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Help fight crime
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 1, 2007 4:56 PM
Police officers, PCSOs and Chiltern’s crime reduction adviser will be on hand at two events to tell people how they can protect themselves from burglars.
Mike Levine, Crime Reduction Adviser and PC Jim Clarke from the Chalfont St Peter Neighbourhood Policing Team, will be at Budgens in Market Place, Chalfont St Peter, on Tuesday, November 13, from noon-2pm.
They will give out free timer switches, property marking kits and answer people’s questions on how they can protect themselves from burglary.
Mike will also be in Sainsbury’s in Broad Street, Chesham, on November 14 from 10am-2pm – this time with Police Community Support Officer Mike Shepard from the Chesham town neighbourhood team.
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High accident rate in South Bucks
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 1, 2007 5:22 PM
South Bucks has one of the highest road accident rates in the country, according to newly released figures.
The area ranked eighth out of the top ten worst areas in the UK in the Department of Health ratings which were published last week.
The figures, based on the period between 2003 and 2005, showed that more than 80 people die or are seriously injured in road accidents on South Bucks roads each year compared to the national average of 60.
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Club together for more cash
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 2, 2007 10:17 AM
by Martyn Pritchard
A HISTORICAL day centre for pensioners in Chesham which will get a vital cash injection if moves to share its facilities with a social club in the town come to fruition during the next six months.
A plan, made public on Monday, envisages Chesham's Conservative Club sharing with the McMinn Centre in East Street. Under the plan the Conservative Club would use the cellar and some of the upstairs facilities at the McMinn Centre. Currently, the centre - which costs around £180,000 to run each year - operates an annual £20,000 shortfall. The new rental money would radically minimise that shortfall.
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Queen visits Pinewood Studios
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 2, 2007 12:49 PM
by Jack Abell
Picture by Tony Bell
THE Queen visited Pinewood Studios this morning to open a new entrance to the site.
Her Majesty and the Duke of Edinburgh arrived at about 11am and were treated to a tour of the set of sitcom My Family, where she met the stars of the show Robert Lindsay, who lives in Denham, and Zoe Wannamaker.
She then viewed a stunt sequence put on especially for her, and chatted with divers at the studio's large underwater stage area.
See next week's Examiner for full pictures story.
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Pub wins top award
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 2, 2007 4:09 PM
MANAGERS at a Chesham pub have scooped a prestigious CAMRA real ale award – a worthy testimony to their hard work and dedication.
Peter Broom and Sandra Taylor (pictured), who run the Rose and Crown pub in Hawridge, won the Central South Pub of the Year award.
Dave Badminton, chairman of the mid-Chilterns branch of CAMRA, said: “This means they are through to the last 16 pubs in the whole country out of the thousands in Britain.
“It has been a number of years since a Bucks pub has had this honour and it has been achieved by hard work and dedication to the beer quality and service overall by Peter and Sandra, who have only been in Hawridge for the past two years.”
Mr Broom said: “Sandra and I are overwhelmed by this honour.
“It is a significant boost for us and we enjoy being part of the community up here in Hawridge, where we put the accent on good food and drink.”
To celebrate bonfire night on Saturday, regulars are being invited to a mini beer festival, firework display, barbecue and a live band, Brahma’s. Entry £4 for adults and £2 for children. Fireworks start at 7pm.
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Fireworks fiesta at Chesham United FC
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 2, 2007 4:10 PM
YOU can celebrate Guy Fawkes night early this year with Chesham United Football Club.
The club is holding its annual fireworks display tonight, Friday, at The Meadow ground off Amy Lane.
The event is being sponsored this year by the Buckinghamshire Examiner.
Eleven-year old Anna Turnham gets to push the button starting the fireworks display after she won the children’s art competition run by the Examiner last week.
Anna, of Chesham, also wins a family ticket to the display for her glittery picture of Bonfire Night.
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Rising young musical talent
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 4, 2007 10:08 AM
A CHESHAM teenager is carving out a niche as a composer of note – at the tender age of just 14.
Natasha Michael, of Vale Rise, is so gifted that she has been asked to compose the music for an upcoming school production.
A musical all rounder, Natasha plays the viola and the piano with distinction but now she is endeavouring to compose a suitable score for Chesham High School’s pre-Christmas show of the late Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, which is about witchunts in Salem.
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Chesham out of FA Trophy
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 4, 2007 9:10 PM
Chesham United 3
Team Bath 5
Simon Newbury
Picture Tony Bell
Team Bath knocked Chesham out of the FA Trophy in a flurry of goals at the Meadow on Saturday.
In the first half Chesham could not cope with the pace and movement of a team who are virtually full-time professionals, but can take some consolation in a much-improved second half performance and in scoring three goals against a side who have only conceded 8 in 11 matches in the premier division.
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Man arrested on child abuse charges
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 5, 2007 2:36 PM
A 56-year-old man from Amersham has been released on police bail until 18 January 2008 after he was arrested in connection with a Europe wide child abuse investigation.
Thames Valley Police, working in partnership with The Child Exploitation and Online Protection (CEOP) Centre, have arrested five people as part of a Europe-wide investigation into child sex offenders.
Operation Koala was initiated by CEOP in 2006 and involved the sexual abuse of children from a modelling website based in Italy. ‘Customers’ from all over the world were able to order tailor-made videos depicting the abuse.
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Pensioner killed crossing M40
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 6, 2007 2:06 PM
WITNESSES are being sought after a fatal accident on the M40 near Loudwater on Friday last week(2/11).
At 6pm, a green Toyota Yaris and a grey Saab 93 were travelling near junction 3 northbound in lane two when they collided with an elderly pedestrian as he attempted to cross the carriageway.
The man has been formally identified and lived nearby.
If you witnessed the collision or have any information, please contact PC Brett Dwyer at Amersham Roads Policing on 0845 8 505 505.
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Wanted: girls for football team
Posted by Julie Voyce on November 6, 2007 3:11 PM
If any girls aged six–11 are interested in taking up football please come down to Chesham United, Amy Lane, Chesham, on a Wednesday evening between 5.30pm and 6.30pm for skills and mini matches.
All other females aged six to 60 should contact the website www.culfc.co.uk
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