Plans to overhaul three schools, a new nail salon in a village and work to prevent the collapse of a river wall form just some of the many applications submitted to Buckinghamshire Council last week.

GETTING your hands-on designer items has never been easier thanks to items seized by police officers in investigations.

Here are the death announcements carried in the Bucks Free Press last week.

Many readers who grew up in High Wycombe will remember the iconic music venue and pub that played host to dozens of legendary bands.

With news this week that the historic Bulstrode mansion is being turned into a luxury hotel, we have unearthed pictures of well-known Gerrards Cross buildings.

Estate agents and housebuilders have been using their marketing skills while working from home during lockdown to raise funds for good causes.

Here is what your star sign has in store for your love life, relationships and career the week starting Saturday, May 15.

Tributes have poured in for a man who died in an incident on the M40 that closed off part of the motorway for over an hour.

Plans to build five new properties in place of several disused commercial buildings in Chesham have been given the green light.

At 8am or 8.30am on the dot you dial the doctor’s number. Your heart sinks as you hear the familiar message, that you are in a queue and your call will be answered shortly.

A bus was severely damaged after it caught fire during morning rush hour.

Reports of anti-social behaviour as well as ‘vehicle nuisance’, have been spotted in a Tesco car park in Gerrards Cross.

A former clothes shop in Beaconsfield New Town is being transformed into a Mediterranean restaurant and cocktail bar.

Enterprise Rent-A-Car has been fined thousands of pounds for failing to provide the police with details of drivers who may have committed offences.

The Bucks Free Press can reveal Martin Tett is set to be re-elected the leader of Buckinghamshire Council.

Deliveroo has today launched in Gerrards Cross, Chalfont St Peter and Seer Green.

A 96-year-old Bucks woman died after choking on a Brussels sprout in a care home in Gerrards Cross.

Next has called on shoppers to immediately dispose of the items and contact the retailer for a full refund on the item.

Weekly round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court:

A landmark just outside of Buckinghamshire will feature in this Sunday’s episode of Antiques Roadshow, for the second time in three months.

Aylesbury MP Rob Butler has wished the town’s Muslims a happy Eid Mubarak.

A fight broke out between two groups of men inside a shopping centre in Milton Keynes.

For many years now there have been spasmodic indications from our local council, now subsumed in the unitary authority called Buckinghamshire Council, of a desire to de-culvert a section of the river Wye as it passes beneath the centre of Wycombe....

MORE than 2,000 Bucks Free Press readers have backed the reopening of the River Wye through High Wycombe town centre in a triumphant new poll – so today, we are calling on the newly-elected Buckinghamshire Council to give the people what they wa...

Concerns are growing after a dog has reportedly been stolen.

A study has revealed that two of the UK’s most successful bakers and cooks who were once contestants on TV shows live in Bucks.

The move will bring an end to the “total triage” system introduced during the coronavirus pandemic.

David Beckham, Justin Bieber, BTS and James Corden are among the celebrities set to appear on the show.

Concerns are growing after a ‘blue/grey’ cat has gone missing in Milton Keynes.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin is to meet with Prime Minister Boris Johnson today [Friday, May 14] an Irish government spokesman has confirmed.

The Prime Minister has said there is "increasing concern" about the variant.

A woman was given oxygen after suffering from smoke inhalation in a fire that destroyed a river cruiser this morning.

The sudden death of a High Wycombe carer may have partly been triggered by Coca-Cola, an inquest has heard.

A booze and donut-loving thief has been sentenced after he stole from Morrisons, Sainsbury's, Aldi and Greggs in Aylesbury.

HS2 have launched its first giant tunnelling machine today starting from a site in Buckinghamshire near the M25 motorway.

A Marlow-based IT company is running its headquarters exclusively off renewable energy.

Wycombe defender Darius Charles has penned an emotional letter to the Wanderers fan.

Pupils at a local primary school have been producing and selling eco bags for life made from unwanted bed linen in aid of Marlow Refugee Action.

Taxi drivers pick up people from all walks of life – but the future King of England topped the passenger list for one High Wycombe firm eight years ago.

A High Wycombe postcode has been named a ‘crash for cash’ hotspot.

THREE teenage girls have been left "distressed" after a man indecently exposed himself to them in Milton Keynes.

A former Conservative minister who defected from the party to join the Liberal Democrats in 2019 has urged Labour and Green Party candidates not to stand in the upcoming Chesham and Amersham by-election.

A CURIOUS sheep got itself in a pickle when it fell into a river at a gold course in Bucks.

A man in his 40s from Beaconsfield has died after a crash on the M40 that saw part of the motorway closed for over an hour.

The Indian variant of Covid-19 has been found in the Kingsbrook area in Aylesbury with the people involved self-isolating.

Tributes have poured in for a woman who was found dead in a flat in Aylesbury.

A former RAF airman and ex-Thames Valley Police officer who took secret sexual images of his victims in their home has avoided jail.

Wycombe Wanderers has said it trusts that the independent body will make the correct decision in Derby County’s Financial Fair Play case.

The Indian coronavirus variant has been detected in Bucks as the council begin surge testing in the area.

A new family-run estate agency opened on the parade in Marlow Bottom this week signing three properties.