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A413 accident
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 1, 2007 4:23 PM
A car and a motorbike collided on the A413 between Amersham and Chalfont today, Wednesday, August 1.
A red Nissan Micra and a red Kawasaki collided at about 8am. The driver of the motorbike was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
No arrests were made but there will be a police investigation into the cause of the crash.
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All In His Head: Sean O'Hare
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 1, 2007 7:44 PM
IF I could have asked George Best one question and barred him from hitting me or giving the answer "more drink", it would have been: How do you deal with post-lash depression, George? For there is nothing truer than the saying: What goes up must come down. Like a cowboy builder with a spirit level, I spent Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday trying to find that internal equilibrium after a particularly ruinous weekend. Drink is a great servant but a poor master, and not for the first time, I allowed it to call the shots. Come Sunday evening I knew only too well where I was heading.
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Locals found speeding
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 2, 2007 10:19 AM
by Sean O'Hare
A ONE day speeding blitz saw 45 drivers stopped and £720 in fines issued by police working in conjunction with a neighbourhood action group (NAG).
With speeding identified as one of the major concerns for residents living within the Hundreds NAG's jurisdiction, officers took their speed gun to the roads on July 24 in an effort to remind drivers that they are working closely with the NAG to enforce its priorities.
Narcot Lane in Chalfont St Giles, Austenwood Lane in Chalfont St Peter, School Lane in Seer Green and Church Lane in Penn were all targeted by a team of three police officers and four PCSOs.
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More cash for playgrounds
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 2, 2007 10:26 AM
by Suzy Talbot
PLAYGROUNDS across the district are going to have hundreds of thousands of pounds ploughed into them.
Chiltern District Council was given £200,000 from The Big Lottery Fund to spend on playgrounds and a further £400,000 is expected to come from the county council, town and parish councils and Wycombe Leisure.
As well as refurbishing existing playgrounds, the money could be used to provide mobile play schemes that will visit more rural areas and support new playground projects in Prestwood and Chalfont St Giles.
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Distraction burglary attempt in Hyde heath
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 2, 2007 10:49 AM
Police are appealing for information after an attempted distraction burglary in Hyde Heath on Thursday, July 26.
A 91-year-old woman was in her home in Weedon Hill when a man knocked on her ground floor bedroom window and then at the front door. The door was unlocked and the woman shouted for the man to come in. He said there was an imminent risk of flooding and that he had come to check the water pressure.
The man went into the kitchen on the pretext of checking the taps. He then left, telling her that he had to go and speak to neighbouring properties.
A carer came to the address later and found all the kitchen cupboards open although nothing had been taken.
The man is described as in his forties, around 5ft 9ins, stocky, with thinning brown hair, and clean shaven. He was said to be well-spoken.
If you have any information that could help police enquiries then please contact PC David Broomfield via the Police Enquiry Centre on 0845 8 505 505.
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Fatal collision Beaconsfield
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 2, 2007 10:52 AM
There was a fatal collision on the A40, Beaconsfield Old Town, towards Holtspur on Monday, July 30.
At about 8.50pm, a large silver saloon Mercedes left the road on the nearside and collided with a tree.
Emergency services attended the scene and closed the road for approximately four and a half hours whilst accident investigators examined the scene.
The 43-year-old victim from Cookham has yet to be formally identified. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
No other vehicles were involved in the incident.
PC Robert Mellor, said: “I would like to hear from anyone who witnessed the collision or saw the vehicle travelling from Beaconsfield Old Town heading towards Holtspur before the crash."
Contact PC Mellor at Amersham police station on 0845 8 505 505.
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Deep Mill site up for sale
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 2, 2007 1:24 PM
by Martyn Pritchard
A BUSINESSMAN has decided to put the derelict Deep Mill service station site up for sale with immediate effect.
The estate agency Stupples is handling the sale and offers in excess of £500,000 are now being invited for the 0.5 acres of land which formerly housed the Texaco filling station.
James Muirhead, the principal of Lombard Hotels, the company which has sought planning permission for the construction of a motel on site, said that reluctantly he had reached the end of the road.
He said that there had already been 90 inquiries about the site, although he had no intention of speculating about the future.
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UFOs spotted?
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 2, 2007 4:07 PM
Sean O'Hare
SEVERAL mysterious dome-shaped objects – possibly UFOs – have been spied hovering in the skies above the Chilterns by independent witnesses on various nights throughout July.
Reports from unnerved members of the public came in from Amersham, Bovingdon, Hazlemere and Chesham, while listeners to local radio in High Wycombe reported similar sightings across their skies.
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Community News from August 2
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 3, 2007 10:12 AM
Beaconsfield
The British Fuchsia Society's London show will be held on Sunday, August 12 at The Beaconsfield School, Wattleton Road from 12.30-4.30pm. There are classes in the show for everything from large hanging baskets, to bonsai, from giant standard fuchsias to miniatures. There will be between 500-700 top quality plants in all shapes and sizes as well as demonstrations on growing fuchsias and enthusiasts available to give cultural information and plant identification. Cost is £2 for adults, £1 OAPs and children and free entrance for members of the British Fuchsia Society. For further details call Carol Gubler on 01252 329731.
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Noddy comes to town
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 3, 2007 1:25 PM
Sean O'Hare
NODDY and his Toyland friends are coming to Chalfont St Giles as part of their sensational Summer Tour.
As part of a 10-date tour of the UK, he will be calling at the Chiltern Open Air Museum, in Gorelands Lanes Chalfont St Giles from August 3-5.
The tour is a must for all Noddy fans and is jam-packed full of activities, shows and games for the whole family to enjoy.
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Popular villager dies
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 3, 2007 1:45 PM
by Jack Abell
A POPULAR member of the Chalfont St Peter community has died suddenly in his new home in Cornwall.
David John, 38, sometimes known as Jake, was found dead on the evening of July 22 by a friend.
The post mortem found that death was caused by a by rupture of a varicose vein in Mr John's oesophagus, which rendered him unconscious before he died.
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Herge's Adventures of Tintin
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 3, 2007 4:59 PM
By Henrietta Clancy
For two weeks only The Watford Palace is playing host to a truly inspirational stage adaptation of Herge's classic comic book, The Adventures of Tintin, and I advise you not to miss it. I must admit that prior to seeing this performance I was under the impression that it was very much a children's show; not so. Under Rufus Noris's visionary direction this popular tale of loyalty and friendship is as educational, magical and amusing for adults as is it for kids.
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Dad's anger as girl thrown off bus
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 4, 2007 10:46 AM
by Greg Burns
AN OUTRAGED parent has threatened to take legal action to try and change Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC) policy after it saw his young daughter abandoned on the side of the road for not having her bus pass with her.
Richard Pomekrenke, of Camp Road, Gerrards Cross, was left panicking when his daughter Aneesha, 12, who goes to Beaconsfield High School, in Wattleton Road, was thrown off her school bus.
She was told that because she had forgotten her bus pass she was not allowed on and her friend was also ejected for trying to help which left both girls stranded at 8am on Friday, July 20, on the cross roads of Dukes Wood Drive and Fulmer Drive.
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View From The House: Dominic Grieve
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 4, 2007 12:08 PM
Dominic Grieve, MP for Beaconsfield, writes:
THERE are some things which people seem either to love or to hate: reality TV shows, rice pudding, begonias, wheelie bins…
The collection of domestic, non-recyclable waste, once a fortnight, is something which has caused concern to individual constituents and which has been the subject of sustained media campaigns.
MPs on the Communities and Local Government Select Committee decided to scrutinise these concerns. After all, as they said in their final report, every household is entitled to a domestic waste collection and everyone has an opinion on how the collection should be carried out.
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Food Review: The Black Horse Inn
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 5, 2007 10:14 AM
by Martyn Pritchard
The Black Horse Inn, The Vale, Chesham. Telephone: 01494 784656. Website: www.Black-Horse-Inn.co.uk
Lunch served all week from noon-2.30pm. Dinner, Monday-Thursday, 6-9pm; Friday and Saturday, 6-9.30pm; Sunday 7-9pm.
CHIEF photographer Brian Jordan and I greeted Jan and Mick Goodchild when they took over at the Black Horse in November of last year.
We both felt they were a lovely couple and we promised to return for lunch – a promise made good on probably the most unpleasant of rainy days in July.
It has certainly pelted it down this July but there is always time for a good meal and Brian and I were soon comfortably sat at table with an extensive menu to ponder not to mention the dessert board.
The Black Horse is a real traditional pub which went downhill a bit, before Jan and Mick put a steady hand on the tiller.
Now the pub exudes feel good factor and the establishment is receiving tender loving care.
The Black Horse is all low beams, nooks and crannies – a nice interior, certainly, and now the menu is very much up to par.
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Fundraising success for scouts
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 9, 2007 2:39 PM
by Amie Shearer and Sean O'Hare
IN APRIL 2005, Chalfont Heights Scout Camp began a large campaign to obtain the freehold of the camp.
And now thanks to a £500,000 donation from the PACCAR Foundation Europe the camp has succeeded in its two year campaign.
Chalfont Heights Scout Camp, in Denham Lane is used by 25,000 scouts, youth organisation members, students and special school pupils each year from across the Chilterns and South Bucks, the country and even from abroad.
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All In His Head: Sean O'Hare
Posted by Julie Voyce on August 9, 2007 4:44 PM
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