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Shooting may be linked to disorder in Micklefield
POLICE believe a shooting at a bus stop in Wycombe Marsh may be linked to disorder in Micklefield about an hour earlier. A 20-year-old was shot in the lower leg when he was stood at a bus stop in London Road at about 6pm yesterday. Police said
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Bucks should be proud of our Colin’s cooking
I AM writing to congratulate Colin Baker on his success on the TV programme Come Dine with me, where he and four other celebrities each cooked an evening meal for the others who then score the meal in secret. Anyway, ‘our’ Colin was truly gracious throughout
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I despair at EU veto
I JUST do not understand why we are sidelining ourselves from the EU decision-making system. Surely our PM’s reactions – that veto – has all the hallmarks of the reactions of a petulant child that because it can’t get its own way and says “I won’t play
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MP still pressing for HS2 to be completely axed
MP Cheryl Gillan says she would 'dearly love' High Speed 2 to be scrapped after campaigners questioned if she was still pressing for the scheme to be axed completely. Protesters met her before Christmas and told the Bucks Free Press there were
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Volunteer with the National Trust
VOLUNTEERS are being invited to help care for the National Trust properties and land in Hughenden and West Wycombe Park. In preparation for the 2012 season the Trust is looking for volunteers to help outdoors and in. Countryside volunteers
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Former fireman 'had heart of gold'
THERE was a time when Marlow Fire Station was known as Price and Co, such was the importance of the family to tackling blazes in Bucks. But the quartet who were so key to the service during the 1960s and 70s has been broken up after the death
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Updated: Road reopened after police investigate shooting
A SECTION of London Road in Wycombe Marsh has been reopened after police spent the morning investigating the scene where a man was found with a gunshot wound. The stretch of the A40 from Kings Road to Abbey Barn Road was still closed this morning
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French get it right over breast implants
I NEVER thought I would be tempted to hold up the French as a model of good behaviour that might be followed by the UK. But their decision to offer their citizens free replacement of all PIP breast implants, whether these have already failed or not, is
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Is this the dawn of a great era for justice?
EVERY decent person in Britain should be celebrating a very good week for justice this week after the conviction and jailing of two men for the racist murder in London of Stephen Lawrence in 1993. We agree with Attorney General Dominic Grieve
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'Silent killer' warning from freemasons
THE dangers of a 'silent killer' have been highlighted by members of the Freemasons who hope to save lives through talking about prostate cancer. Members of Amersham Lodge, which meets at the Masonic Centre in St Peter Street, Marlow, have
