Rise in sewage pollution from Thames Water’s ageing treatment works
Incidents from sites and pipe network increased by 19 last year to 350 amid delays in investment, company says
End of the librarian? Council cuts and new tech push profession to the brink
Staff in England’s public libraries under threat of being replaced by automated checkouts amid budget pressures
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Chalfont St Giles: why one of England’s best-kept villages absolutely stinks
The village has been voted the most shipshape in Buckinghamshire six times. But a terrible smell has forced it to withdraw from this year’s competition
May 2024
Sunak struggles to control Tory party on chaotic fifth day of election campaign
Prime minister campaigns in Buckinghamshire as his military service plan is criticised and MP defects to Reform
April 2024
Man’s jail suicide recorded as unlawful killing by Milton Keynes inquest
Coroner’s jury made first-ever finding after hearing of failings at Woodhill prison that contributed to Robert Fenlon’s death
February 2024
Roman egg found in Aylesbury still has contents after 1,700 years
Archaeologists and naturalists astonished to find yolk and albumen that may reveal secrets about the bird that laid it
December 2023
E coli ‘caught at Christmas market’ leaves 17-year-old in intensive care
Antonia Hay has had multiple surgeries following infection her father believes came from food bought in Buckinghamshire
May 2023
HS2 contractor confirms ‘sizeable’ sinkhole in Buckinghamshire
Boy, 17, stabbed to death in High Wycombe
March 2023
Man and his dog in Buckinghamshire suffer burns after liquid attack
Thames Valley police investigating after substance squirted at eyes of 68-year-old who was out walking in Wendover
October 2022
Much-loved Chilterns open-air museum under threat from property developer
The Buckinghamshire attraction, a re-enactment site and TV location, is told it is breaching ‘peace and privacy’ of gated estate
June 2022
Body of boy, 16, pulled from river in Buckinghamshire
Police were flagged down by members of public after reports child was in difficulty in Jubilee River in Taplow
May 2022
Want to see where Britain’s political future will be decided? Head to Milton Keynes
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Man guilty of killing Shani Warren 35 years after murder
April 2022
Gold box stolen in 2003 Waddesdon Manor heist is returned home
18th-century bonbonniere was identified after coming up for auction last year and will now go on display
Intelligence Factory exhibition sheds light on secret Bletchley Park operation
Top secret second world war code-breaking centre in Buckinghamshire was the forerunner of GCHQ
Three found dead at home in Buckinghamshire
Murder investigation launched after bodies of men and woman found
February 2022
Decapitated Roman skeletons found on HS2 route near Aylesbury
Headless bodies may have belonged to criminals or outcasts says HS2 Ltd after year-long excavation
January 2022
‘Exquisite’ Roman figure found on HS2 dig in Buckinghamshire
Preservation of figure carved from single piece of wood is incredible, say archaeologists
