July 2009 Archives

A NEWLY-QUALIFIED Royal Air Force officer from Amersham is flying high after graduating from a prestigious military college in front of The Queen.
James Hudgell, 26, of Highland Road, completed his training as a flight lieutenant and hopes to go on to use his skills to look after injured troops.

FURNITURE was stolen in a break-in at a shipping container.
Police said 'a large number of items' were taken from the container which was behind Cargo Homeshop in Sycamore Road overnight on Monday to Tuesday this week.
This follows a similar incident between June 20 to June 21.
Police believe a large van would have been needed to transport the goods.
Police are looking for witnesses. If you have any information that might assist officers call Tina Keating at Amersham CID on 08458 505 505 or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111.

TWO new community support officers are on the beat in Amersham.
Tony Churchill, who was named as Thames Valley Police's PCSO of the year 2008 for his work in High Wycombe, has taken over in Amersham Old Town.
PCSO Babatunde Soledolu is now patrolling Amersham-on-the-Hill and Chesham Bois after transferring from High Wycombe.
The pair are keen to hear residents' concerns. PCSO Churchill said: "If anybody has any fears, concerns or just wants reassurance or advice, contact me on the Thames Valley Police non emergency number."
To speak to the officers call them on 08458 505 505.

THE chairman of the Chiltern Arts Forum has hit out at the amount of grants arts in the area receive.
Jack Milner has been in contact with the Arts Council, the organisation that distributes government and lottery money for the arts around the country, and has been shocked to discover how little is given to the Chilterns and Buckinghamshire as a whole.

CONTROVERSIAL fee-paying parking proposals in Amersham Old Town are set to come into force early next year if a final decision on the long-running saga gives the plans approval.
The scheme, if given the thumbs up, would involve drivers being charged to park in areas which are currently unrestricted and will be introduced if there are not major objections raised following the completion of another consultation with residents and businesses later this year.

JUDGES for Britain in Bloom took in the colourful floral displays in Amersham in a bid to discover whether the town should triumph in the national competition.
Royal Horticultural Society judges Norman Parker and Helen Tranter had a two-hour tour of the town on Thursday to determine whether it would make a worthy winner of the prestigious title.

A MAN arrested in connection with a fatal car crash in which two people died has been re-bailed by police investigating.
A 29-year-old male driver was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving following a collision on the A413 in which Laura Smith, 20, of Sixty Acres Road, Prestwood, and Stephen Smith, 24, of The Common, Holmer Green, died.

LETTERS sent from an Amersham post box may have been left damaged after a fire broke out last week.
Mail at a post box in Hundred Acres Lane may not reach its destination following the small blaze on Thursday.

AN AMERSHAM tree surgeon will have to pay nearly £4,000 after felling seven trees in a conservation area.
Nicholas Channer, of Copperkins Lane, Amersham, was fined £2,800 and ordered to pay costs of £1,000 by Aylesbury Magistrates' Court on July 21 after he pleaded guilty to cutting down the trees without giving notice.

A 14-YEAR-OLD was robbed in broad daylight after two males threatened him and demanded money.
The incident happened at around 1.50pm in Hervines Park, Amersham, on Monday.