Archive
-
Date
NHS can be a bit like the parson's nose
February 27, 2001 10:41: THE Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Rev Richard Harries, may be a fine clergyman but his sermon in last week's Free Press could have done with a little more work before reaching the printed pulpit. He has a go at the press for its "destructive
-
Date
Customer blasts 'appalling' service at phone shop
February 27, 2001 9:39: ANGRY Katharine Bangs has complained to Trading Standards after claiming she received "appalling" service from a phone shop. Katharine, 28, of Carrington Road, High Wycombe, received a mobile phone from her mother as a Christmas
-
Date
Council tax set to rise
February 27, 2001 9:30: WYCOMBE district councillors were expected to put up their share of the council tax by 8.9 per cent when they met yesterday. People in the average Band D home will pay £97.01 a year from April for district services compared with
-
Date
Publican's Loch Ness monster prank ends in deep waters
February 27, 2001 9:58: ZANY villager Andy Dickinson has owned up to putting a Loch Ness monster in flooded fields near High Wycombe after it was brutally destroyed. Andy, manager of the George and Dragon Hotel, West Wycombe, felt he had to admit to the
-
Date
Police sting helps jail drug pushers
February 27, 2001 9:27: TWO men have been jailed for supplying heroin at an amusement arcade in High Wycombe following an undercover police sting. Neelon John, 25, of Hughenden Road, High Wycombe, and Sheraz Yaqub, 20, of Ladybank Close, High Wycombe,
-
Date
Matter of compassion
February 27, 2001 10:52: I AM writing to you after reading the article in Midweek regarding the gentleman who apparently took his life from a motorway bridge in Stokenchurch. I cannot believe the statement that Councillor Chris Elliott has made and find
-
Date
Flow of money will bring hope to the world's needy children
February 27, 2001 10:50: I WOULD like to thank the many Thames Water customers who have given so generously to our annual appeal on behalf of WaterAid. Last year, donations totalled almost £150,000, which will provide a major boost for the charity in
-
Date
Foot and mouth fears close Odds Farm Park
February 27, 2001 9:17: A POPULAR farm for families and children has closed its doors in a desperate bid to save its animals from the dreaded foot and mouth virus. Odds Farm Park in Wooburn Common, home to a number of rare breeds, has not got the virus
-
Date
Publican's Nessie monster prank ends in deep waters
February 27, 2001 9:35: ZANY villager Andy Dickinson has owned up to putting a Loch Ness monster in flooded fields near High Wycombe after it was brutally destroyed. Andy, manager of the George and Dragon Hotel, West Wycombe, felt he had to admit to the
-
Date
Foot and mouth fears close Odds Farm Park
February 27, 2001 9:22: A POPULAR farm for families and children has closed its doors in a desperate bid to save its animals from the dreaded foot and mouth virus. Odds Farm Park in Wooburn Common, home to a number of rare breeds, has not got the virus
-
Date
Icy speeders who put others at risk
February 27, 2001 10:51: MAY I commend Mrs Pearce's letter (February 20) re gritter drivers and motorists. Too many have evidently not read the relevant section of the Highway Code, "Driving in adverse weather conditions", rules 202-212. Neither Buckinghamshire
-
Date
Comments about death were 'inept and tactless'
February 27, 2001 10:51: WITH reference to an article in last week's Midweek newspaper, "Tragic Death on Footbridge." After reading the article through a number of times and believing that Cllr Chris Elliot has been quoted correctly, I cannot believe
-
Date
On trail to help Blue Cross
February 27, 2001 10:52: I AM writing to let you know about a charity trek that I hope to take part in, in the hope that this will encourage readers to participate. The Tuscany Trail is the first ever fundraising trip abroad organised by the Blue Cross
