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Stab victim 'serious but stable'

5:01pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A 30-YEAR-OLD man who was stabbed in High Wycombe yesterday is in a serious but stable condition in hospital, police say.

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Family 'lucky' to escape house fire

9:08am Thursday 18th March 2010

A FAMILY of five escaped but “were lucky to get out” after an electrical fire wrecked their house this morning.

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Council spending on stadium 'obscene'

11:22am Thursday 18th March 2010

AN opposition councillor today blasted council spending on a stadium plan - which could reach £750,000 - as ‘obscene’ and ‘deplorable’.

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Parents hail 'victory for common sense' in admissions battle

5:49pm Thursday 18th March 2010

AN extra 40 places will be created at a popular secondary school to assuage distraught parents left “devastated” after their children were left without anywhere to go.

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Car stolen during test drive

2:53pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A BMW owner looking to sell his car had it stolen during a test drive in High Wycombe.

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Beaconsfield train death man named

12:06pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A 33-YEAR-OLD man who died after being hit by a train at Beaconsfield Station on Friday night has been named as Stuart Wise.

A40 crash victim named

5:17pm Thursday 18th March 2010

A 23-YEAR-old former Wycombe man who was killed in a car crash on the A40 near Oxford on Sunday has been identified.

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Planning applications for March 17

3:25pm Thursday 18th March 2010

THE following applications were submitted to south Buckinghamshire councils yesterday.

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Traders give cautious welcome to new market contract

3:23pm Thursday 18th March 2010

MARKET traders have cautiously welcomed a new private contractor brought in to run High Wycombe market by Wycombe District Council.

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New Iceland supermarket opens in High Wycombe

11:40am Thursday 18th March 2010

EXCITED shoppers clamored outside the iconic Red Lion House this morning as the 'mayor went to Iceland' to welcome back the supermarket chain to High Wycombe.

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Protest over permanent travellers home

10:50am Thursday 18th March 2010

A WOMAN who lives at one of the travellers' sites put forward by Wycombe District Council said “it is only about legalising the home that we have had.”

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Holy Cross planning bid made

8:57am Thursday 18th March 2010

A CONTROVERSIAL planning application for more than 200 new houses and a care home in the centre of Chalfont St Peter has been made.

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Bucks mum takes in 'miracle' Haitian baby

7:30am Thursday 18th March 2010

A TINY Haitian baby – who was trapped under rubble for two days following the recent earthquake - is now being looked after by a Buckinghamshire family.

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Stadium 'could be next Eden' boss tells press

8:20pm Wednesday 17th March 2010

A COUNCIL chief today hailed a plan to move Wycombe Wanderers and London Wasps to a new stadium – said it could be “Wycombe’s next Eden”. Watch the press conference here.

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