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Family hit with £53k water bill
A BLUNDER by Thames Water has left a Wooburn Green family with bills for more than £53,000 and threats to send the bailiffs in. Matt and Claire Finn, of Wooburn Manor Park, first noticed a huge jump in their bills back in March, when they were quoted
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Bret’s BMW is target for tunnel witnesses
EYEWITNESS Bret Jackson got more than he bargained for when he pulled into Station Road car park, Gerrards Cross, last Thursday. Not only did the 28-year-old see a section of railway tunnel collapse below him, but his beloved BMW 3 series became a target
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Behind the scenes bid to keep travellers moving
PASSENGERS on Chiltern Railways will have to add around an hour to their journey following the Gerrards Cross tunnel collapse. Gerrards Cross Station has been closed and replacement services and buses are up and running. A massive car park has also
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Police move to stop another collapse
POLICE have erected a no-fly zone over the site of the collapsed tunnel amid structural concerns. Network Rail is taking advice from structural engineers andhealth and safety executives to determine the stability of the site and the cause of the collapse
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Weeks of commuter chaos
COMMUTERS face weeks possibly months of disruption as Chiltern Railways deal with the aftermath of Thursday's tunnel collapse at Gerrards Cross. An emergency timetable has been operating since the incident, with bosses at the train company and Network
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Tesco’s long and winding road towards building superstore
CONTROVERSY has surrounded the new Tesco store and its supporting tunnel ever since the plans were unveiled. Residents and traders in Gerrards Cross opposed the £20million scheme, which was due to be completed later this year. It was initially
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Worst fears come true for protesters
RAIL passenger groups and those protesting against the new Tesco store have reacted angrily to the chaos in the aftermath of Thursday's tunnel collapse. Reg Whittome, chairman of both the Marylebone Travellers' Association and the Chiltern Railway Passenger
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Tesco says sorry – but work on new superstore looks set to carry on
SUPERSTORE giant Tesco has apologised for the disruption caused by Thursday's tunnel collapse but it has done little to silence hundreds of protestors against the controversial development. The section of railway tunnel which collapsed in Gerrards Cross
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Commuters stranded at Denham Golf Club
ONE train that was directly affected by the collapse on Thursday contained 70 passengers who were left stranded outside Gerrards Cross station. The train, which was the 19.00 service from Marylebone, London, was bound for Gerrards Cross station at the
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‘Pure luck’ saved train
MYSTERY surrounds why the "Tesco tunnel" dramatically collapsed with what could have been devastating consequences. The 320-metre long concrete tunnel was built over a cutting to create land for a new 35,000 sq ft supermarket and car park. Structural
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Tunnel chaos
TWO passenger trains came within minutes of disaster when part of a tunnel collapsed at Gerrards Cross. Dozens of commuters were moments from passing through the tunnel when it caved in and thousands of tonnes of dirt and concrete crashed onto the track
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Barren winter leads to dry stream
HUGHENDEN stream has run completely dry following one of the driest winters for decades. The chalk stream which runs through the grounds on the National Trust site, Hughenden Manor, is suffering after the most barren winter in the south east since 1976
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Did we really vote for them to be just plain potty?
When party leaflets drop through the letterbox before an election none of them say "When elected we propose to chop down all the fruit trees along your road in case someone slips on the fruit and sues us." But that is what the council in Havering, East
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Wycombe is still safe town
HIGH Wycombe is by no means perfect, but it is a good and reasonably safe place in which to live. I state this after a spate of violent incidents which have left residents frightened and which have threatened to tarnish the reputation of the town. In
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‘Save the lives of hedgehogs’
HIGH WYCOMBE gardeners have been called upon to help save the lives of local wildlife by putting out food and water for them in the hot weather. The British Hedgehog Preservation Society wants people to put out bowls of water and cat food to help hedgehogs
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Cressex Secondary
Hi I left Booker at the end of 1981 to live in South Africa. I attended Cressex Secondary and remember the vast number other of twins we had in our year. What happened to all of you? Would love to hear from anyone who remembers me. Nicola Low, South
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London gets back to work
IT is "business as usual" in London today as people return to the city after Thursday's bomb attacks. Emergency teams are still working to remove bodies from an Underground line in between King's Cross and Russell Square stations but police are urging
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Redgrave: London’s win beats my golds
MARLOW Olympic legend Sir Steve Redgrave says helping bring the Olympics to London was a bigger achievement than winning his five gold medals. The rower, who triumphed in five consecutive Olympics, is chairman of the Athletes' Commission, and played
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Brad Pitt moves to Penn
Rumour has it the world's sexiest man is moving to Bucks. Word on the street is that Hollywood heart-throb Brad Pitt, a fixture in the globe's most gorgeous hunk list, is hankering after a home life shielded from the paparrazi in a property he's bought
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Town helps victims as terrorists strike
HIGH Wycombe commuters were evacuated from London in an emergency operation following a series of terrorist attacks in the capital on Thursday. Trains from Denham were sent to evacuate people caught up in the mayhem following four blasts. The entire
