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Dog squad join fire service
THE NEWEST four-legged recruit to Bucks Fire and Rescue has been announced. A highly-trained team of dogs is joining fire services across England, and it was announced today one of them will be assigned to the service in Bucks. The dogs - usually
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Kamikaze Blues blow two-goal lead
Bury 2, Wycombe 2. WANDERERS chucked away a two-goal lead as their promotion bid received another massive dent. After blowing up at home to the bottom club Mansfield, Blues did it again conceding an 86th minute equaliser to Bryan Barry Murphy's
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Burglary
Burglary is probably one of the worst and sadly most common crimes that blights our society today. There is nothing worse than returning home to find your backdoor already open and the kitchen light burning brightly. Sadly I can tell you that from personal
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Burglary
Burglary is probably one of the worst and sadly most common crimes that blights our society today. There is nothing worse than returning home to find your backdoor already open and the kitchen light burning brightly. Sadly I can tell you that from personal
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Fire chiefs: your paperwork will make us sick
FIRE chiefs have warned they cannot afford to cope with an incoming tide of paperwork imposed from Whitehall. A drive to achieve an equality and diversity standard is among the "significant increased workloads" set to put pressure on staff, said Cynthia
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Khan promises Wycombe return
AMIR Khan has promised to return to Adams Park after his no-show on Friday night. Organisers had hoped that the Commonwealth lightweight champion would be ringside to watch his younger brother Haroon, an England international, beat Exeter's Aaron Seldon
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Recording studio van comes to Beaconsfield
A MOBILE electronic studio which allows young people to record and mix their own music will be coming to Beaconsfield new week. The i-Van, a self-contained mobile studio, will be making an appearance at the car park of the Beacon Centre in Holtspur Way
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A step closer to being plastic bag-free
THE move to make south Bucks plastic bag-free is coming a step closer as Chesham adopts a greener approach. The Chilterns town looks set to follow in the footsteps of campaigners in Wycombe who want to see the new shopping centre development Eden ban
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Five to fight it out for Beaconsfield council seat
CANDIDATES for a Beaconsfield Town Council by-election have been announced. Two conservatives, an independent and a member of a locally formed party will battle it out for two seats on March 6. The election has been called after the death of Councillor
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Wycombe winger ok after neck injury scare
A WYCOMBE rugby player is recovering well after being rushed to Stoke Mandeville Hospital with a neck injury on Saturday. Kai MacFarlane was playing for Wycombe in their derby game against Marlow on Saturday when the winger got trapped at the bottom
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School evacuated after fire
A SCHOOL had to be evacuated this morning after a small fire broke out. An empty diesel tank was being removed from the boiler room at Iver Heath Junior School, in St Margarets Close, when the sparks from the angle grinder caused the accident. Nobody
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Argos to open bigger out-of-town store
ARGOS is to open a new large-scale Argos Extra store at Wycombe Retail Park next month. The new store, which will offer 17,000 products and create 30 new jobs, is due to open on March 20 - one week after the new Eden shopping centre celebrates its launch
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Risborough pupils in road crash demo
TWO school pupils were cut out of a wrecked motor car in Princes Risborough yesterday, as part of a road safety demonstration to stop young people from driving recklessly. The event formed part of this year's "For My Girlfriend" campaign, run by Buckinghamshire
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The burning issue
COUNCIL chiefs are gearing up for another battle with residents over proposed plans for an incinerator in Buckinghamshire. They invited reporters, including the Bucks Free Press's Hannah Williams, to see a facility similiar to the one planned for the
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Samaritan Stuart saves another life
A MAN who saved a hamster after it got stuck in a car saved another life after a car accident last week. The off-duty AA man came to a motorcyclist's rescue after lifting a car off him just seconds before doctors say his chest could have collapsed.
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Smoke machine to deter raiders
A HIGH Street store will start smoking out would-be thieves thanks to a clever new piece of kit. Woolworths in High Wycombe's High Street has been fitted with devices called Fog Bandits' and Smoke Cloaks' which fill the store with the smoke when the
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Taking the heart out of football
FOR some years I lived up near Hull. Not too close mind you, but near enough for me and my brother to trot in and watch Hull City football club on a regular basis. That was in the mid-Sixties when there were still divisions one, two, three and four with
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Jessica realises a dream
A STUDENT from High Wycombe is celebrating after being accepted onto the only course in the world that studies lingerie and swimwear design. Jessica Morris, 17, has realised a dream after becoming one of just 28 lucky students to get onto the Fashion
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Woodman: We must bounce back tonight
WANDERERS full back Craig Woodman says tonight's trip to Bury has become a must-win encounter in the wake of Saturday's shock defeat at home to bottom-of-the-table Mansfield. The defeat has piled the pressure on Blues' magnificent away form and a victory
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Primark to replace M&S in High Wycombe
PRIMARK is poised to take the place of Marks and Spencer at High Wycombe's Chilterns Shopping Centre. A deal is set to be signed soon for the budget clothes store to take the place of M&S, which is to re-open at Eden next month. The news was hailed
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Wasps frozen out on hottest weekend of year
ALMOST 7,000 fans were left frustrated on Sunday when Wasps' Guinness Premiership match with Sale Sharks at Adams Park was called off five minutes before kick-off. Most supporters were already in their seats when the stadium announcer walked onto the
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Gratitude for Bucks armed forces
MEMBERS of the armed forces gathered this evening for a reception at the Judges Lodgings in Aylesbury. The reception was put on to recognise the efforts and achievements of those that had served abroad. Many personnel had gone over to support units
