Flooding caused her death

THE tragic death of Elaine Stacey highlights once again the dangers of the A413.Read

Drain roads or keep the lights on

IT WAS sad to read of the tragic death of the young teacher, Sarah Stacey, in an accident on the unlit, flooded A413 at Chalfont St Peter (Advertiser, October 14).Read

Let us see drain clearing roster

THE sad loss of a young member of our community is tragic enough, but as a local parish councillor I have attended many meetings during the past few years, where the issues of flooding and lack of cleaning of the drains and gullies have been discussed.Read

Smear test was no hardship at all

I WHOLEHEARTEDLY back your Jen's Final Wish campaign. Jen was my best friend and the fact that her death could have been prevented is devastating.Read

Useless council failing on hedges

THREE weeks ago, via the Bucks County Council (BCC) website, I pointed out the need for hedges to be trimmed at two key locations: next to the Chalfont St Peter Infant School and at the junction ofRead

We'll all shop at Tesco, believe me

HOW naive it is of anti-Tesco campaigners to think the boycotting of the Gerrards Cross Tesco supermarket is going to achieve anything.Read

Cancer test age must come down

HAVING just read the article in the Advertiser of October 7, I felt compelled to email to back the campaign.Read

Disease study volunteers

THE cancer care and haematology research team at Buckinghamshire Healthcare is recruiting volunteers to participate in a national breast cancer study.Read

No politics in our HS2 opposition

AS CO-CHAIRMAN of the Great Missenden Village Association (GMVA), I am writing in response to Cheryl Gillan's extraordinary dismissal of our members' concerns about HS2 (the High Speed Two rail link) as nothing more than a 'political stunt'.Read

Are you with us or not, Cheryl?

IT IS surprising to read that the Secretary of State for Wales has dismissed the legitimate concerns of Great Missenden residents as a 'political stunt' (Examiner, September 30).Read

MP has lost touch with voters

AS ONE of the signatories to the letter calling on Cheryl Gillan to resign her ministerial post to fight HS2 (Examiner, September 23), I was surprised and disappointed to hear her dismiss our initiative as a political stunt.Read

No sham debate, overhaul budget

ONE week we read that 25 per cent government cuts will mean Buckinghamshire County Council (BCC) will have to reduce its services provision by £64million, and now we read that that figure has risen to £90m - equal to nearly 10 times the Chiltern District Council budget!Read

She should go if HS2 goes ahead

YES, she should resign if this HS2 goes ahead.Read

She should stay and fight for us

IT IS certainly very disappointing to find that the new Secretary of State for Transport, Philip Hammond, seems to be continuing the disastrous policies of Lord Adonis and the last Labour government as far as HS2 is concerned.Read

A question of fitness to drive

THE question of the need to re-test elderly drivers over 70 has again been aired on TV.Read

Do the maths for a world record

THE NSPCC is asking schools in Buckinghamshire to help them smash a Guinness World Record by taking part in this year's Number Day, sponsored by Vosene Kids, on December 3 and being a part of a record attempt for the world's biggest maths lesson.Read

How did county pay get so high?

THANKS, Beaconsfield Advertiser, for high-profiling the issue of Bucks County Council (BCC) cuts.Read

Simple maths is key to cutbacks

I NOTE your piece in today's Examiner about the Bucks cuts debate meeting.Read

Deeply cutting about HS2 trains

THANK you for the coverage of the Chiltern Society walk on September 11. I am, however, anxious that your readers more fully appreciate the sheer scale of the infrastructure that is necessary for superfast (400kph) high-speed trains.Read

Speaking out for the carers

THIS week the world commemorated World Alzheimer's Day. Did your readers know that there are currently more than 700,000 people with dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, in the UK? It is estimated that there will be more than a million people with dementia by 2025.Read

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