Marlow

15 years of providing joy of river trips for disabled

A HENLEY charity which aims to make boating accessible to all is celebrating its 15th anniversary.
The Rivertime Boat Trust has taken more than 25,000 disabled or disadvantaged passengers and their carers on trips on the River Thames since it was found…

Citi to cut 20,000 jobs

Citigroup is to cut 20,000 jobs after the Wall Street bank suffered its worst quarterly loss since the financial crisis. The company will cut about 10pc of its workforce over the next two years as part of drastic measures to strip out costs. Citi,…

Marlow: Businesses react to lorry crash into woman on West Street

Multiple emergency services attended West Street in Marlow this afternoon (November 15) after a woman in her nineties collided with a lorry whilst crossing the road outside Sainsbury’s.
Thames Valley Police confirmed to the Free Press that the woman in…

Marlow: Trains from Bourne End cancelled after signal failure

National Rail has warned people travelling into Marlow on the South Western Railway line from Maidenhead this morning (October 31) to make alternative arrangements or use provided road transport services between Bourne End and Marlow after a signal fai…

New M25 services at Iver Heath despite ‘harm to green belt’

The proposed services at Iver Heath between junctions 15 and 16 has been recommended for planning permission by Buckinghamshire Council’s Conservative-majority Strategic Sites Committee, which voted in favour of the proposal by a majority of eight to t…

EVERY planning application submitted to Bucks Council this week

Wycombe area:
23/07080/TPO – 11 Rectory Avenue High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP13 6HN – tree works
23/07096/CONBT – Wycombe District Bucks – Notification of proposed removal of public payphone at 6 different locations across Wycombe District
23/07078/HS…

New Volvo FHs premiere at events haulier R Jameson

Marlow-based R Jameson Event Transport has put two new Volvo FH 500 Globetrotter XL 4×2 tractor units on the road, marking the first time the company has ordered new trucks from the Swedish manufacturer.
The two new FHs expand the operator’s fleet to 1…

Volvo Trucks steals the show at R Jameson Event Transport

Marlow-based R Jameson Event Transport has taken delivery of two new Volvo FH 500 Globetrotter XL 4×2 tractor units, marking the first time the company has ordered new trucks from the Swedish manufacturer.
Supplied by Ian Sharrock, Key Account Manager …

Marlow Nostalgia: The name Tillions Haulage should stir many …

I can do no better than to use some notes written by the late Cyril Chalk who researched the history of this Marlow firm in 1978 and his page contains many interesting bits of information. Cyril may well have remembered the Ebenezer Chapel in Dean Stre…

HS2 works on A41 near Aylesbury among roadworks in …

Work on the controversial HS2 project in Buckinghamshire will see a major road partly closed in the coming days. Rolling traffic lights will be in place on the A41 Bicester Road as part of plans to realign the route to allow for the new railway line.
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