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Flood co-ordination was a washout

Open letter to Chalfont St Peter Parish Council and Chiltern District Council ON Sunday, August 31 the rain came down and Lower Road was once again flooded. Where was the civil contingency response? Nowhere to be seen. A group of local residents unilaterally closed off Lower Road from Hill Rise to School Lane, a very short stretch where the water was completely across the road and the wash from cars was entering the lower-level houses. Read

Free offer to give breakfast a boost

Some studies suggest that up to a quarter of us do not eat breakfast, despite it being a very important meal. Read

In no hurry to welcome Tesco

IN reply to one of your readers' letters (Success is in the bag for Tesco, August 28), has he/she ever thought of using a basket! Read

Striving to fathom causes of epilepsy

We were very sorry to read about the tragic death of Aaron Chesney (Advertiser, September 4) and would like to send our condolences to his family. Read

This all creates a rather nasty odour

Is it not fair to ask how many of our old age pensioners support a taxi card scheme? Read

Post Office was part of our heritage

Cheryl Gillan MP summed up the deplorable behaviour of the Post Office when she accused them of "destroying communities and putting people out of work - It is a form of legal discrimination against the old, the sick and small communities." Read

Problem disposed of, but in Ruislip

Further to your article (Advertiser, August 21), my asbestos problem has happily been solved, but no thanks are due to Buckinghamshire County Council. Read

Success is in the bag for Tesco

I have decided that I am looking forward to Tesco in Gerrards Cross. Read

Drumming up Korean personnel

The British Korean Veterans Association is trying to contact former members of HM Armed Forces who served in Korea/Japan from 1950 to 1953 and servicemen and women who served in these two places with the Peace Keeping Force from 1953 to 1957. Read

Grateful for support from all quarters

St John Ambulance Division, Beaconsfield is extremely grateful to Sainsbury's for allowing a collection outside its premises in July and to the members of the public who contributed to the total of £351.05. Read

Higher pay than their counterparts

What a specious response from David Shakespeare in answer to a perfectly legitimate question about the chief executive's salary; and that was just salary and not the entire package. Read

Litter louts - take your mess home

Please can the people who leave litter at the recycling centre in Church Lane, Chalfont St Peter,stop. Read

Memories of a personal nature

Malcolm Bird's recollections of Chalfont St Peter CofE School during World War II (July 10) are somewhat different from my own. Read

A trend we surely don't want to follow

Rrecently a short article appeared regarding an application to change Little Chalfont Golf Club into a private house, an opportunist venture that seemed harmless enough, despite waving two fingers at Green Belt legislation. Read

Is this last of threat to Wapseys Wood

Reading the news about the incinerator,I was elated! So it was worth fighting such a proposed monstrosity in our neighbourhood. Read

Smoke screens across the county

It was good to see that Bucks County Council has made its initial decisions about who will be contracted to provide the evil incinerator its seems hell bent on having for the county. Read

Swift aid after I'd 'bin' and lost keys

Copy of letter to Waste Management, Chiltern District Council I SHOULD like to express my thanks to the gentleman (possibly Bill) who climbed into a recycling bin in St Peter's Car Park when I accidentally dropped my car keys in it. Read

Bring reading to life for sight-impaired

I'm really passionate about reading. Read

Closing this PO will destroy community

REGARDING the proposed closure of Old Town Post Office,Aylesbury End, Beaconsfield, we formally object for the following reasons. Read

Is expenditure just for convenience?

I was surprised to read in the Advertiser that Cheryl Gillan MP claimed £4,326 in expenses over three months to cover mortgage costs on a home in south London. Read

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