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We face ban – and they lose 915 million litres a day
ICANNOT be alone in thinking it absurd to "Carry on Waterboard" levels that we are facing hose-pipe bans and the looming spectre of stand-pipes in our "green and pleasant land" as early in the year as March. I give you England a country renowned throughout
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For working dogs
I WRITE in response to Sophie Wilkinson's letter on March 3 headed "'Puppies in Pain". As so often is the case with animal welfare issues, it would appear that Ms Wilkinson hasn't really grasped the issue with full understanding. My letter to which
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Ending selection
AT last, somebody who will rid us of this pernicious exam ("...an intrusion by Bury into Bucks" BFP March 10); somebody who will help us to extend the advantages of a grammar school education to all our children in Bucks instead of condemning 75 per cent
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Concreted river
THERE are towns which have a river running through them, and there are all the rest. High Wycombe has a river and what are we doing with it? Concreting it over. I rest my case. Dorothy Dawson, Middlebrook Road, High Wycombe
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My £278 clamping
I MUST have committed one of High Wycombe's most heinous crimes as I notice, from the court case pages in last week's Free Press that if I was caught in possession of cannabis it would only cost me £75. Driving my car without insurance is a bit more
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Check on waste
ONCE again "New" Labour has not only gone soft on crime, but it's taking its usual route of putting the blame on innocent, law abiding citizens instead. Instead of catching criminals who dump illegally, it has now put the onus on householders instead
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Against the Act
MRS Barnicle is hopelessly misinformed if she believes that hunts are now "draghunting" in her letter on March 10. Exempt hunting, including fox control for farmers, is now being carried out. However, regrettably more foxes are by necessity now being
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Harrisons' tales
DID you work at Harrisons in High Wycombe? I am in the process of putting together a personal history of Harrison's (the stamp factory) and what was printed at the factory in Coates Lane, this being done for the local library. Now, I thought there must
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Our latest chapter
I'D just like to bring you up to date on the progress of the Micklefield Library Action Group campaign. Firstly I'd like to thank all the businesses and firms as well as individuals who have rallied to our cause; with special thanks from all the committee
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Helping so many
WE are currently experiencing a shortage of social care workers in this country. This is why we support a national campaign to encourage more people to consider a career. Research shows that many people have little understanding of what these professionals
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It's out of order
IT is surely wrong that Wycombe Council should consider using a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to force Sawyers Funeral Service to move from West Street in Marlow. A CPO can be used for the construction of an essential new road or by-pass, for example
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Time to object
LAST year some 2,000 objections were registered in opposition to a new large store planned by Waitrose for West Street in Marlow. Planning permission was refused. In a predictable response Waitrose has resubmitted another scheme that fails to address
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The consequences
I WAS interested to read in the Free Press on March 3 an article concerning the numbers of angry motorists complaining about their speeding fines collected on Marlow Hill, High Wycombe. The facing page carried a piece about the tragic death of a woman
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They deserve our admiration and respect
I ONCE worked at Wycombe Hospital as a senior purchasing and supply chain manager and I am also a former nurse and a recent graduate of the IHI (Institute of Healthcare Improvement). In North America where I am studying the art and science of health
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Support our local hospital. We are very proud of it
I WRITE with reference to your March 10 front page and editorial comment about our hospital's patients' notes being typed up in India. You have discovered an item of news and you wish to make an interesting article for your readers. In summary, you
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Hospital notes
YOUR recent article on outsourced transcription of digital voice dictation may have been based on a misunderstanding. The paper medical records are not sent anywhere outside the hospital confines and this needs to be emphasised. Past, present and future
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Phone mast fury
I HAVE to laugh at the furore over mobile phone masts. Whenever there's a plan for one of them to go up in a street, the residents generally go mad and warn about health risks. Yet, the very same moaners are normally the ones who spend all their time
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Manpower
Manpower is a leading global human resources company. Our team of 27,000 people in 4,300 offices throughout 72 countries provides work to more than 2 million people. Manpower UK has 50 years of experience. We offer a complete range of services to
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Wanderers 0 Torquay 1
WANDERERS' promotion hopes received a dent as relegation-haunted Torquay stole the points with a smash-and-grab raid. Tony Bedeau's 57th minute breakaway goal boosted the Gulls' League Two survival hopes and made a mockery of the 29 points that separated
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Red card and late goals cost United
CHESHAM United threw away vital Southern League Premier Division points on Saturday as they lost goals and discipline late on against Merthyr Tydfil. Strikes from Sean Ridgway and on-loan Chris Sullivan should have set them up for a second win in as
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Couch hits his best form to cruise to Monte Carlo win
GARETH Couch made it seven wins out of seven as he beat Martino Ciano in Monte Carlo on Saturday night. He dominated his previously unbeaten Swiss opponent to take a unanimous points decision from the judges in front of the live Europsort cameras. Now
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Man who ran over his own cousin jailed for nearly 13 years
A DRIVER who ran down four men in High Wycombe town centre in his gold Lexus has been jailed for almost 13 years. Judge Morton Jack sentenced Saghir Hussain, 26, of Adelaide Road, to a total of 12 years and nine months imprisonment at Oxford Crown Court
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Schools ‘recovering’ from debts
THE two-year Government-funded project to get schools nationally out of the red by next March is making progress in Buckinghamshire. The Free Press reported three weeks ago how secondary schools in the county had been struggling with some of the worst
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Nurse struck off after threat to kill
A NURSE who threatened to kill a frail man and humiliated an incontinent pensioner at a residential home in Wooburn Green has been struck off the nursing register. Angela Amsterdam, 63, was officially sacked by the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC)
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Report on Dingle drug claims published
A REPORT investigating claims that Royal Grammar School headmaster Tim Dingle took drugs has now been published. Governors at the school in Amersham Road, High Wycombe, have received the document which was conducted by an independent investigation team