Archive
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Candidates sign on dotted line
February 5, 2001 15:11: THREE of Wycombe's prospective parliamentary candidates have put it in writing that they won't exploit racial prejudice to get votes at the next election. Paul Goodman (Conservative), Chauhdry Shafique (Labour) and Dee Tomlin (
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Traces of tin found in Heinz spaghetti cans
February 5, 2001 15:16: A LEADING food manufacturer has withdrawn batches of one of its most popular products after tins were found to contain dangerously high traces of tin. Samples of Heinz canned spaghetti in tomato sauce were discovered to contain
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Computer system helps police
February 5, 2001 16:02: THAMES Valley Police is launching a new computer system to help tackle crime. The National Management Information System will allow the force to collect and analyse data under one system, including response to calls, crime statistics
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Road plan is quashed
February 5, 2001 9:59: OUTRAGED residents have criticised the county council after appeals for speed restrictions outside a school were quashed. Calls by the Little Kingshill Society and residents for a blanket speed limit of 30mph through the village
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Mel B's ex-husband is found guilty of assault on her sister
February 5, 2001 15:59: THE ex-husband of Spice Girl Mel B was fined £400 and ordered to pay a further £600 in compensation and costs after an assault on the pop singer's younger sister. Jimmy Gulzar, 33, had been accused of spitting in the face of Danielle
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Fiance, aged 90, dies at wheel
February 5, 2001 15:55: THE fiancee of a 90-year-old man has spoken of her devastation after her husband-to-be died at the wheel of his car. Great-grandfather George Fairfoul, of Mayorfield House, Queens Road, Marlow, was due to marry Ivy Dutton, 72,
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Rats cause stir at school
February 5, 2001 16:07: SCHOOLGIRLS were left screaming in horror as a plague of rats led to a top girls' school calling in the exterminators. The pests were seen scurrying across the playing fields at Beaconsfield High School, Wattleton Road, and next
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Disabled OAP left without heating
February 5, 2001 15:07: SHIVERING pensioner Roy Baxter had to fill up dozens of hot water bottles to keep warm after his heating packed up for a week. The disabled 65-year-old was preparing to go into hospital for a knee operation when the central heating
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Laura's Morocco bound for charity
February 5, 2001 15:02: INTREPID Laura Falk will be hitching 1,600 miles to Morocco in just five days to help raise money for charity Link Africa. Laura, from Little Marlow, will be heading off on her travels across France and Spain this Easter, but needs
