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.
NEW signs paying tribute to Chalfont St Peter's history have gone up around the village to welcome visitors.
Cheryl Gillan MP unveiled one of the new signs on Friday in front of members of the Chalfont St Peter parish council, as well as representatives from the village's churches, the chamber of commerce, historical society and members of the public.
TWO teenagers were arrested at a fair in Chalfont St Peter following a vicious assault in which a 33-year-old man was left unconscious.
On Friday night, a serious assault took place in Bench Manor Crescent at around 9pm, near to where the fair was taking place on Gold Hill Common.
A FAILED late night robbery took place at a petrol station in Chalfont St Peter, after the front of the shop had been smashed in by a car.
On Monday night, shortly before midnight, a silver Mercedes reversed into the Tesco Express shop in Gravel Hill.
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.
A CAR was found burned out in an area of Chalfont St Peter which has been blighted by this type of incident in the past.
In the early hours of Monday morning, a car was found on fire in Chipstead, causing fire fighters to be called to the village to put out the blaze.
A YOUTH club held its first ever talent show at the weekend, and performed to crowds of admiring relatives.
The Chalfont St Giles Youth Club ran its inaugural event on Saturday, October 16, and performed a selection of song and dance routines.
A DESIGN by a Chalfont St Peter man has been chosen to appear on 50p coins to honour the 2012 Olympic Games.
Jonathan Wren, 36, who works as an animator, beat 30,000 people in a competition held by the Royal Mint.
A LONG running video shop in Chalfont St Peter is closing down due to lack of trade.
Chalfont Video, in Market Place, has been running since 2002, but in recent years has faced competition following the increased popularity of downloadable films and the falling prices of DVDs in high street stores.
THE National Society for Epilepsy (NSE) in Chalfont St Peter has celebrated a special anniversary.
Thursday, October 7, marked the 20th birthday of the special helpline which was set up to help people suffering from epilepsy and to give them someone to talk to about the illness.
YOUNGSTERS in Chalfont St Peter were given a treat, when television star Bear Grylls dropped in at a scout camp in the village.
Mr Grylls, who is the current Chief Scout, paid a visit to Chalfont Heights Scout Camp in Denham Lane on the weekend of October 2 and 3.
A ROAD that was seriously flooded after drains were not cleared for nearly year claimed the life of a popular teacher, an inquest has ruled.
Sarah Elaine Stacey, 23, a teacher at Viking Primary School in Ealing, died in hospital from serious head injuries following a huge accident on the A413 in Chalfont St Peter on February 28.
THE government has decided not to call in for inspection the controversial decision by Chiltern District Council (CDC) to allow hundreds of homes to be built on the Holy Cross site in Chalfont St Peter.
In a letter sent to opposition group Sense 4 CSP, the department for communities and local government said that is not central government's responsibility to scrutinise applications against local planning policies.
A teenage girl has been arrested and charged with robbing a 98-year-old woman.
Last month the Advertiser ran a story about Leonora Rush, who was robbed and knocked to the ground after she left Tesco Express in Gravel Hill.
Police have now arrested a 17-year-old girl of no fixed abode, at an address in Lovel Road, Chalfont St Peter.
She has been charged with robbery and is now due to appear at Aylesbury Youth Court.
A BUDDING writer has been given a special award by Chiltern Open Air Museum.
Josh Robey, 10, who volunteers at the site in Gorelands Lane, Chalfont St Giles, entered a creative writing competition run by the museum over the summer.
A CHALFONT St Peter soldier who dived into a canal to rescue an injured comrade is set to be awarded for his bravery.
Second Lieutenant Connor Maxwell, 22, jumped into freezing, fast flowing water in Helmand Province in order to rescue a fellow soldier who had fallen in after being blasted by an improvised Taliban bomb.
FIRE fighters are starting a new scheme to ensure that there is enough room in residential roads for emergency vehicles to get through.
Many roads in South Bucks, particularly those near to schools, see a lot of on street parking from cars.
Residents often complain about the dangers that this causes to pedestrians, and the annoyance they face when they struggle to get their own cars out of their drives or to find car parking spaces outside their homes.