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  • Rude people

    Last week I was in the main Post Office in Wycombe, suddenly two young lads pushed past me (and several other people) before taking their place in the middle of the queue, they stood there looking innocent as if they had been waiting like everyone else

  • Rude people

    Last week I was in the main Post Office in Wycombe, suddenly two young lads pushed past me (and several other people) before taking their place in the middle of the queue, they stood there looking innocent as if they had been waiting like everyone else

  • Carry on with the graffiti then

    I don’t know why everybody is surprised about how bad the Olympic logo is. We have a good track record, after all, with this sort of stuff. Driving into town at lunchtime I listened to people raging on the radio about how a six year old kid could have

  • Carry on with the graffiti then

    I don’t know why everybody is surprised about how bad the Olympic logo is. We have a good track record, after all, with this sort of stuff. Driving into town at lunchtime I listened to people raging on the radio about how a six year old kid could have

  • Dial-a-ticket way to beat fines

    BEING slapped with a parking ticket because you're late getting back to your car could be a thing of the past now a new mobile phone payment scheme has been launched in car parks. The service, called RingGo, started on Friday and lets drivers pay to

  • Council sprints past Top Gear challenge

    ANYTHING Jeremy Clarkson can do Buckinghamshire County Council can do better, after its engineers managed to resurface a road in 24 hours following a Top Gear inspired challenge. The quickfire work took place along the 800-metre stretch of the A4146

  • We want change in schools

    MEMBERS of Wycombe Labour Party were surprised but nonetheless very pleased to hear the policy announcement and surrounding comments by David Willets last week on the subject of selection in education. The statement that selection does very little to

  • Infuriated by defence of schools

    I WAS infuriated, if unsurprised, to read Paul Goodman's defence of our selective education system (BFP, May 18). At a time when his party is finally recognising the iniquity of dividing our children at age ten, Paul nearly tripped over himself in rushing

  • Jockey first past post for ban

    A TYLERS Green pub has jumped the gun and decided to bring the smoking ban in a month early. From Friday any punters that fancied a ciggie at the Horse and Jockey in Church Road have had to go outside. For two months landlord Peter Darby has been getting

  • Man dies in M-way pile-up

    MOTORISTS were met with a familiar scene on the M40 yesterday after another fatal crash. A man was pronounced dead at the scene of the five-car pile up between Beaconsfield and Gerrards Cross at around 8.40am. Several people were also injured in the

  • Nags Head decision hangs in balance

    THE decision to return one of Wycombe's top live music venues back to its former glory hangs on a knife edge. The Nags Head in London Road, which has hosted David Bowie and the Sex Pistols, battled to change its licence during a two hour meeting on Friday

  • Bullock: Boss won me over

    WANDERERS' latest addition Martin Bullock has revealed how Paul Lambert's vision for the team next season convinced him to sign from Macclesfield Town. He said: "Paul Lambert said all the things that I wanted to hear, particularly how he wants to get

  • Sanders quick out the blocks

    NICOLA Sanders continued her stunning form as she strode to a commanding victory at the Norwich Union Grand Prix in Glasgow on Sunday. The European Indoor 400m gold medallist from Amersham kicked off her outdoor season in the 300m and led from the start

  • Vijay’s chat with Tony Blair at No.10

    A BEACONSFIELD PCSO was invited to a special reception at Number 10 last Monday. Vijay Desai, who has been a PCSO in Beaconsfield town centre for the last two years, met with Prime Minister Tony Blair alongside other emergency services workers, including

  • 'I want to help other sufferers'

    A TEENAGE cancer patient from Downley is setting up his own trust to find out more about the rare disease he suffers from. Robert Holland, from Hithercroft Road, discovered he had a desmoplastic round cell tumour in his stomach in March, but within a

  • Brigade’s tribute to young heart attack victim

    A SERVICE for Holmer Green Boys Brigade was dedicated to a former member of their group, Tom Burton. The Royal Grammar School pupil, who died from a heart attack in May, was a well known face in the brigade when he joined aged six. An awards presentation