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Damning report on 'sub-standard' first school
A failing first school has been placed on special measures after receiving a damning Ofsted report. King's Wood First School, in Totteridge Lane, High Wycombe, is among a handful of schools which inspectors found provided sub-standard education. Ofsted
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New £50m school agreed for High Wycombe
A new £50 million school is due to be built to replace a failing High Wycombe school. Hatters Lane School is due to close in August 2001 after receiving a damning Ofsted report in January. Buckinghamshire County Council plans to open a new school on the
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Celebrities' crew banned from village green
Parish councillors have refused to give permission for television stars Meera Syal and Stephen Tompkinson to park their film unit on their village common. The two celebrities will be in Gerrards Cross on Monday to film a new BBC drama, In Deep, but the
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Pensioner died after drinking shampoo
Pensioner Sheila Hurditch died after drinking a glass of dandruff shampoo, an inquest heard. She was found lying in her room with blood on her clothes and bedding. A post-mortem report showed the Nizoral shampoo she drank had caused catastrophic damage
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Toddlers raise £2,000 for charity
Toddlers and staff at Copperbeech Day Nursery have raised more than £2,000 for charity in only two months of fundraising. The effort started in May with a treasure hunt where children followed clues to find goodies and ended with an auction of pledges
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Mother finds heroin addict son dead
Drug addict Victor Kavanagh died after accidentally overdosing on heroin, an inquest heard. Mr Kavanagh, 29, was found face down on the floor of his bedroom at Lansdowne Road, Chesham, by his mother hours after returning from a night out on June 13. There
