Bucks Free Press: News from High Wycombe, Beaconsfield, Marlow, Amersham & Buckinghamshire

MP Theresa May steps in on school admissions 'fiasco'

7:00am Sunday 14th March 2010

DESPAIRING parents have called a public meeting after their children were left without secondary school places.

• Appeals and admissions information

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Screenwriter to leave Hollywood following his wife's death

10:00am Sunday 14th March 2010

BOURNE END screenwriter Simon Monjack said he is leaving Hollywood because it is “too painful” to live with the death of his actress wife Brittany Murphy.

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Test cricketer opens sculpture exhibition

5:00pm Sunday 14th March 2010

A ZIMBABWEAN cricketer famous for embarrassing Robert Mugabe came to Marlow to see a collection of sculptures from his homeland.

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Robbery at Tesco in Farnham Common

3:00pm Sunday 14th March 2010

MASKED robbers targeted a Tesco Express store in Farnham Common.

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Steelpan band excited about Olympic prospects

1:00pm Sunday 14th March 2010

A CARRIBEAN heritage and culture group from Wycombe are bringing the sound of steelpans to the cultural lead-up to the Olympics.

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Man killed by train at Beaconsfield

6:39pm Friday 12th March 2010

A MAN died after being hit by a train at Beaconsfield railway station tonight.

Man 'concussed' by conker

10:00am Saturday 13th March 2010

PLANS for a new care home should be blocked because its entrance would pass underneath a 'dangerous' horse chestnut tree - said a woman whose husband was 'concussed' by a large conker.

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Bogus police officer stages arrest

4:30pm Saturday 13th March 2010

TWO men staged an arrest to gain entry to a home in Downley yesterday.

Youngsters wow audience in recycled rubbish

2:30pm Saturday 13th March 2010

STUDENTS took to the catwalk wearing recycled rubbish in a bid to encourage people to use their imagination to recycle.

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Library packed for teen pop concert

12:00pm Saturday 13th March 2010

ABOUT 150 teenagers flouted the normal rules at Bourne End library this week as they crammed in to witness the venue's first pop concert.

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Mums get free entry to National Trust properties tomorrow

8:00am Saturday 13th March 2010

THE National Trust is celebrating Mothering Sunday by offering all accompanied Mums free entry to Hughenden Manor and Cliveden, as well as a free slice of home-cooked Victoria sponge cake.

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Residents' fears over high speed train plan

4:29pm Friday 12th March 2010

RESIDENTS in a rural hamlet today slammed Government plans to run a 250mph train line past their homes.

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Woman, 23, dies after car crash

10:30am Friday 12th March 2010

A 23-YEAR-OLD woman died in a car crash in Chalfont St Peter, a coroner has confirmed today.

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Flackwell Heath man gets 14 years for cocaine dealing

5:55pm Friday 12th March 2010

A FLACKWELL Heath man has been sentenced to 14 years in prison over a £1m cocaine deal.

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Fine for unlicensed taxi driver

1:20pm Friday 12th March 2010

AN unlicensed taxi driver from High Wycombe has been ordered to pay more than £2,000 by magistrates.