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Wasps set up home quarter-final with late flourish
WASPS 36, BORDEAUX 13. WASPS will host Biarritz at Adams Park in the quarter-finals of the Amlin Challenge Cup after a bonus point victory over Bordeaux at Adams Park this afternoon. Like last week they left it late with two tries in the final ten
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Neighbours help prevent fire tragedy
QUICK-thinking neighbours alerted by new smoke alarms helped prevent a Bourne End flat fire from ending in tragedy. Crews from Beaconsfield and Marlow were called to Selbourne House in Blind Lane shortly before 11am last Sunday, where a fire
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Legendary poppy seller dies aged 89
LEGENDARY Flackwell Heath poppy seller and war hero Harry Merryweather has died at the age of 89. The Second World War veteran passed away at his Fennels Way home on Monday afternoon with his daughter, Pamela Saunders, by his side. The
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School trip to Africa in jeopardy due to cuts
CUTS made to school funding has threatened sixth formers' charity trip to a Zambian High School. For the past six years, pupils at Wye Valley School in Bourne End have made an annual trip to Libala High School in Lusaka, as part of a partnership
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Raft of parking restrictions put forward
A RAFT of parking restrictions have been proposed for several roads in Beaconsfield. The plans aim to reduce the number of vehicles parked in the New Town, as well as tackle dangerous parking, which can make some roads too narrow for emergency
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Winfield: I'd rather keep them out than score
DAVE Winfield said he’d rather keep goals out than score them after netting his first in more than a year. The big defender scored his first goal since New Year’s Day 2011 when he bundled in from a corner to wrap up a 3-0 win over Rochdale at Adams
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Borlase's students need to realise this is not their car park
I AM writing in reply to last week’s letter from the unnamed parent of a child at Borlase. As a resident of Harwood Road I am fully aware that we live in a public road and that parking is legal and if they wished to walk along here on any week
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Borlase's pupils should not ignore parking requests
RE: Marlow Parking problems in residential roads. YOUR anonymous correspondent (Letters – Free Press January 13) states that, since the residential roads in question are part of the public highway, ‘anyone is entitled to park there, subject
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GX couple tell of dramatic escape from cruise ship
A COUPLE from Gerrards Cross have spoken of the terrifying moments before they escaped the sinking Costa Concordia cruise ship. Charanjit Phander and his wife Mohan, who live in The Uplands, were enjoying the final hours of their holiday when
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Bands sought for pub's live music night
FAME-hungry local musicians are being given the opportunity to showcase their talent at a Beaconsfield pub. The Red Lion in Knotty Green is appealing for performers to headline its popular weekly music night 'Friday Night Live @ The Red'. If you
