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  • Hi-tech sculptor gives software firm a taste of natural beauty

    A CHAINSAW wood sculptor has been hard at work near Marlow, creating a 12-foot tall woodland work of art from an old tree on the SAS UK estate. Tim Atkins, an internationally recognised sculptor, has spent several days this week at the software company's

  • Months to repair a water leak

    A FAMILY of five were left high and dry after the water suppliers failed to repair a leak they have been complaining about since December. Joe and Jane Gibbons, of Marlow Bottom Road, found their water supply had stopped at around 6pm on Monday the

  • Commonwealth Games gold bid

    ROSS Brewer is going for Commonwealth gold for the third time when the games begin tomorrow in Melbourne. The Great Missenden gymnast won golds in 1998 and 2002 in Kuala Lumpur and Manchester and he is now gunning for his third team gold when he competes

  • Hundreds sign up to save Oxfam shop

    A CHARITY shop has received the backing of more than 700 customers as it tries to safeguard its future in Marlow. As reported in the Free Press, staff at the Oxfam shop in the High Street said it was under threat after being offered a lease which leaves

  • World number two honoured in boat naming ceremony

    A BOAT-NAMING ceremony and launch party was held at the Marlow Rowing Club, after estate agents Hamptons International agreed to sponsor the club. Rowing teams and staff joined Hamptons bosses at the riverside on Sunday, February 26, to celebrate the

  • ‘Ditch the fags for fitness’

    WYCOMBE Wanderers were out in Marlow last week to urge football fans to kick the habit. Players from John Gorman's League Two side were supporting national No Smoking Day, which officially took place on Wednesday. The team, which has a training

  • Pet ‘hoarder’ admits cruelty to animals

    A WOMAN who loved her rabbits enough to call them names like Mr Pastry, has admitted 23 charges of animal cruelty. Jaqueline Miles, 57, admitted causing unnecessary suffering to 18 rabbits last Tuesday at Wycombe Magistrates' Court. The rabbits had

  • He owes me yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!

    AN ex-seaman has revealed how he is still owed £20 by Beatles Star George Harrison, after selling him his dream guitar in the sixties. Ivan Hayward, 70, met the late Beatle around 1961 after George visited his home to discuss buying the slick Gretch