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CHALFONT St Peter is bidding to be named the most attractive village in Buckinghamshire, and to be recognised for the quality of its decorations.
Last year, the village was given the Pushman Cup, after a break of six years, which was given to them by the Bucks Association of Local Councils for being the best kept village with a population of more than 3,000 people.
Gold Hill Common will be lit up by a special beacon when Chalfont St Peter joins in with the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.
The signal fire will be set alight on the evening of Monday, June 4 to mark the 60th anniversary of the Queen's accession to the throne.
Motorists are being advised to take extra care on flooded roads and to watch out for fallen trees and other debris following periods of heavy rainfall and wind.
Keith Wheeler, Buckinghamshire Fire & Rescue Service's road safety officer, said: "Try to avoid car journeys during the worst of the weather, and always check local traffic reports to see if the route is clear before you make the journey.
"In particular, take great care when driving at night in areas that you know have flooded on previous occasions."
Have you found the roads to be flooded in South Bucks? If so, email jackabell@trinitysouth.co.uk with any pictures or comments that you have.
A MAN was left with serious head injuries after being assaulted with a baseball bat in Chalfont St Peter.
The incident happened on Sunday evening at around 7.15pm in Layters Close, and the 48-year-old victim was taken to Wexham Park Hospital where he was treated for his injury.
A TREK up one of the most daunting mountains in the world awaits one student as she attempts to raise thousands of pounds for charity.
Amy Jack, 19, who is studying Law and Politics at Cardiff University, is set to take on the mighty Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania this summer in a bid to raise cash for Childreach International.
TWO councils locked in a legal battle about a 198-home housing development have denied they are gambling with public money.
Chalfont St Peter Parish Council learned on Friday in a hearing at the High Court that it can pursue a judicial review against Chiltern District Council's decision in 2010 to allow hundreds of homes to be built on the site of the former Holy Cross Convent School.
VILLAGERS will be asked to identify traffic hotspots in a bid to tackle parking problems in Chalfont St Peter.
A survey is set to be carried out to discover where the main parking problems are in the village and how to put a permanent stop to them.
END of term parties have caused a picturesque village common to become blighted with litter - forcing a football team to clear up before they could play.
Gold Hill Common in Chalfont St Peter, which is run and maintained by the parish council, has suffered from the problem over the past week.
TWO teachers are preparing to take a trip to Ghana to help out youngsters in a school in an impoverished part of the country.
Jacqueline McCarthy, principal of the Chalfont St Peter Montessori School, and deputy principal Debbie Lomax are heading to Bolgatanga in northern Ghana next year.
THE number of starlings seen in people's gardens in Buckinghamshire has declined hugely over the past quarter of a century according to a new survey.
The RSPB's Big Garden Birdwatch, which encourages people from all over the UK to record the birds which land in their garden, found that sightings of starlings at an all time low in the county since the first ever survey in 1979.