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Rare grass takes to the wild after botanist saves plant
AN extinct plant has been returned to the wild 30 years after it was last seen. The interrupted brome is a grass which was only ever found in southern England and nowhere else in the world. It was last seen in the wild in 1972 and was thought to be
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Terror must not turn us against our neighbours
LAST week's revelation that the suicide bombers were British people born and brought up in this country was a shock to us all. It was particularly poignant for us here in Buckinghamshire that one of the culprits was a man who was living in Aylesbury.
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Jobs 4u 2005
The job market in High Wycombe will be on display at the Jobs 4U 2005 exhibition on Thursday, July 21. The job fair, organised by the Bucks Free Press, will be held at Wycombe Town Hall, in Queen Victoria Road, from 10.30am until 6pm. Exhibitors at
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Tunnel report due
The report into the Tesco tunnel collapse in Gerrards Cross is due to be completed by Jackson Civil Engineering, the company in charge of building work at the site, in the next few days. Network Rail and the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) will then
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Snapping nature
NATURE in its purest form from around the world has been captured through the lens and is to go on display as part of a photographic exhibition. Real Nature by Liz Stanley, 23, features a wide range of photographs that she has taken when she has been
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What lies beneath
MOST people wonder what could be buried deep beneath their house and garden and more often than not it is usually just ordinary rubble and old animal bones. But for one Chesham Bois resident what she discovered underneath her magnificent garden was
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Get your two litres a day
The human body is made up of about 70 per cent water. However, most of us fail to drink enough water every day. Water is such a vital ingredient to our general health and wellbeing and is something that we need to replace. Whatever we are doing, we
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Don’t hedge your bets
The announcement that householders who fail to cut back high hedges could face charges of up to £200, in addition to a maximum £1,000 fine for non-compliance with an order to trim the bushes, will have prompted many gardeners to have a rethink about what
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Steve Gabb at the Market Bar & Dining Room in Marlow
Steve Gabb is a regular at the Market Bar & Dining Room in Marlow. What is the atmosphere like? It's a far more relaxed place to be. Once it gets around to 9pm it starts to pick up a bit and people come in. I'd say it's quite a well dressed place
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The Artichoke - Laurie keeps aiming high
FINE dining just carries on getting finer at The Artichoke, the upmarket little restaurant in Old Amersham. Chef Laurie Gear set off on a high note when he opened the tiny eaterie in 2002 in a charming 16th-century building. Within days, celebrity
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Finding Bali rituals in Henley
KuBu terms itself as a new city spa. However, it doesn't immediately stand out as you walk along Bell Street in Henley. There isn't a plush door or window showing you what's in store. To pin point it, there's a simple sign above a front door, as you
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The Carling Weekend: Reading Festival
THE Carling Weekend: Reading Festival offers the winning combination of an unbeatable musical line-up from both sides of the Atlantic, comedy, cabaret, cinema and a host of other diversions. This year's headliners, during the three days during the August
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New home for The Players
THE RICKMANSWORTH Players are back with a new show and a new home, thanks to the Elgiva. Following the closure of The Watersmeet Theatre in Rickmansworth at the beginning of the year, resident theatre company the Rickmansworth Players, were forced to
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Play with double chips
A NEW stage musical is set to make its world premiere in the South of Bucks. The Cygnature Theatre Trust brings Fast Food the Musical to Wycombe Swan next week which is written by home-grown talent Rob Alderton. Fast Food takes a satirical yet poignant
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The Descent (18)
If you've ever fancied a spot of potholing, you probably won't for much longer. At least, not if you should catch sight of The Descent. A creepy, claustrophobic little horror film, it will increase your appreciation of wide open spaces no end. British
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PC future
Who will decide the direction of the PC of the future? As the technology regarding music, DVD, other forms of digital information and connectivity converges, which way will it go? The customer in the end will decide with some direction from manufacturers
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Sawyer shows his team the way forward
Cricket: PAUL Sawyer led from the front with a captain's performance on Saturday. The Wycombe Warriors skipper excelled with both bat and ball as the London Roaders thrashed lowly Finchampstead by 134 runs. The result keeps Wycombe top of the Home Counties
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Excitement mounts in six-a-side league
ACTION in the Cressex Six-A-Side League was fast and furious with teams trading places in the season's penultimate week. Wycombe Town snatched second spot from FC Beconfield after taking maximum points from their four games. The winning run began with
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Donald breaks his duck but fails in his Open bid
LUKE Donald made his first cut at the Open in six attempts but his dreams of winning the event fell away after a poor second day. The Beaconsfield and Hazlemere Golf Club member hit a superb 68 on the opening day to be in contention but a second round
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Leon: I can be the next Kiwi legend at Wasps
LEON Holden wants to be the next in the line of influential Kiwis at Wasps. The assistant coach and technical analyst wants to follow in the footsteps of Wasps legend Warren Gatland, who led the club to triple Premiership success and a Heineken Cup triumph
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‘Aim for the Olympics’
OLYMPIC gold medallist Gregg Searle told Bourne End's young sportsmen and women to aim for the 2012 games in London. Mr Searle, who won the medal in rowing, congratulated sportsmen at Bourne End Junior Sports Club Awards night on Friday, July 8. He
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Carrington pupils get bears out for 30th anniversary party
CARRINGTON Infant School celebrated its 30th anniversary on Wednesday, July 13, with a school teddy bears' picnic. Pupils assembled in fancy dress and face paints at the Scout hut in Chapel Road, Flackwell Heath, for an end of term party to mark the
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Chef’s summer advice
CELEBRITY chef and newspaper columnist Sophie Grigson visited Positive Steps Day Nursery in Stokenchurch last Thursday to promote healthy eating. The food writer helped young children, aged two to four, prepare fruit kebabs and jellies foods that contain
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Jacob becomes head for the day
ROLES were reversed at St Mary and All Saints Church of England School last Tuesday as one lucky pupil stepped into the shoes of his headteacher. Jacob Pollard, a Year Two pupil at the school in Maxwell Road, Beaconsfield, won the chance to be head for
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Pulling together for victim Paul
THE landlord of the pub where bomb victim Paul Glennerster captained a football team has pledged to help him in his recovery. Mr Glennerster, 26, an insurance broker from Stokenchurch, lost his leg in the explosion on the Tube between Russell Square
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A journey never to be forgotten
A HADDENHAM man who was two carriages away from one of the London tube bombers is trying to put the horror of his ordeal behind him. Andrew Robinson, 27, of Station Road, was metres away from the bomb which devastated a Circle Line carriage bound for
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Pupils express their feelings in prose
STUDENTS at the Royal Grammar School have been writing poems in response to the London bomb attacks. The pupils from Year Nine captured a sense of the shock, fear and horror that has gripped the country in the wake of the attacks. Karen Penn, a personal
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MPs call for unity
Two weeks ago London fell victim to its first ever suicide terrorist attacks that claimed the lives of at least 52 people. Here Bucks MPs call for unity. We must unite to defeat terrorists: By Wycombe MP Paul GoodmanIN a conflict with terror, it's
