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  • England coming to Adams Park

    THE next generation of England stars will be hoping to get their U17 season off to a perfect start when they face Turkey at Adams Park stadium on August 31, (ko 7.45pm). The game is part of a four-team friendly tournament which also features Northern

  • Suffering from an identity crisis

    IF Google had been around when I was at school I would have sailed through my exams. Instead I manage to scrape together O Level history and geography and escape to do something more interesting out in the big wide world. Now we have the big wide world

  • Shop a bus driver

    WE are asking for bus passengers to Shop a Driver' if they see them using mobile phones at the wheel - after a string of complaints. A number of bus-users have spoken out after spotting Arriva drivers flouting the law while negotiating busy roads - putting

  • Bucks end with a rain-drenched draw

    LOCAL stars Adam Wynd, Paul Sawyer and Jon Newell helped Bucks to a draw in their final Minor Counties Championship match of the season this week. They drew with Herts in a rain-ruined match at Long Marston, when play was only possible on one of the

  • Chesham still pointless

    CHESHAM United are still waiting to put their first points on the board this season after defeat last night. They were beaten 2-1 at home by Rothwell after their match at Cinderford last Saturday was postponed due to a water-logged pitch.

  • Right to the point

    Re: Colin Baker's article on "pseudo-psycho-babble", BFP, August 10. I THOUGHT you might be interested in a recent experience of ours. Over the years we have visited many museums both in Great Britain and abroad. It is my husband's firm belief that

  • They're in favour

    YOUR journalist was kind enough to call me last week and quote some of my comments in the Free Press. Councillor Ms Wassell should come over and meet more Marlow people than the friends she says she has in the area. A very high proportion of the people

  • Ellis looking to fill void

    HUGO Ellis is hoping to fill the void created by Wasps' back rows going to the World Cup. Joe Worsley, Lawrence Dallaglio and Tom Rees will be away with England, while Dan Leo is in the Samoan squad. Ellis said: "We have a lot of guys at the World Cup

  • Free compost for your garden

    The Waste Partnership for Buckinghamshire will be rewarding residents on August 31 for using their food and garden waste collection service, by giving away free soil improver, which has been produced at the High Heavens compost facility. Nearly a third

  • Eight per cent caught drink driving

    DRIVERS are still sinking the pints before getting behind the wheel, according to Thames Valley Police figures. A month long campaign to crack down on the numbers killed and injured by drink drivers began at the end of July. In Buckinghamshire, 204

  • Local studio joins Bekonscot village

    A PHOTOGRAPHER has just opened a new studio in town, but customers hoping for a portrait might have trouble getting through the front door. The Trewimage building is among the latest businesses to line the streets of Bekonscot model village and railway