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Second-half blitz puts Wasps through to final
WASPS made it through to the Zurich Final for the third year running thanks to a super second half against Sale on Saturday. Trailing 22-17 at the break, Wasps scored 26 unanswered points to seal their place in Saturday's final at Twickenham against
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Wasps plan a victorious Final farewell for their departing quintet
WASPS are looking to give a successful send-off to the five people leaving their positions at the summer. Coach Warren Gatland, and fitness coaches Tony Hanks and Craig White are off to New Zealand, while Will Green and Craig Dowd are ending their playing
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Pensioners at Wycombe Town Hall 1982
PENSIONERS knocked back the puds and tea at Wycombe Town Hall back in January, 1982. No doubt the OAPs rolled back the years and chatted about the good old days. Even though it's well known not to mix your drinks you can clearly see that the old timers
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The sunshine of your smile...
May 15 marks the beginning of National Smile Week. Reporter Jenna Towler looks at how to achieve and maintain a healthy mouth. MOTHER Teresa said, of a smile: "Every time you smile at someone, it is a gift of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful
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Art show is class act
AN arts exhibition at Sir William Ramsay school has celebrated the talents of pupils from seven schools and work from other groups in the community. The exhibition, which took place on April 27, displayed work from Highcrest Community School, Manor Farm
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Ibstone Church of England School
IMAGINATIONS are running wild among the pupils at Ibstone Church of England School, High Wycombe, who have been nominated for Class of the Week for their story telling ability. Sue James' reception class has been working exceptionally hard on their
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Badger’s a family favourite – thanks to mum
I AM writing to you as I am very pleased you are giving the bacon badger a good press. I come from a large family and bacon badger gets a mention at any family gathering and has become a standard joke at my mother's expense. Our close family has, on
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Donor campaign signs up half a million
Half way and a magnificent half million. On behalf of NHS UK Transplant, I'd like to say a huge thank you to all your readers who have pledged to help others to live after their death. Six months ago, to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the NHS Organ
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Town has no say in its planning now
I agree totally with Bill Purdie's comments in his letter last week about the changing face of Marlow and would like to add that, with the withdrawal of the one town council member from the district council's planning committee, Marlow now has no voice
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Beauty gives staff a spring surprise
WORKERS at Odds Farm Park in Wooburn Common got a big surprise last week when they realised their Exmoor pony had a new arrival. The farm, in Wooburn Common Road, made the discovery around 2am on Thursday morning when they realised that pony Beauty had
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Pupils’ imitation gun incident is under police investigation
TWO primary school pupils who fired imitation guns at a coach driver during a school outing have avoided serious punishment. The boys from Milbrook Combined School, whose identities are not known, were docked breaktimes and kept behind after school following
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Marlow hill cash cows
LIKE millions of fellow motorists I've been snared by speed cameras four times to be frank. Fortunately my penchant for speed goes unnoticed most of the time and the incidences where I've been zapped have been spread evenly over the past ten years.
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Spinning a yarn on Labour’s win
THERE'S no other explanation for it. I'm sure there's a magnetic forcefield around my body that makes all electrical objects self-destruct when I approach. Why else would everything I come into contact with break down mysteriously, all at the same time
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Spring-cleaning pets is purr-fect
A LEADING animal charity is asking owners to give their pets a spring clean. The People's Dispensary for Sick Animals (PDSA) is offering the advice to coincide with National Pet Week which finished on Sunday. Elaine Pendlebury, senior veterinary surgeon
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Show cancelled at last minute
THIS weekend's Beaconsfield Flower Show has been cancelled at short notice by the organisers, the town's football club Beaconsfield SYCOB Football Club. The weekend-long event, due to start on Saturday, has been scrapped after Holloways Park needed "
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Special game in Naveed's memory
A GOODWILL game will be held tonight between Asian youths from High Wycombe and the police to bring the two groups closer together. The charity match at Wycombe Wanderers's Cause- way Stadium is designed to improve links between the two and remember
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People must accept house building plan
PEOPLE will have to live with the prospect of large-scale housing development in the county over the next 20 years, says Buckinghamshire County Council's cabinet member for planning. Speaking at last month's county council meeting, where members were
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Chalfont team on Airbus high
A TEAM of aerospace engineers from Chalfont St Peter saw the fruits of their labour when the Airbus A380 took to the sky. Key components in the wings of the plane were designed and made at Verdict Aerospace Components Ltd in Chiltern Hill. The close-knit
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Kids skip lessons for a healthy heart
SKIPPING has taken The Downley School by storm after a visit by The Skipping Workshop as part of a healthy schools, initiative. Workshop members paid the primary school pupils a visit on Tuesday and used volunteers from Year Five and Six to demonstrate
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Teen Talk: Exams and election time
Hello, my name is Kyranjeet and I have just turned sweet 16. I attend The Misbourne School and am currently in Year 11 and about to take my GCSE exams. Amongst other things I like dancing, writing in my spare time, playing the guitar and could not do
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£7million of funds pledged for new centres
THE Government has promised £7million to Buckinghamshire County Council to set up 22 children's centres in the county. The idea behind the centres is to provide local help that will break the cycle whereby parents, who do not know how best to bring up
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Could you do with help for a special project?
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE Chilterns University has a number of students looking for 12-month work placements with local businesses. They are all reading Business Studies, with some majoring in marketing, advertising, promotions management and human resources.
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Paper firm’s cutting it with big business
WITH typical entrepreneurial flare, 19-year-old Michael Trew has turned a cottage industry making origami mascots into an international business. The Beaconsfield teenager serves the likes of BP, American Express, Asian conference delegates and a Japanese
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Plans launched to keep area on top
A PACKAGE of measures designed to ensure the Thames Valley stays in the top ten of Europe's most prosperous areas was unveiled last Thursday evening to 250 of the region's key business leaders. New plans include a £100,000 innovation project to encourage
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Morris men perform a traditional dance for the bank holiday
TRADITIONAL Morris dancers were enjoying the bank holiday weekend in West Wycombe back in 1954. They were entertaining the crowds with the quintessentially English summer pastime. The sound of long wooden poles being struck together by a group of Morris
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On patrol with traffic police
TRAFFIC cops in the Thames Valley came under scrutiny last month when it was revealed officers win points for arrests. Five points are won for catching a motorist not wearing a seat belt or using a mobile phone. The revelation prompted fears of hardline
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Humbled by praise
MY bags were packed. My desk was tidied. My farewells were said. I was ready to walk out of the door and leave my Bucks Free Press column forever. But then two things happened that made me take my quill back out of the case and forced me to re-evaluate
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One for the ladies
IT was a case of "women only" in Bourne End as Wye Valley school staged an evening of indulgence with no men allowed. The event, on Friday, April 29th, offered a number of stalls and demonstrations for women, including taster sessions of reflexology
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SID shows village used as a by-pass
A SPEED Indication Device (SID) examination conducted in Flackwell Heath could reveal some surprising results, the village residents assoc-iation has said. The devices, which flash up an icon, or the speed at which passing cars are travelling if they
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Pubs could be forced to shut if deadline’s missed
PUBS, shops and off-licences risk being shut down unless they get their licence applications into Chiltern District Council ahead of the August 6 deadline. Any public place selling alcohol in the Chiltern District has until that date to apply for a licence
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Museum leads way in thatching
CHILTERN Open Air Museum is reviving the medieval art of thatching and has nearly completed its project to repair a 500-year-old barn which was started at Easter. Historians and thatching experts have been experimenting with techniques that have not
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Will you name and shame teenage troublemakers?
RESIDENTS are being urged to step up and name the youths who have been causing a month-long disturbance in Waterside, Chesham. People living between Trapps Lane and Springfield Road are being intimidated by gangs of teenage boys roaming the streets throwing
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Youths attack man on train
A MAN was "savagely beaten" by four youths when he told them to stop smoking on a train close to Beaconsfield station. A gang of teenagers had been harassing the 55-year-old-man, from Buckingham, prior to the assault on April 23. A station supervisor
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Backing for battle against noisy M40
ROAD traffic campaigners have won the support of Buckinghamshire county councillor Robert Woollard as they bid to fight pollution from the M40. The M40 Chilterns Environmental Group met with the member for Marlow Rural to show him how homes in Lane End
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Elderly woman fends off burglar
AN ELDERLY woman slammed her door on a burglar who tried to pose as a plumber. The woman answered her door on Desborough Road, High Wycombe, to a man who tried convincing her that her husband had asked him to look at her drains urgently. When she refused
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Wasps deal hit by hitch
PLANS to announce a new groundshare deal between Wycombe Wanderers and Wasps were scrapped just 45 minutes before Wasps were due to go public on the proposed 20-year-deal on Friday. Embarrassed Wasps officials spent two hours ripping page 43 out of all
