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Cash windfall for health care
February 15, 2001 16:09: THE health authority is to receive almost £2 million in cash as part of a £140 million government scheme to tackle the postcode lottery of care. The £1,719,000 allocation for Buckinghamshire is on top of money given by the state
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Drugs education does more harm than good
February 15, 2001 16:30: MOST parents probably assume that the aim of drug education in schools is to keep children away from drugs. This is seldom the case. For the last 15 years the prevailing philosophy has been Harm Reduction, the idea being that
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Sex therapy has saved new and old marriages
February 15, 2001 9:09: THE thought of grandma and grandpa visiting a sex therapist to improve their love making may be an unsettling one for many young people. Do pensioners even have sex at all? Isn't it all about being 'best friends' when you get past
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Motorcyclist, 65, 'had no time to react'
February 15, 2001 16:28: A PENSIONER, who had ridden motorcycles since he was a teenager, died after a crash, an inquest heard. Lawrence Smith, 65, of Chesham Lane, Chalfont St Peter, was killed instantly when his black Honda motorbike was in collision
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Exhibitions
February 15, 2001 12:46: Friday 17th to Thursday 22nd Head, Heart and HandRiver and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames 21st century craftsmen Until April 22 (01491) 415605 Excessive Pleasures Vivid modern prints by Dale Devereux Barker Bucks County Museum
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Ryman changes put on hold
February 15, 2001 10:05: PLANS to restructure the Ryman League have been postponed for another season. The decision was taken after a meeting between the Ryman League and the Football Association last week. The delay has left the league's teams in a state
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Allied stay on top
February 15, 2001 10:07: ALLIED Worldwide maintained their lead at the top of the Premier Division of the Wycombe and District League by taking maximum points from their visit to Chalfont B. However Den could leapfrog them if they take advantage of their
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Charity trekker with Everest in sight
February 15, 2001 16:36: WOMAN on a mission, Gill Welch, is aiming to walk the Tibetan Plateau to raise money for Mencap. The 35-year-old marketing manager from Chalfont St Peter hopes to walk the plateau in May for 12 days. However, she needs to raise
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Mum stopped for number plate
February 15, 2001 16:32: POLICE are cracking down on illegal number plates because of concerns they may be interfering with anti-terrorist investigations. PC Peter Hare from the Amersham Traffic Unit is involved in the blitz on number plates and sent
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1,100 attend fifth annual Job Fair
February 15, 2001 16:26: THE first Bucks Free Press Job Fair of 2001 proved as popular as ever with more than 1,100 visitors during the day. The event at High Wycombe Town Hall, now in its fifth year, was officially opened by BFP managing director Kate
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Shock of man going wrong way to M40
February 15, 2001 16:18: A PASSENGER in a car coming off the motorway says she received the shock of her life when an elderly motorist drove down a slip road the wrong way. Marian Heawood, of Winchbottom Lane, Little Marlow, was travelling home from Watford
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Girls raise £5,000 for link school in Tanzania
February 15, 2001 16:33: THE High Commissioner of Tanzania visited Dr Challoner's High School For Girls after pupils raised more than £5,000 to visit their link school in Mvumi, Tanzania. Dr Shareef visited the school in Cokes Lane, Little Chalfont, last
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Free bus passes for half-price travel
February 15, 2001 16:28: DISABLED and elderly bus-users will soon be able to travel half-price after the introduction of a free bus pass. The new free-of-charge passes, which used to cost £8 each, will be available from April after Wycombe district councillors
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Adult care boss moves to new pastures
February 15, 2001 12:02: ADULT care services boss Sean Nolan is leaving county hall to move to a job with another local authority. Mr Nolan, the former head of finance at Buckinghamshire County Council, is to become Director of Corporate Services with
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Tories fight to keep the pound
February 15, 2001 12:00: TORY campaigners are claiming success after taking to the streets in support of keeping the pound. Chesham and Amersham MP Cheryl Gillan (Con) joined supporters to walk around the two towns collecting signatures last Saturday.
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Good samaritan's shock at receiving a medal
February 15, 2001 9:12: COMMUNITY-spirited Philip Smyth has been awarded a medal for his outstanding service to the church in Marlow. The Papal Bene Merente Medal was presented to him by Canon Antony Griffiths during a mass at St Peter's Church in Marlow
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Gallery banks on new frames
February 15, 2001 9:26: A BANK has awarded a contract to a Beaconsfield art gallery to restore and reframe some of its most valuable paintings. Coutts & Co, bankers for the Queen, commissioned the Warwick Gallery in Holtspur Parade to carry out the
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Free cat neutering is the answer
February 15, 2001 10:03: A BIG annual cat neutering campaign is hitting a town near you after it was launched on Valentines Day. High Wycombe and South Bucks Branch of Cats Protection, will be putting their money where their mouth is by providing a local
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Soldier commpetes against top skiers
February 15, 2001 9:38: SOLDIER Dominic Fenney has been slaloming among the best of them and competing against some of the leading skiers in the British Army. Officer Cadet Dominic, 21, who is in the Exeter University Officer Training Corps, has taken
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Children
February 15, 2001 12:43: Friday 16th to Thursday 22nd Abbey Barn Playgroup St John's Wood Scout Centre, High Wycombe Mon - Fri, 9.25am - noon (01494) 521470 Amersham on the Hill Baby & Toddler Group St Michael's Church Hall, Sycamore Road Tues &
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Exhibitions
February 15, 2001 12:52: Friday 17th to Thursday 22ndHead, Heart and HandRiver and Rowing Museum, Henley-on-Thames 21st century craftsmen Until April 22 (01491) 415605Excessive Pleasures Vivid modern prints by Dale Devereux Barker Bucks County Museum
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Talks
February 15, 2001 12:49: Friday 17th to Thursday 22nd Some of Britain's Rare and Localised Plants Beaconsfield URC Church Hall, Aylesbury End Fri March 2, 8pm Folk Life in Romania Chalfont St Peter Community Centre Friends of Chiltern Open Air Museum
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Shows and Events
February 15, 2001 12:49: Friday 17th to Thursday 22nd A Celebration of Photography Chesham Town Hall Bring a photo for the public competition Sat March 31, 10am - 4pm Coach Trip to the Living Forest Various pick-up points In aid of the South Bucks Day
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Music
February 15, 2001 12:47: Friday 17th to Thursday 22nd Classical Beaconsfield Music Society Beaconsfield High School, Wattleton Road Clarinettist plays Schumann and Bliss Sat Feb 17 (01494) 673905 The Sixteen Hexagon, Reading One of the world's top choral
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Dance
February 15, 2001 12:46: Friday 17th to Thursday 22nd Line Dance Classes Beaconsfield British Legion, Candlemas Lane Tues, 7.30pm -10.30pm Line Dance Classes Burnham Park Hall, Burnham Mon, 7.30pm -10.30pm Line Dancing Irish Club, High Wycombe Thur Feb
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Cigarettes are such a 'noble' habit
February 15, 2001 10:01: WELL, now we know; cigarettes are good for our children, essential to the economy, de rigeur for all successful pubs and hated by fascist dictators (Letters, February 8). I must resume this noble habit forthwith clearly the stale
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Smokers foul the air and drop litter
February 15, 2001 10:00: I HAVE been reading the correspondence on smoking with interest this week litter and thrown dog ends were mentioned so I am writing myself. We live in a block of flats and upstairs residents stand on the balconies and smoke rather
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Watch out - cheesecake chucker
February 15, 2001 9:55: TO the uncaring person who threw a plastic container from a moving bus in Holmer Green last Thursday afternoon, I would point out that it hit me full in the chest, staining my blouse and coat with the contents. I can understand
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Future for Penn looks grim after plans to redevelop Penn School were rejected
February 15, 2001 12:25: DEVASTATED villagers have warned their community could die after popular plans to redevelop Penn School were rejected by Wycombe District Council. The development would have included a new doctors' surgery, pharmacy and post office
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Popstar Billie's stalker awaits sentencing
February 15, 2001 9:41: A STALKER, who sent teenage superstar Billie Piper death threats via her High Wycombe-based fan club, was locked up last week. Juliet Peters, 32, from London's Canning Town, had denied nine charges of making threats to kill Billie
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Businessman tries to block European treaty
February 15, 2001 16:31: COMPANY boss Rodney Howlett is spearheading a national campaign in a bid to block a new European treaty yet to be ratified by European Union member states. The 53-year-old, of Brays Lane, Hyde Heath, met with peers at the House
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DONS NEXT IN CUP CLASH
February 15, 2001 9:30: WYCOMBE Wanderers will be bidding for a place in the quarter finals of the FA Cup when they take on First Division Wimbledon in front of another sellout crowd Adams Park on Saturday. The match pits manager Lawrie Sanchez up against
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Call for tax hike to help homeless
February 15, 2001 11:54: A LEADING Labour councillor has called for a tax hike to help homeless families and people who cannot afford homes. Wycombe district councillor Ted Collins (Lab, Booker and Castlefield) wants the district council to put its taxes
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Driver jailed after Claire died in crash
February 15, 2001 16:20: THE driver of a car in which a South Bucks girl was killed in a crash in Hawaii has been jailed for five years, an inquest heard. Claire Breasley, 27, of Garratts Way, Downley, was working as a photographer on a cruise ship and
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Campaigner furious over new schools plan
February 15, 2001 16:12: A LEADING anti-grammar school campaigner in Bucks is livid with Prime Minister Tony Blair's plans to alter secondary education. Malcolm Horne, of Bucks Parents for Comprehensive Education, said the Prime Minister had a massive
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Decision on council tax
February 15, 2001 11:57: WYCOMBE district councillors will decide on February 26 how much people's council tax bills will go up next year. It is unlikely to be as small an increase as last year, when bills went up three per cent. The council needs to
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Sign appeals for plan's approval
February 15, 2001 12:29: DEAF charity Sign this week sent off its appeal against Wycombe District Council's refusal to allow development in the 21-acre grounds of Penn School. The charity's chief executive Steve Powell is also meeting planning and conservation
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Opponents of rail scheme plan to combine forces
February 15, 2001 16:06: COUNCILLORS have announced plans to join forces to fight proposals for a giant rail freight link through Bucks. South Bucks District Council is to work with other local authorities to co-ordinate work to show up potential problems
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Protesters cause concert cancellation
February 15, 2001 9:38: THE Queen of Operetta had to cancel a charity concert after animal rights protesters trashed the building where the event was due to be staged. Soprano Marilyn Hill Smith, from Hazlemere, who has sung with the English National
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Popular helper Muriel Seymour dies
February 15, 2001 16:03: A WOMAN who dedicated her life to improving the local community has died at the age of 86. Muriel Seymour, known to friends as Betty, passed away peacefully surrounded by family last Sunday. A Service of Thanksgiving will be held
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Keeping the faith in a liberal way
February 15, 2001 9:01: AMERSHAM and Chesham is home to the South Bucks Jewish Community but it is far from a traditionally Jewish area. In fact, the South Bucks Jewish Community was only formally launched at the beginning of 1990 to provide a focal point
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Reward to get piglets thief
February 15, 2001 9:41: A REWARD has been offered for the conviction of the prowling thief who snatched a herd of 39 piglets from a field. The farmer who owns the pigs has offered to give £1,000 for information leading to the conviction of the pig pincher
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Green light for office plan in housing area
February 15, 2001 9:24: RESIDENTS are furious after councillors gave the green light for the redevelopment of office buildings in a residential street. South Bucks District Council granted planning permission for the business development in Wattleton
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Sales
February 15, 2001 12:48: Friday 17th to Thursday 22nd Half Price Bric a Brac Sale Rope Charity Shop St Giles Walk Chalfont St Giles Until end Feb Jumble and Rummage Sale Red Cross Centre Western Road High Wycombe Sat 17th Feb 10.30am Jumble Sale Liston
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Clubs
February 15, 2001 12:45: Friday 16th to Thursday 22nd Amersham Birdwatching Club Barn Hall, Amersham Community Centre Illustrated talk by Steve Dudley Fri Feb 16, 8pm The Asian Women's Drop In Centre Castlefield Community Centre Rutland Avenue, Castlefield
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Comedy
February 15, 2001 12:45: Lee Mack The Old Town Hall High Street, Hemel Hempstead Sat Feb 17 8.30pm 01442 228095 Ross Noble 21 South Street Arts Centre Reading Mon Feb 19 8.30pm 0118 9606060
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Wonderful NHS deserves praise
February 15, 2001 9:57: Re: The NHS Loudwater Surgery Wycombe and Oxford Churchill Hospitals I WAS delighted to see Chris Rae's letter in The Star (February 8). In September 1999, I was losing feeling and control in my legs. My GP contacted me as soon
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So you think it's all over?
February 15, 2001 9:54: SO you think its all over. Central Railway will not give up so easily; lulling everyone into a false sense of security. However, having read and listened to various items of news this week, if I were in government I would save
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Ignore nimbys - we need this link
February 15, 2001 9:53: IT is with concern and disgust that I read the letter of Mr Archer of the BUCKS CRAG ( February 8) with reports of how we should continue the fight against the Central Railway's proposals for increased freight usage of the Chiltern
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Even tobacco manufacturer admits smoking kills
February 15, 2001 9:59: MR FAGAN (Letters, February 8) is either a paid apologist for the tobacco industry or a self-deceiving addict. If the first, he deserves our contempt. The tobacco industry is directly responsible for the killing of millions of
