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Bucks fire service inspection reveals significant improvements since last report
His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services latest inspection noted huge progress since 2023.
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Row over delays to plans for a major expansion of Amersham and Chalfont Hockey Club
The club wants to construct two artificial pitches, with fencing and floodlights, broadly on the site of its existing floodlit pitch
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Bucks councillor seeking retroactive approval for garage conversion
Buckinghamshire Council’s planning report confirms that the work to convert the space into an independent one-bedroom dwelling has already happened.
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Man fined £1,700 for fly-tipping in Bucks
The man dumped the waste in May to avoid paying a recycling centre fee.
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Extreme heat in Bucks: almost 200% increase in calls about fires in the open
Bucks fire services revealed that since 1 July, firefighters were called to 412 fires in the open in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes.
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Fundraiser set up after village shop in Wing damaged in suspected ram-raid
Wing’s Local Store on Stewkley Road was badly damaged in the incident in the early hours of yesterday morning (12/8).
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Newton Longville explosion: man hospitalised for injuries dies
Thames Valley Police shared the news this morning (13/08).
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Thousands Snap Up Free Solar Glasses as Eclipse Excitement Sweeps Buckinghamshire
A local astronomy charity helped thousands of people safely experience the eclipse after giving away 3,500 solar viewing glasses, following huge demand from people across Buckinghamshire and beyond.
Charity Chatter
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Cats Protection Chiltern Branch
The local volunteer-run branch of the national charity – Cats Protection, which is the UK's leading feline welfare charity.
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Connection Support
Prevent loneliness and isolation in your community become a befriender.
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Karibuni children charity
Based charity in Stoke Mandeville which focuses on transforming young Kenyan lives. The Charity was founded in 1995.
Community Chatter
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Worrying increase in number of young people using Bucks charity
Youth Concern say those needing support and food are the highest they've seen in over 40 years.
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Only Contact Elderly Get Each Week
The 'Monday Contact Club' are a day club for older people that meets every Monday. Throughout the day there are activities, crafts, exercises, full cooked lunch and entertainment.
I didn't Know that !
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Pilgrims Flocked to the North Marston Well in Medieval Times
The water from the well was soon believed to possess healing properties, in fact King Henry VIII himself visited the Holy Well in 1511 and again in 1521, seeking relief from his gout, apparently.
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75 Years of the Paralympic Movement which started in Stoke Mandeville.
In 1944, at the request of the British Government, Dr. Ludwig Guttmann opened a spinal injuries centre at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in Great Britain, and in time, rehabilitation sport evolved to recreational sport and then to competitive sport.
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The Great Train Robbery happened here in Bucks 60 years ago
Cheddington historian John Smith talks us through the events of Thursday 8th August 1963 (this was first recorded 11 years ago).
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'Churchill's Toy Shop' at The Firs, Whitchurch
How many times have you driven past 'The Firs' at the top of Whitchurch High Street and wondered what really did go on behind those walls during the 2nd World War.
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Lewis Capaldi Latest Video Filmed in Bucks
'Wish You The Best' video was filmed in Little Missenden.














