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• Act now on road chaos

  November 15, 2000 14:21: Your editorial in The Star (November 2) highlighted the widespread traffic problems following the recent storms. read more

• Mixed fortunes for Bucks' swimmers

  November 15, 2000 13:20: IT was a tale of two clubs in Portsmouth last Saturday when Wycombe District and Amersham Swimming Clubs contested the second round of the Speedo League (South) Premier Division. read more

• Cycling brothers make top ten in Belgium

  November 15, 2000 13:21: HIGH Wycombe's cycling brothers Martin and Karl Freeman kept the flag flying with an impressive top-ten finish at the Ghent Open meeting in Belgium last weekend. read more

• Cash from scrap buys guide dog

  November 15, 2000 13:13: COLLECTING aluminium foil, cans and metal has raised £2,500 to buy a guide dog. read more

• Council to invest £4 million in new technology

  November 15, 2000 13:12: WYCOMBE District Council is to invest £4 million over four years in ICT (Information and Communication Technology) to revolutionise the way it provides customer services. read more

• Council to invest £4 million in new technology

  November 15, 2000 13:17: WYCOMBE District Council is to invest £4 million over four years in ICT (Information and Communication Technology) to revolutionise the way it provides customer services. read more

• Beaconsfield travel agents scoop top award in London

  November 15, 2000 13:09: STAFF at the Beaconsfield branch of Keith Bailey Travel beat off national competition to take a top award. read more

• Website with local angle on buying

  November 15, 2000 13:12: A NEW website was launched this week to help businesses in the Chesham and Amersham areas buy locally. read more

• Belly dancer does a turn for charity

  November 15, 2000 13:16: TEACHER Lindsay Gasper stuck a jewel in her navel and danced her way to raising more than £160. read more

• Rye hockey players come back from the dead

  November 15, 2000 13:19: WYCOMBE Rye earned a first division point when they came back from the dead against Sonning at Cressex last Saturday. read more

• Hockey team seek first win

  November 15, 2000 13:19: HIGH Wycombe will attempt to get their Southern Premier Division One campaign off the ground tomorrow when they travel to Chichester. read more

• Trick or treaters brought laughter

  November 15, 2000 14:21: WITH reference to the letter in the Star last week entitled 'Whatever happened to Halloween?' sent in by Brian Hawkins of Beaconsfield, although I have some sympathy with him with regards answering the door, I'd like to recount what happened in our household. read more

• Drivers' sins make cycling dangerous

  November 15, 2000 14:22: I'M pleased to see that Steve Cohen has walked the mile to work (The Star, November 9). read more

• Funds crisis has closed nursery

  November 15, 2000 14:24: ARRIVING home after a long day in the city, I received a telephone call from the chairperson of Rosa Parks Nursery informing me that, due to lack of funds, the nursery has to close. read more

• Phoneline offers free advice on meningitis

  November 15, 2000 14:26: YOUR article 'Don't confuse flu with deadly bug' (Star, Nov 2) was excellent in alerting your readers to the signs and symptoms of meningitis and septicaemia, the blood poisoning form of the disease. read more

• £3.7 million aid to help small firms

  November 15, 2000 13:06: THE newly-formed Small Business Service for Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Milton Keynes, has been awarded £3.7 million for its first year of operation - one of the highest awards of its type in the country. read more

• Repairers of the storm warning

  November 15, 2000 13:18: HOUSE-HOLDERS have been warned about cowboy traders who are keen to profit from the floods and storms which have swept the county. read more

• Starting out it's uphill all the way

  November 7, 2000 14:14: House prices seem to be dearer than ever and more out of reach to the first-time buyer. (Nov 7) read more

• Black flowers make a striking display

  November 15, 2000 13:05: THE Queen has just spent £250,000 on a small collection of Penny Blacks. I wonder if she will get the same joy that I got from some Penny Blacks that cost but a few pence this summer? read more

• Big business in the classroom

  November 15, 2000 13:17: PARENTS can pick up popular Christmas toys at knock down prices thanks to a Young Enterprise company called Enigma run by Cressex School sixth-form students as part of their course. read more

On this day: Buckinghamshire Archive