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Runners prove they can really stand the heat
MORE than 900 runners braved scorching temperatures to complete the 24th Wycombe Half Marathon. Some 906 runners completed the 13.1 mile event in temperatures which hit 84 degrees fahrenheit which was hotter than Spain, Los Angeles and Ibiza. Alfred
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Ex-Chelsea man to face his old club
FORMER Chelsea player Andy Myers will be given the chance to earn himself a Wanderers contract when Wycombe entertain his old club in tonight's sell-out friendly at Adams Park. The 31-year-old former Chelsea and Bradford defender will play some part
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Wanderers are ready to entertain Chelsea’s all stars
WYCOMBE Wanderers are set to entertain Chelsea in tonight's sell-out friendly, with Stamford Bridge boss Jose Mourinho promising to bring his full squad of superstars to Adams Park. Chelsea romped to a Premiership and League Cup double last season and
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Birds fled nests in lopped trees, claims resident
A NATURE lover has described her dismay after trees were cut back which, she says, were home to dozens of nesting birds. Eva Ryden, of Lime Tree Walk, Amersham, was mortified when she discovered contractors pollarding the 100-year-old lime trees that
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Town chiefs stand firm on ‘ghetto’ plan refusal
WYCOMBE District council has defended its decision to throw out an affordable homes plan for Marlow, despite claims that developers were misled. Maidenhead and District Housing Association (MDHA) wanted to build 50 affordable houses and flats on land
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Scouts make plea to donors to stump up and save boat centre
AN AMBITIOUS fundraising campaign has been launched to save the 50-year-old Longridge Scout Boating Centre in Marlow. To secure the centre's future for the next 50 years The New Longridge Consortium is planning to buy the freehold on the centre, at a
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Sporting stars
WYE Valley School is holding a charity golf day at Wycombe Heights Golf Club on Friday to raise money for SportsAid. The UK charity gives grants to promising young athletes including Sir Steve Redgrave when he started out. Players could find themselves
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Blair pledges to get Santas racing
MARLOW Rotary's president has pledged to get hundreds of Santas racing around the town to raise money for charitable causes. Niall Blair, 62, from Little Marlow, took over from David Saunders as the president of the Rotary Club of Marlow, district 1090
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Challenge for Waitrose over Portland site
WAITROSE plans to develop the Portlands site in Marlow attracted a small but vociferous crowd at an extraordinary town council meeting. The Portlands site, currently a run-down plot of land in Portlands Alley, was originally bought in 1997 by Waitrose
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Police go to market with a basketful of crime prevention advice
LOCAL police met with members of the public last Wednesday in a crime prevention initiative. Police officers, based in Marlow, stopped and spoke to people at the Farmers' Market in the High Street to give them advice on how to avoid becoming a victim
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Feeling the pain of Wycombe commuters after tunnel fiasco
AFTER the Gerrards Cross Tesco tunnel collapsed blocking the tracks to London, commuters have nothing to look forward to but longer journeys and bus trips. Instead of getting in her car, Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross district reporter Jenna Towler
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Crash put me in hospital
A PARTIALLY sighted man, who suffers from angina, is demanding an apology from Chiltern Railways after a bus crash put him in hospital. David St James, from Chalfont St Peter, was travelling to High Wycombe on a replacement bus service because of the
