That was the week...

Biggest dairy – Britain’s biggest dairy is set to be built at Aston Clinton if plans by Anchor Butter owners Arla get the go ahead. The company said the factory would employ 500 people, cost £150m to build and be the first dairy in the world to process a billion litres of milk a year.

Leading question – Bucks County Council defended the questions it poses to candidates undergoing equality training. They include “If you’ve never slept with a person of the same sex, how do you know you wouldn’t prefer it?” and “Is it possible your heterosexuality stems from a neurotic fear of the same sex?” Protestors said the questions were too intimidating.

Nurse jailed – A former theatre nurse at Stoke Mandeville Hospital who was more than three times over the alcohol limit at 11 o’clock in the morning when her car mounted the pavement and killed a grandmother, was jailed for eight years. Jacqueline Loosley, 47, of Stokenchurch was on her way to an alcoholics’ meeting. Her lawyer said her drinking troubles began after she suddenly “flipped” in the snowy weather last winter when it took her eight hours to get to work. She told Aylesbury Crown Court: “There’s no punishment you can give me that matches the punishment I give myself every day.” Her victim, Judy De Gelas, 59, was a school secretary at Wycombe’s Royal Grammar School. Her two grandchildren were also badly injured.

Mixed messages – Transport Secretary Philip Hammond visited Buckinghamshire to see what all the High Speed Rail fuss was about, and confused everyone with mixed messages. Local Tories attending a private meeting with him came away convinced that he planned to route the train through untouched countryside in Amersham, but local journalists who spoke to him afterwards said he implied he would move the route. Officials later said that High Speed Rail would happen but not necessarily on the Amersham route so far indicated.

Businessman’s sad end – Peter Lucas, the millionaire former owner of the successful Bucks company the Lucas World of Furniture, died after becoming addicted to drink and drugs, his inquest heard. The 56 year old had it all when he inherited the company 30 years ago and lived the high life. But his body was found in the grounds of his estate at Little Horwood the day after he had gone out in the freezing cold in thin clothes. It’s thought he became disorientated and collapsed in bushes. He died from hypothermia.

Misjudged benefits – Wycombe Council was one of only a handful of councils in the country to overestimate the amount of money it would pay out in housing benefits according to new figures. It’s an indication that the town is surviving the worst of the recession. It will refund £2.3m to the Government.

Ryder pick – High Wycombe golfer Luke Donald was picked as a wildcard player for next week’s Ryder Cup by captain Colin Montgomerie and, as self-effacing as ever, said he thought Paul Casey would get the place ahead of him. He’ll be staying with his parents in Beaconsfield in the run up to the tournament at Celtic Manor.