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Wanderers fans question stadium move

10:04am Thursday 29th July 2010

A WYCOMBE Wanderers supporters’ organisation has questioned controversial plans to move the club’s stadium.

• Our stories on the plans

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Trails guide criticises council for Whiteleaf Hill management

1:37pm Thursday 29th July 2010

A VOLUNTEER guide has said it is time for a council to “be held accountable” for the way it manages an historic site.

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Day centre closure council "selling everything up"

8:00am Thursday 29th July 2010

A COUNCILLOR has criticised the proposal to close day centres in the county saying it “is not saving costs- it is gathering money.”

• Our stories on the day centre closures

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OAP beds and child protection to be hit by council cuts

4:07pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

BEDS and home help for older people will be cut and work to protect at risk children will be slashed under council savings announced today.

• Read the full list of cuts here
• Read our politics stories here

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Council refuses gritting role over claim fears

3:35pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

A TOWN council has refused to take on gritting duties over fears about injury claims from the public.

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Council apologises over stadium documents

12:46pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

WYCOMBE District Council has apologised to The Bucks Free Press for not releasing a key document about a controversial stadium plan.

• Read the full 2008 report here
• Read our stories about the plans here

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Human faeces in park prompts camping ban

3:08pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

AN emergency meeting will be called to stop people camping in Princes Risborough parks where human excrement has been found.

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County PR officers: 'We are not ignoring High Wycombe'

3:49pm Tuesday 27th July 2010

PUBLIC relations officers insist High Wycombe has not been 'excluded' from a vital programme of public debates.

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Grieve backs G20 protest decision

11:56am Tuesday 27th July 2010

ATTORNEY General Dominic Grieve has backed the decision not to prosecute a police officer following the death of a man at the G20 protest last year.

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Anger at ‘totally unnecessary’ stadium list

8:13pm Monday 26th July 2010

CONSERVATIVE council leaders were tonight slammed by a member of their own party for publishing an ‘totally unnecessary’ list of sites for a new stadium.

• Our stories on the plan

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High Speed 2 rail compensation scheme confirmed

11:17am Tuesday 27th July 2010

RESIDENTS whose homes would be affected by plans for a new high speed rail route will be able to apply for compensation, the Government confirmed this week.

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Two councillors to be dropped from Tory ticket

9:30am Tuesday 27th July 2010

TWO councillors who were at the centre of a bitter village row will be dropped from the Conservative Party ticket for the upcoming district elections.

• Read our stories on the row here

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Updated: speed camera authority 'could close this year'

11:17am Monday 26th July 2010

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE’S speed camera authority could close this year as a result of funding cuts, a council boss said today.

• Our speed camera stories

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Council agrees £9.2m of cuts

3:49pm Monday 26th July 2010

COUNCIL chiefs today warned of ‘pain’ for residents after moving to slash £9.2m from budgets.

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Councillor: 'Big Society' already evident in Marlow

7:00am Monday 26th July 2010

DAVID CAMERON'S 'Big Society' plan has been championed by a councillor who says one Marlow group is already showing the way forward.

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