PAVEMENTS in South Bucks are about to take a pounding when a mother of three starts her training for the London Marathon in order to raise cash for charity.

Lesley Saunders, 47, of Little Chalfont will be pulling on her running shoes to raise £3,000 for the Epilepsy Society in the gruelling race, which takes place in April.

FOR most school children, having a chat with the Muppets is something that only happens in a dream.

However, for Lucy Harrison, an 11-year-old pupil at St Joseph's Catholic Primary School in Chalfont St Peter it became a reality last week, when she interviewed Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy.

DAVID Cameron has paid tribute to the work done by the Epilepsy Society in Chalfont St Peter.

The Prime Minister, whose son Ivan suffered from cerebral palsy and epilepsy and died at the age of six, spoke at a reception at 10 Downing Street to mark the charity's 120th birthday celebrations.

A GROUP of burglars have been given prison sentences for a series of shop thefts in Chalfont St Peter, Stoke Poges and Farnham Common.

The gang of five were sentenced at Aylesbury Crown Court on Friday, January 27 after pleading guilty to offences following a series of 15 burglaries where nearly £90,000 worth of cigarettes were stolen from different shops.

A POPULAR nightclub in Chalfont St Peter has been saved from demolition after a bid to knock it down was rejected by Chiltern District Council.

Last year, an application was made to bulldoze Winkers Nightclub in Chalfont St Peter and replace it with flats or housing.

A YOUTH club is celebrating after being given permission to build a new sports club in the village.

Chalfont St Giles Youth Club, which is run by volunteer Suizan Jefferson, applied to Chiltern District Council to build the new sports hall and have now been given the go ahead.

YOUNGSTERS in Gerrards Cross and Chalfont St Peter are to learn how to be show jumpers of the future when a new pony riding centre opens.

The Gerrards Cross Pony Academy, which opens on February 1, is aimed at children aged between five and 16 and is set to give young people the chance to learn to ride a pony, handle it, take care of it and understand it.

CALLS have been made for hundreds of new homes to be built in South Bucks every year to drive down property prices and attract first time buyers to the area.

The Home Builders Federation (HBF) this week claim that in the last five years, the building of new houses in areas such as Denham, Gerrards Cross and Beaconsfield has fallen by 38 per cent. It says 360 homes a year need to be built to meet demand.

THE coming together of two schools in Chalfont St Giles was marked with a special visit from Cheryl Gillan MP.

Mrs Gillan went along to the village last week to talk to pupils at Chalfont St Giles Infant and Junior Schools.

A NEW secondary school could be built in Chalfont St Peter to boost the number of school places in south Bucks.

Plans are being drawn up for a 'free school', which would be government, rather than county council, funded. A planning application is set to be made next week.