The papers reach the newsagents early on Friday morning (From Bucks Free Press)
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The papers reach the newsagents early on Friday morning
1:12pm Monday 14th July 2003 in
AROUND midnight on Thursday, a procession of lorries collects bundles of the paper and takes them to distribution depots all over South Bucks ready for our readers to purchase at newsagents.
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