People

A blog by Tony Nester, of Gerrards Cross, who is cycling from Cairo to Cape Town. His latest news comes from Khartoum, Sudan.

ONE of the most respected and familiar figures on the Gerrards Cross business scene is set to retire this month.
Ian Johnson, who is a partner at the BP Collins law firm, is set to step down after 37 years with the company.

JIMMY CHOO told an audience of around a hundred students that the key to success is hard work, respect for other people and a determination not to give up.

JIMMY Choo, the iconic shoe designer revered by rich and glamorous women across the world, has revealed that when he's pottering at home he wears freebie airline slippers.

THERE are times when your life flashes before your eyes as a gritter, according to Gordon Johncock, who will have been at work at 3am again last night.

DRIVERS have paid tribute to the efforts of residents across Bucks who helped them while they were struggling to get home during the snowfall on Monday night.
Commuters faced a battle to get home, and some were forced to abandon their cars, but many people left the comfort of their homes to go and help those in trouble.

HOMES across South Bucks have been hit by a number of power cuts this week, during some of the coldest weather of the year.
Residents of Fulmer and Chalfont St Peter were hit by the problems, leaving them with no electricity and heating as temperatures plummeted.

A NEW book has been published detailing soldiers from Fulmer who gave their lives during the two world wars.
Fulmer's Fallen has been written by Edward Guinness and Kenneth Peters and tells the story of all the 19 men commemorated on the war memorials in St James' Church in Fulmer village.

FRIENDS and family are mourning the loss of a Gerrards Cross stalwart.
Derek Chidell, who was 93, died recently following a stroke, and his family, friends and members of the community have paid tribute to him.

THE CONTROVERSIAL Project Pinewood plans have been rejected by South Bucks District Council.
At a meeting held on Wednesday, October 21, SBDC's planning committee turned down the studio's bid to build 1,700 new homes in the form of permanent film sets on green belt land.