Marlow Jazz Club is back in business with a gig from two of Britain’s finest saxophonists

Fully deserving the overused term ‘legendary’ is Peter King on alto sax.

Widely regarded as Europe’s finest, Peter first hit the headlines as Melody Maker’s ‘Young Musician Of The Year’ in 1959 and has been in the headlines ever since. His distinctive sound is known worldwide.

Joining him on tenor sax will be the award winning Simon Spillett whose dynamic style owes much to his hero, the late and great Tubby Hayes. Simon’s biography on Tubby is due to be published soon.

Peter and Simon have met in quintet format on only a few occasions in the past, but the results have been spectacular.

The Frank Toms Trio, including star bass player Dave Green, provide the backing. Music at the Royal British Legion Hall starts at 8.30pm, with an £8 admission.

Need I remind jazz enthusiasts how very fortunate this community is in having available the broad experience and organisational skills of Michael Eagleton to arrange a continuous stream of esteemed performers?

READY for the new tax disc rules? From October 1, they won’t exist. You still need to tax your car, but police can readily check if you have paid through the automatic number plate recognition system from patrol car cameras able to query the DVLA’s database dynamically.

Although the authorities imply that the changes are transparent and no action is required from most drivers, cynical old me has spotted a flaw in that claim. It’s one that will reap a bountiful reward for the government.

There will no longer be the facility to transfer residual tax value when the car passes to a new owner. The latter needs to tax the car instantly and the seller must inform the DVLA immediately. Remaining tax can be reclaimed by the seller. Failure by either party to fulfil these requirements results in a £1,000 fine. But there’s a more subtle trick.

As I understand it, the new owner has to pay for road tax from the start of the month in which transfer occurs.

The seller can only reclaim ‘unused’ tax for whole months – in other words, from the start of the following month. So the car will be double taxed for a month.

That is no different from the current discipline, just that, until now, it was not an involuntary process.

I can see the new arrangements having a marked effect on second-hand car trading.

It becomes costly not to transfer ownership other than at the last day and first day of the month.

Car traders may well find significant ‘bunching’ of trade-in sales at the turn of the month, and that will have knock-on effects on new car sales as well as congesting purely second-hand deals.

The new rules allegedly aim to “streamline services and save money on administration costs”.

I understand the DVLA will continue to send renewal reminders to drivers, in some form or other.

But, if you are contemplating changing your car, give some thought to your timing tactics after the end of September.

STRATAGEMS to make your house seem occupied when you are, in fact, out can include leaving the TV on, but it may not be kind to the set’s life and can be a fire risk.

Thames Valley Police suggest a simulated TV device that produces the right flickering and light quality and also uses less power.

The Fake TV uses less energy than a standard lamp and has timer settings for added effect.

Halfords and Maplin sell products for under £30 among others.

On-line, Redline Security www.redlinesecurity. co.uk/ offers a fake TV for £27.50 with a £5 discount until September 30 if you use the discount code FTV0914 when contacting them; also www.personal alarms.com/ sells a similar simulated TV for £21.60 on its website.

Of course, neither TVP nor this column suggest any particular device, but it’s worth investigating as the darker evenings are with us.

STATISTICS from Ofcom show that the number of people aged 65 and over accessing the internet has risen by more than a quarter in the past year; a remarkable figure.

This has been driven by a three-fold increase in the use of tablet computers which are easier and more intuitive to use compared with traditional PCs.

However, this increase in use also raises the risk factor to personal information used while on-line.

Part of the government’s new National Cyber Security Programme informs us how to up our cyber security and stay one step ahead of online fraudsters.

The website www.cyberstreetwise.com is a source of up to date information, resources and advice.

STOKE MANDEVILLE, for valley as well as Marlow town residents, has always enjoyed a high index of unpopularity, not least for the insufficiency of parking.

A modicum of good news is promised from a major reorganisation of the parking areas, including a new multi-storey facility. Numbers of spaces are said to rise to 1,259.

Disruption to the site will be kept to a minimum during construction and diversions and alternative parking will be clearly signposted throughout the construction of the car park.

We wait in cautious anticipation.

NEXT week, I hope to report if Rock Bottom was actually a top event.