco store in Gerrards Cross just over a month away from opening, we have been running regular updates about the development.
This week's picture shows how the shop has progressed in the last two weeks, with work on the majority of the exterior now complete.