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Wanderers fans question stadium move

Stadium plans unveiled

10:04am Thursday 29th July 2010

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

Trails guide criticises council for Whiteleaf Hill management

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.

Day centre closure council "selling everything up"

John Bercow at Risborough Day Centre earlier in the month

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.”

OAP beds and child protection to be hit by council cuts

PRESSURE: The cost of caring for the elderly and disabled is a ‘bomb waiting to explode’.

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.

Council refuses gritting role over claim fears

The treacherous scenes that greeted gritting crews this week

3:35pm Wednesday 28th July 2010

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

Council apologises over stadium documents

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.

Human faeces in park prompts camping ban

King George V playing field

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.

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

The biggest increase was at Buckinghamshire County Council

3:49pm Tuesday 27th July 2010

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

Grieve backs G20 protest decision

Tory Dominic Grieve criticises sentencing of child sex attackers

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.

Anger at ‘totally unnecessary’ stadium list

Stadium plans unveiled

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.

High Speed 2 rail compensation scheme confirmed

Runnymede and Weybridge MP made Transport Secretary

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.

Two councillors to be dropped from Tory ticket

Cllr Naomi Arnold

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.

Updated: speed camera authority 'could close this year'

Public chance to quiz speed camera chiefs

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.

Council agrees £9.2m of cuts

The biggest increase was at Buckinghamshire County Council

3:49pm Monday 26th July 2010

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

Councillor: 'Big Society' already evident in Marlow

BIG SOCIETY VISION: David Cameron

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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