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Friends alert police to possible suicide bid
POLICE have praised a group of young people who alerted them to a man who appeared to be about to kill himself. The four friends spotted the man sitting in his car, on Sunday night, with a hose coming from the exhaust pipe into the front passenger window
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Pupils order 'will hit school's standards'
THE headteacher at Sir William Borlase's Grammar School has said that standards will suffer after 12 pupils successfully appealed to be allowed to attend his school. Dr Peter Holding's comments have angered parents of those who have won places. He added
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'Schools get less funding than target'
SCHOOLS in Buckinghamshire receive funding below set Government targets for education, claim local headteachers. And, they add, less is spent by the county county on each pupil than other authorities spend. The Wycombe and District Local Association of
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Marathon cash is gratitude to son's school
PARENT Sarah Krajnovic raised cash for a Wycombe school after it helped improve her son's communication problems. The 30-year-old took part in the Wycombe Half Marathon this month and raised £250 for the communications unit at Carrington First School.
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Campaigners win chance to buy hospital
CAMPAIGNERS fighting to maintain the now defunct Watlington Hospital as a medical facility are delighted after being approved as priority buyers for the site. Members of Watlington Hospital Recovery Fund (WHRF) were told the news last Friday after a meeting
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Crossword legend Doug Ginger dies
QUIZ master Doug Ginger, who provided Free Press readers with their weekend puzzles, has died at the age of 82. Mr Ginger, of Blind Lane, Bourne End, who has lived in the area since he was born in Hughenden on February 28 1918, died on Wednesday morning
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Cat food was full of maggots, says shopper
CAT-LOVER Biddy Lee returned home from a supermarket shopping trip and found one of her shopping bags teeming with maggots. The mother-of-two, of Rignall Road, Great Missenden, found the writhing mass spilling from cat food after doing her weekly shop
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Fears over nursing crisis this winter
HEALTH officials planning for increased emergency admissions over the winter period fear a crisis may ensue as a result of staffing problems. Overtime and agency staff figures showed that there were enough nurses working in the general medical and general
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Residents petition council over a 'deathtrap' road junction
RESIDENTS fear someone could be killed on a road because of the large volume of traffic. Homeowners in Booker, High Wycombe, say it is becoming more dangerous for pedestrians who try to cross Holmers Lane to visit the John Lewis Store. The residents have
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Ex-mayor slams rise in parking fees
FORMER mayor Paul Henry has demanded to know why Beaconsfield has been singled out for the highest rise in long-term parking charges in South Bucks. Town councillor Henry (Lib Dem, South Ward) also criticised fellow councillor Graham Smith for not having
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Prospect of peace on road noise
CAMPAIGNERS for a quieter Marlow by-pass were optimistic this week, following news that the noisiest roads in the country will be resurfaced urgently. For over eight years the Marlow Society and a small team of supporters have campaigned to reduce the
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Railway Protests are way off line
Re: Central Railway plan IN reply to the two letters from Mr Weller and Mr Doughty of Ilmer (July 21). They are way off line with their predictions. First of all, the track gauge will not be altered in any way. It will stay at four feet 8.5 inches. The
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Jazz bust-up leaves me blue
HAVING been at the recent Marlow Jazz-Groove festival, I was interested to read your article in the Marlow Free Press. It was an excellent day, and artists and organisers should be congratulated. Regarding the furore about the no show of Alexander O'Neal
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For Full Story
Posener's Politics: Are the masters of the dark art really so bad? The rent boys of Government is how prominent Labour supporter and author Ken Follett recently described spin doctors. A senior press officer from Wycombe District Council was quite taken
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Look who's Talking: A myth is as good as a mile of the truth
As I drove into Wycombe this week, I followed a car that sported not nodding dogs in the back window, (remember them?) but a CD dangling from the rear view mirror. I wasted a few precious moments of my life wondering about this strange auto-fashion accessory
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£4m overhaul planned for UCI cinema
FILM-buffs could see their cinema undergo a transformation in a £4 million refurbishment. UCI Cinemas, which owns the cinema in Cressex, High Wycombe, said the six-screen multiplex will go through a dramatic transformation, which may be completed by next
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Youth's life turned around by fat camp
TEENAGER Darren Debono said that beating the bulge at a pioneering camp has helped turn his life around. Last year, Darren was a depressed 13-year-old, weighing 20 stone, lacking in confidence and enduring taunts about his size. A year after spending
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Student took drugs after mixing with new crowd
STUDENT Samer Alali got hooked on drugs after mixing with a different crowd when he moved to a new school, a court heard. The 20-year-old, of Nicol End, Chalfont St Peter, pleaded guilty to being in possession of cannabis resin, a class B controlled drug
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Urgent plea as lifeline for the elderly is threatened
WHEN a nine-year-old girl sat down to write to a centre for the elderly she offered what few others were willing to give - help. The thoughtful youngster, who comes from Marlow but whose name has been withheld, had made a Millennium resolution to help
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Father's heartfelt plea to find car that killed his son
DEVASTATED dad Jake Bowden made a heartfelt plea on national television to find the driver of the car that killed his son Paul. Police say his appeal may have brought them a vital lead in the hunt. Mr Bowden appeared on BBC's Crimewatch, on Wednesday
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Police chief calls for changes to justice system
POLICE boss Charles Pollard has called for changes in law to keep the criminal justice system a credible institution for bringing offenders to justice. Thames Valley Police Chief Constable Pollard spoke after releasing his annual report outlining the
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Relatives' anguish over desecration of graves
GRIEVING relatives have spoken of their disgust after vandals desecrated eleven graves in Marlow Cemetery. Joyce Farndell, whose husband's grave had the flowers torn from the bed and strewn across the grounds, said: 'It is very upsetting, I wonder what
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Campaigners welcome road improvements
CAMPAIGNERS who have fought for ten years for safety measures on a busy road have welcomed the start of a £300,000 scheme. Work is due to start on Monday on road and pavement resurfacing on the A416 Staton Road at Amersham. Re-kerbing work will also be
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CCTV may be used to stop park vandalism
TOWN councillors have renewed calls for CCTV to be installed near a skateboard park to curb a wave of vandalism. Damage put at £4,000 has been caused since the skate park at King George V Playing Fields in Amersham was built in November. Amersham town
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Taxpayers suffer as arsonists torch cars
LIVES are being put at risk and taxpayers' money wasted in dealing with an increasing number of burned-out cars on a High Wycombe housing estate. From April 1 last year to March 31 this year firefighters tackled 50 car fires in the Booker and Castlefield
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Politics so rewarding - MP Cheryl
CHESHAM and Amersham MP Cheryl Gillan wants to see a change in women's attitudes to the idea of a career in politics so that the country gets more female MPs. She wants them to get away from the idea that politics as a career is unrewarding and involves
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Nine jobs lost as two shops shut
NINE jobs have been lost with the closure of Cargo Homeshop branches in Chesham and Princes Risborough after the business went into administration. Ten branches throughout the group have closed, but those in Old Amersham and High Street, Marlow, will
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Friends back together 60 years later
TWO Land Army friends met again for the first time in 60 years thanks to the Bucks Free Press. Evelyn Cowan travelled to Winslow Field, Great Missenden, to visit her long-lost friend Vi Bryan on Tuesday, along with her daughter Linda Davidson, who brought
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Column jogs memories of school - from 30 years back
A PICTURE of Marsh Infants School in High Wycombe in 1970, published in our sister paper, Midweek, jogged the memories of former pupils and their mothers. Sharon McDowall, now 36 and living in America, was recognised by her mum and her sister Judy, who
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All Gipsies want is equal rights
Re: travellers and Gipsies I HAVE been very encouraged in the last few weeks, both by the attitude of the district council and the Bucks Free Press (a first for me). Well done! In answer to Sandra Muir's letter (July 21 - 'Gipsy campsite fears are obvious
