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V for Vendetta (15)
RENOWNED graphic novelist Alan Moore wrote V For Vendetta as a left-wing attack on the privations of Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Government in the 1980s. The film version, released this week, arrives in a different time and the new screenplay, by
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‘Tax is likely to land us in the you know what’
I WAS intending to devote today's column to the story of how I had to leave a swimming pool on Sunday after excrement was found in the water. But then a nastier and far fouler thing happened to me on Monday my council tax bill arrived. I was expecting
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Get a taste of the enchanted
GARDENS lovers can now get a taste of the enchanted at Hughenden Manor, as its walled Victorian Garden is now open to the public for the first time ever. Nick Phillips, property manager, said: "When I first saw the Victorian garden two years ago it reminded
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‘I became more aware of this desperate need’
A FREE counselling service has been introduced at the South Bucks Hospice for people suffering life-limiting illnesses. Counsellor Sharon Fairclough proposed the idea of a service at the hospice in Amersham Hill, High Wycombe, last year, and in February
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‘It is time to shout out about those achievements’
A REALITY TV runner-up says council workers are the unsung heroes of the community. Andy Abraham, 42, a former bin man wants them to go forward for the first ever Council Employee of the Year award. The X-Factor star is backing the Local Government
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Wanderers to give carers star treatment
A TEAM of young carers will be given star treatment at the next game of Wycombe Wanderers. A squad of 25 youngsters from Aylesbury will be given a tour of the ground, visit the dressing room area and meet some of the players
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‘Please don’t feed our horses carrots’
RECORD numbers of visitors coming to see retired horses and donkeys at a rest home in Lacey Green are in danger of turning the animals orange, according to managers. The Home of Rest for Horses, which owns the Westcroft Stables in the village, are encouraging
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‘Parents are more involved in healthy eating in schools’
THE standard of school meals is improving faster in primary schools than secondary schools, a national study has revealed. Studies carried out by schools' inspectorate Ofsted revealed that teaching about healthy eating was good or better in most schools
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Clowning around with Bozo and Zizi
A PAIR of clowns have been teaching children about the benefits of recycling in a school show. Bozo and Zizi the Recycling Clowns visited two Buckinghamshire primary schools and returned to complete the tour this week. Their 45-minute, high energy and
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Your hospital campaign has my backing
THE leader of the Conservative Party has congratulated our sister paper on our Dossier of Despair against hospital service changes. David Cameron gave the Bucks Free Press his congratulations in a letter he sent to Wycombe MP Paul Goodman. In his letter
