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The benefits of the welfare state

I was shocked to learn a few days ago that 380,000 under 25's are claiming housing benefit. It seems that people are able to claim a benefit for almost anything these days indeed I could probably even get a benefit for writing this blog! If a youngster

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At home with the Olympians: Woolven impresses at UK Trials

PIPPA Woolven spent the weekend surrounded by athletes who will light up the Olympic Stadium next month. The Wycombe Phoenix star was competing at the UK Trials in Birmingham for the first time and after a series of bar-raising performances it should

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'Bedroom tax' will affect hundreds in Wycombe

A 'BEDROOM tax' will affect hundreds of households in Wycombe, a housing association is warning, and may force tenants to consider moving. Red Kite, which took over 6,700 council homes in December, said its tenants need to be aware of the Government's

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Sun shines for Queen's garden party

THE Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh were welcomed to Henley yesterday by more than 4,000 guests from the three counties. The Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Diamond Jubilee Garden Party was held at the Greenlands campus of the Henley Business

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Aggravated burglary in Micklefield last night

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to an aggravated burglary in the Micklefield area of High Wycombe last night. Two men called at a home in Gayhurst Road between 9.45 and 10pm and forced their way in when the occupants answered the door.

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Video: Wycombe driver escapes 'the big one'

WYCOMBE racing driver Kourosh Khani is counting his lucky stars this week after walking away from a 166-mph crash in the latest round of the Formula Two Championship last weekend. Khani was competing in rounds seven and eight at the famous

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How to be nice to new neighbours

My family know I verge on being a recluse. A hermit. Just plain antisocial. I don’t know why that is. Someone in our close always has a house up for sale. There’s a slow but continual change in neighbours. We were one of those newcomers in 2001. But

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Don’t bleat when you are caught speeding

RE: Treadaway Hill speeding fines and last week’s letter: “Time to stop branding all motorists criminals.” MR Everson confuses me with his letter in which he wants ‘whoever controls the speed limits’ to put their house in order and tackle those who

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Two churches in Chesham broken into

TWO churches were broken into in Chesham over the weekend leaving many shocked and saddened. Overnight on Friday evening burglars broke into The Emmanuel Church in Broad Street, stealing money, and the Newtown Evangelical Baptist Church in Berkhampstead

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'Hopefully we're getting our fourths out of the way'

RATHER now than then; that’s the message after two Bucks girls got the one result that would really sting if they repeated it at the London Olympics in just over a month. Louisa Sawers and Jessica Walker were in Croatia with the GB kayak squad

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Police renew appeal after girl pushes boy

POLICE have renewed a witness appeal after a 14-year-old boy was pushed over by a girl in Downley. As reported last week, officers said the boy was assaulted in The Pastures area at about 4.30pm on Sunday, June 10. The victim and his

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Former parish clerk pleads not guilty to fraud charges

A FORMER clerk of Hughenden Parish Council has pleaded not guilty to ten charges of fraud. Lynne Turner, 50, of Tancred Road, High Wycombe appeared at High Wycombe Magistrates Court today. The ten counts of fraud amount to about £28,000 between

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Wycombe web-expert calls for clarity over 'cookie' law

A CHANGE to the law governing the way business websites can store users’ information came into effect last month – and a Wycombe-based web expert has called for clearer guidance from the government to help firms meet the new requirements.

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Will Sanders' 2012 dream have a Finnish end

AMERSHAM’S Nicola Sanders goes to Finland tomorrow knowing she has one final chance to make the Olympic A standard, after failing to do it at the UK Trials at the weekend. Sanders headed to Birmingham for the Trials with it all to do to book

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A404 dementia crash: Teen's family pleas for law change

LAWMAKERS need to re-examine the rules on elderly motorists’ fitness to drive, coroner Richard Hulett says after the accident which claimed Charlotte Pitwell’s life. The 19 year-old's grieving family have made an emotional plea to Prime Minister

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Jobs for the boys - Police and Crime Commissioner

I thought that with the soon coming elections for a newly elected Police Commissioner for the Thames Valley regional (elections are going to be in November 2012) that I may look into things in more detail. The reason for this was that I was going to

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Pub to become houses despite Cllrs attempts to block

A PUB is to be transformed into residential properties after council chiefs were left powerless to stop the plan from going through. The Live and Let Live in Booker Common will be extended and converted into a residential dwelling, with two