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‘Absolute pandemonium’: Car bursts into flames on Hazlemere road
A passerby said a road near their house in Hazlemere descended into ‘pandemonium’ when a car suddenly caught fire this afternoon. The eyewitness, who wanted to be named as R. Rainey, was heading to the Co-op supermarket on Park Parade at around
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Wetherspoons submits new beer garden plans ahead of pub opening in Marlow
Wetherspoon is planning to alter the beer garden of its Marlow pub ahead of an opening date in just a few weeks' time. Construction work on the former M&Co store at 3 Market Square got underway back in May, with scaffolding and a ‘Wetherspoon
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Van driver fined £1000 for dumping mattress in ditch
A van driver has paid a penalty of £1000 after being caught on CCTV dumping a mattress in a roadside ditch. The mattress was found by Buckinghamshire Council investigators in a ditch on the A412 in Iver Heath on April 27. A traffic monitoring
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PHOTOS: Passengers stuck on broken-down train in High Wycombe for TWO hours
A man from High Wycombe spotted a broken-down train packed with impatient travellers from his window yesterday afternoon. Chiltern Railways apologised to customers for service delays between High Wycombe and Gerrards Cross on Sunday, July 21, after
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New CCTV at High Wycombe church to deter ‘sex, fighting and drug use’ in graveyard
High Wycombe’s All Saints Parish Church has said it wants to install CCTV to improve security. The Church Of England church has asked Buckinghamshire Council to grant it a certificate of lawfulness for the new cameras. Its application states
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CCTV image released after sexual assault on bus
Police are looking for a man they believe has ‘important information’ about a woman in her 30s being sexually assaulted on a bus in Milton Keynes. The woman was approached by a man who went on to sexually assault her on the number seven bus from
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‘A very proud moment’: Lorraine Kelly opens new radio studio in Marlow
TV personality Lorraine Kelly has described the new home of a community radio station in Marlow as ‘better than a lot of so-called professional studios’. Ms Kelly, known for her presenting stints on Good Morning Britain, This Morning and her eponymous
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In the Dock: M4 speeder caught doing 81MPH and fined hundreds by courts
Round-up of hearings at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court SHARON ANDRE, 45, of Helford Close, Aylesbury, convicted of two counts of common assault of an emergency worker - namely a police officer - in Aylesbury on June 28, 2023. Given a conditional discharge
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M25 traffic: Chaos on major motorway after lorry crash
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MP demands for shorter NHS waiting times as the 'community deserves better'
Chesham and Amersham’s MP has called on the new government to prioritise the NHS and social care in this Wednesday's King's Speech. Sarah Green, who has held the seat since 2021, wants new laws to tackle the crisis in NHS waiting times. The
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HS2 pays over £150k for puffin crossing to be built outside an infant school
A new puffin crossing has opened near an Amersham school. It has been implemented just outside Hyde Heath Infant School and was officially unveiled to the public earlier this month. The school and local community have long petitioned for a
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All the roadworks to look out for across Buckinghamshire during the summer
Here are the next set of roadworks which are due to take place in Central and South Buckinghamshire. Conventional Resurfacing Works Heath End Road, Great Kingshill (Monday 22 July to Wednesday 24 July) Conventional resurfacing works using
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Thousands of Buckinghamshire locals cannot get NHS dentist appointment survey shows
Millions of people in England have tried and failed to access an NHS dentist, according to leading members of the profession. Millions more have not even attempted to seek care as they do not think they will secure an appointment, analysis by the