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Spooky blast from the past for former teacher
A TEACHER got a blast from the past when she made a chance visit to her old school. Carol Healey, of Ashley Green Road, Chesham, was spooked to find that class records at Hampden House, which were due to be destroyed that day, belonged to her. Mrs
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New home for football?
MAJOR plans to relocate Marlow Football Club might not be ready until August now but tests on the land earmarked for development have re-ignited a heated past. Builders North West Estates has been looking to relocate the club from Oak Tree Road
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Woman jailed over £15K benefit fraud
A CARE assistant from Marlow falsley claimed more than £15,000 in benefits over four years. Linda Carter, 43, of Deanfield Close, was jailed for nine months after committing six counts of benefit fraud. The mother-of-one had been claiming income support
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Rail plan shunted to siding for now
RAIL bosses have pulled out of negotiations to make the Marlow to Maidenhead railway line a community line following a lack of support for the proposals. The line, which serves thousands of London commuters each year, was earmarked for change with other
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No hood ban in retail centre
INTIMIDATING and antisocial behaviour is not a problem in High Wycombe, according to town centre chiefs. Shopping centre managers see no reason to introduce a "zero tolerance" style approach banning youths with hooded tops and baseball caps. Shelly
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Johnson takes third
Dave Johnson recovered from a bad week to take the third veteran's prize at the Hillingdon Triathlon on Sunday. The High Wycombe Cycling Club member crashed heavily last weekend and followed that with a puncture on Thursday, which forced him to retire
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Wonderful debut for Wasp winger
Paul Sackey announced his debut for England in style with two tries against Barbarians. The Wasps winger scored a senasational effort in the first half on Saturday and added another in the end-of-season finale at Twickenham. Clubmate Ayoola Erinle
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Stars warm up at Stoke Park
TENNIS: Andy Roddick, Marat Safin and Greg Rusedski are set to play at the Boodles Challenge at Stoke Park in June this year. The stars are among a number of tennis players keen to fine tune their grass game before Wimbledon. Roddick, the former US
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Royal pays Bucks a majestic visit
ROYALTY graced Buckinghamshire on Tuesday in the shape of Princess Anne who had four engagements across the county. The busy day for the Princess included a visit to the Home of Rest for Horses, the horse retirement charity, which has stables in Speen
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Taxi driver is jailed by court after ‘vile’ crime
A "VILE" taxi driver raped a mentally handicapped woman after picking her up from a daycare centre. Father-of-four Mohammed Azram attacked the middle-aged woman with a mental age of three after getting her alone when he dropped off his other passengers
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Justin is jumping for joy with his new voice
A FATHER-OF-TWO who has been unable to talk since he had specialist speech equipment stolen a month ago has finally been given a replacement. Justin Cramp, of West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe had his Lightwriter stolen from outside his house on April
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Friends shocked by death of ‘quiet, unassuming man’
THE woman who shared a last dance with pensioner Alan Irwing before he was killed, has expressed her shock and grief over his death. Wendy Muspratt is organiser of the Chiltern Square Dance Club, an American square dancing group who meet every Thursday
