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Cheetah Coming Up Fast
To continue last week's theme of how exhausting chess can be, I'm still recovering from the weekend's instalment of the national league (4NCL). This is my ninth season of participating at the highest level that the UK has to offer. Not necessarily always
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Grow your own Icebergs
My word it has been cold over the past few days. When I went outside this morning the frost on my trusty car was so thick that yours truly was unable to scrape it off. It took several minutes running the engine to heat the inside of the car enough
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Temperatures fall to minus nine in Chesham
CHESHAM was the coldest place in England last night as the cold snap continued. Temperatures in the Chilterns town dropped to a chilly minus nine degrees, although the coldest town in the UK was Aboyne in Scotland, where the mercury plumtted to minus
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Varndell ruled out for three months
WASPS unprecedented injury crisis shows no signs of abating after it was announced that Tom Varndell will miss the next three months. The winger went for a precautionary scan on a foot injury last week but it’s now been confirmed he needs surgery. With
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Train death victim named
THE man who died after being hit by a train near Marlow railway station has been named. The Buckinghamshire coroner's office has confirmed the accident victim was William Taylor, 77, of Laburnham Close, Marlow. The cause of death given
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No Ministerial code breach by MP Cheryl Gillan
MP CHERYL Gillan has not breached the ministerial code over the sale of her Amersham house close to the proposed High Speed 2 route, it has been announced. The Chesham and Amersham Parliamentarian had come under fire after national media reports at the
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Trotta turns down loan extension deal
WANDERERS' survival hopes have been dealt a blow after striker Marcello Trotta turned down an extension to his loan deal. The Italian forward wants a loan move to a Championship side after his two month spell at Adams Park came to an end. He scored
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Amersham byelection candidates announced
THE candidates for a byelection to select a new member of Amersham Town Council have been announced. Four candidates have been put forward for nomination for the Amersham Town ward, with the election being called after the resignation of Tory councillor
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HS2 would not be needed if Beeching had left us alone
SOMETIME in my distant past, 1946 to be precise, I went to Liverpool with my mother to visit an aunt and uncle. The train stopped at High Wycombe and went all the way to Birkenhead. Then in 1957 I was told to report to the Royal Artillery camp at Oswestry
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New £435k community centre for Wycombe Marsh
A NEW community centre in Wycombe Marsh, costing £435,500, has got the go ahead. Conservative-controlled Wycombe District Council agreed last night to put £187,556 into the project, to the delight of the ward's representatives. The money includes £60,000
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Step forward for new Handy Cross sports centre
A MAJOR project to knock down and rebuild the run down Handy Cross sports centre took another small step forward last night. Wycombe District Council Leader Alex Collingwood and his Cabinet reaffirmed their commitment to the scheme – which
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Wycombe guide for students launched by partnership
BUCKS Students Union has come up with a guide to help its students stay safe and enjoy life in High Wycombe. The Union teamed up with Wycombe District Council and Thames Valley Police to produce the 30 page brochure for its students.
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Stop this massive amount of waste
FROM January until December 2011, I collected all the unsolicited leaflets, catalogues, booklets and packages that were delivered to our address. In total I received the following unsolicited items: 474 leaflets and business cards; 51 booklets,
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Blues bolster defence with Premiership centre back
WANDERERS have signed an 18-year-old centre back from the Premiership on a short-term loan. Louis Laing has joined from Sunderland until February 14 and Blues boss Gary Waddock believes he'll make a positive impact. Speaking to the club's official website
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Planning applications for January 13
THE following applications were submitted to south Buckinghamshire councils on Friday. To view Wycombe applications click here, for Chiltern applications click here and for South Bucks applications click here. You must accept the terms and
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Tory chief refutes Labour 'lack of leadership' claim
THE Tory Leader of Wycombe District Council has strongly rebuffed suggestions from his Labour counterpart that his administration is 'rudderless'. Labour's Cllr Victoria Groulef accused Cllr Alex Collingwood of showing a lack of leadership
