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Perfect tens stun Watford with six-try second-half blitz
CHESHAM RFC U10s revealed a new toughness as they blitzed Watford in a sizzling second half display during a triangular tournament at the weekend. They were four tries to nil behind at the break, but a hat-trick from Rhys James plus further
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Former Cllr charged over child porn
FORMER Wycombe District Councillor Robert Bate has been charged with possessing child pornography. The ex-Hazlemere Parish Council Chairman has today been charged with 17 counts of possessing indecent images of children, four counts of possessing
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'Loyal' MP Cheryl Gillan won't quit over HS2
'I WON'T quit' was the clear message from Cheryl Gillan, the Amersham and Chesham MP, in an exclusive interview in Friday's edition of the Bucks Free Press. Mrs Gillan said she would not be giving in to calls from political opponents and campaigners
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High Speed 2: MP explains house sale
CHERYL Gillan, the Amersham and Chesham MP, has today defended the sale of her Amersham home, close to where High Speed 2 would run. It comes after Labour asked Prime Minister David Cameron to investigate her actions and whether it breached
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Ex-grammar head blasts Waterstones over name change
AN ex-grammar school headmaster says a leading bookstore chain’s decision to axe the apostrophe from its name is “absolutely ridiculous”. Andrew MacTavish, the former head of John Hampden Grammar School, believes Waterstones is setting a bad
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Marlow rower completes Atlantic challenge
A ROWER from Marlow has broken a world record to become the youngest person ever to cross the Atlantic. Greg Symondson, 22, from Marlow and the Atlantic4 have rowed their way into the record books this morning to become the youngest four-man
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Further merging of Bucks emergency services
THE Emergency Medical Centre at Wycombe would seemingly be downgraded under new NHS plans – to reflect the loss of several specialist services from the hospital. With hundreds of medical patients being redirected to Stoke Mandeville each month
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Review: Micklefield panto hailed a success
PEOPLE have sometimes expressed the wish that there was a drama group in Micklefield... and their fairy godmother Louise Willis made that wish come true last week when the first ever Micklefield Community Panto took to the boards in the local community
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Blues legend: Trotta key to survival chances
A LEGENDARY Wanderers striker believes Marcello Trotta could be the key to their survival chances this season. Keith Scott led the line for Blues in the early 1990s before moving to the Premiership and he says Trotta could be the difference for Gary
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Will our MP fight for us?
NOW that the Government, of which Mrs Gillan is a part, has firmly decided to ride roughshod over the wishes, homes and livelihoods of many of her constituents [re HS2), I wonder if she intends to live up to her pre-election promises and fight for their
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Woman with two vaginas talks about rare condition
A HIGH Wycombe woman has revealed all on national television about a one-in-a-million condition which means she has two fully formed vaginas. Hazel Jones, 27, told ITV 1’s This Morning about living with uterus didelphys, a rare condition which
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Tools stolen from house in Chalfont St Giles
A NUMBER of tools were stolen from an unoccupied house in Chalfont St Giles. Between 4pm on January 13 and 10am the following day offenders gained entry to the house in Dodds Lane. They stole a blue Makita petrol cutter, an orange Husqvarna petrol
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Residents attacked with hammer during burglary
A MAN and a woman were attacked with a hammer as burglars forced their way into a property in High Wycombe last night. At about 7pm three men, who were armed with a kitchen knife and a hammer, forced their way into a property in Mahoney Court, Oakridge
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Arrests made after teenager sustains stab wound
TWO teenagers have been arrested after a 16-year-old boy sustained a stab wound, which left him with a punctured lung, during an incident in High Wycombe last Thursday. The incident happened between 7 and 7.30pm outside the M&M newsagents and
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This country has gone backwards since war
IT WAS of interest, when reading the BFP, the sharp increase in rail fares between Beaconsfield and London Marylebone, an extra £156, costing £2,736 a year. On demob, I applied for a refresher course in Letterpress Printing, as a Printing Machine Manager
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NHS plans for Wycombe Hospital revealed
SEVERAL specialist services will be removed from Wycombe Hospital under plans published by the NHS this morning. Bucks health bosses say patients needing an overnight stay for medicine, respiratory, gastroenterology and diabetes services should
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All smiles at first inclusive football tournament
DOZENS of teams descended on Marlow yesterday for a huge football tournament – but everyone walked off the pitch as a winner. Proud family members clapped and cheered on the junior, lady and men footballers during the first Berks, Oxon and
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Marlow match falls foul of the weather
MARLOW and Beaconsfield's Southern League Central match was postponed at the weekend because of a frozen pitch. Chalfont St Peter did play though, and did their best to make up for the lack of action elsewhere with a six-goal thriller with Northwood.
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Beaconsfield beaten by Bucks rivals
BEACONSFIELD RFC suffered a bitter defeat at the home of Bucks rivals Milton Keynes on Saturday as their Southern Counties title charge took a turn for the worse. They lost 38-7 but remain three points clear of Grove, who they play in two weeks.
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Horse dies in Marlow Bypass crash
A HORSE has died after being involved in a collision with a van on the Marlow Bypass this morning. The loose horse collided with the white Ford Transit van at about 4.10am this morning on the northbound carriageway of the A4155. Both
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Award winning journalist to give talk
AN award winning TV journalist will be revealing the secrets of his trade at a special talk in Little Missenden later this month. Bill Neely, current winner of the Broadcast Journalist of the Year and previous winner of three Royal Television Society
