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AN ANGLER and historian who has spent most of his life writing about his passion was honoured for his work for the sport.
Frederick Buller, 83, of Little Missenden, was awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours List.
Mr Buller, who began fishing from the tender age of five in ponds around Kingsbury, Middlesex, went on to pen 12 works about the subject including 'The Domesday Book of Giant Salmon' and 'The Domesday Book of Mammoth Pike' using many of his own photographs.

WASTE collections have been suspended today (6/1) because of bad weather.
Chiltern District Council have not been able to make a decision on future collections as yet.

A 12-year-old boy was among a group of four charged with distraction burglary offences targeting elderly people.
Patrick Nolan, 46, from Hampton, Middlesex, Michael Henge, 37, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, Bridget Todd, aged 34, from Uxbridge and the youngster from Uxbridge have been charged by Thames Valley Police with 21 counts of conspiracy to burgle between October 23 and December 17, in connection with offences that occurred across Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire.

A CHARITY ambassador is urging people to think carefully about what they give as Christmas presents after seeing how unique gifts and training help people in drought-stricken Ethiopia.
Jan Lowe, 51, from Little Kingshill, made a trip to see how the Send a Cow charity teaches poor farmers to make the best use of their limited resources.
The civil engineer, spent a fortnight in the African country with six other supporters where the charity has been providing donkeys, tree saplings to produce orchards and apples, and teaching agricultural techniques.

FIVE vehicles left insecure in Prestwood were broken into in one night and had their contents stolen.
Mobile phones, a satellite navigation system and loose change were among the valuables taken in the thefts overnight between December 6 and December 7.
Thames Valley Police has issued a warning to encourage drivers to lock their cars when leaving them unattended.

YOUNG people across Chiltern were allowed to 'takeover' policing as part of a national day to let them go behind the scenes.
Sixth formers from The Misbourne School, Chalfonts Community College, Chesham Park Community College and Amersham School were given an insight into how Thames Valley Police operates as part of 11 Million Takeover Day on Friday.

A TOTAL of 27 drivers were fined for not wearing seatbelts in a three-hour crackdown in Great Missenden.
They were slapped with £60 fixed penalty notices for the offence in the police and council operation in Link Road on Friday.

A PHARMACY believed to be the oldest in Buckinghamshire is under threat after a surgery began promoting a new delivery service from a rival eight miles away.
Concerned customers at Kinton Pharmacy in High Street, Great Missenden, began a petition to try to prevent nearby Prospect House Surgery taking away trade from the village's only facility.
Kinton's owner Mukesh Ruparel said he fears for the future of his company after finding out about the surgery's deal with High Wycombe-based Lansdales Pharmacy through patients at the surgery.

ROYALTY paid a visit to Great Missenden today to officially launch a new hospital cancer centre.
Princess Alexandra unveiled a plaque at state-of-the-art The Misbourne Suite based at The Chiltern Hospital.
She met staff and was presented a bouquet of flowers by a patient Christine Peel, who has being receiving treatment for breast cancer.

YOUNGSTERS at Prestwood Junior School made Harvest donations with a difference in a bid to help some of the poorest people in the world.
Instead of collecting food, the pupils gave away their shoes which they had grown out of, to be sent to people in Africa.