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  ‘The Apprentice’ back for a new series on BBC1

  March 14, 2012 / Uncategorized

  The Apprentice is back on BBC1 for a new series and this year’s contestants include a Recruitment Manager/Professional Wrestler who claims to be “the reflection of perfection”, a 20 yr old Greek Restaurant owner and Manchester’s Azhar Siddique, who has two pet sharks. This year Lord Sugar is quoted saying “This is not about a job anymore and I’m not looking for a friend. If I wanted a friend I’d get a dog.” The 16 contestants are; Bilyana Apostolova – [...]

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  Friends of Great Marlow School taking part in Marlow 5 Event

  March 12, 2012 / Local News

  “Friends of Great Marlow School are trying to raise money to “Raise a Roof” in order to be able to provide an outdoor seating/eating are for students at Great Marlow School. Parents, students and even some teachers are taking part in the Marlow 5 event on Sunday 13th May starting in Higginson Park. The FOGMS have even organised their own running/training programme which could help motivate and focus your training. If your interested in raising some money towards this event and [...]

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  Marlow Operatic Society take on Bad Girls

  March 12, 2012 / Local News

  Marlow Operatic presents our next musical, Bad Girls the Musical on March 14th- 17th, at Court Gardens, Marlow. Bad Girls is a fresh, funny and original British musical, based on characters from the award winning and hugely popular television drama. We are rehearsing every Thursday evening at Liston Hall, Marlow – if you do nothing else, come along and see what we are doing! Contact Heather on 07716 606 539 for more information. To buy tickets please contact Carole Holme [...]

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  Interview with debut Marlow author, Shelley Harris

  March 7, 2012 / Uncategorized

  About The Author Shelley Harris was born in Cape Town, South Africa in 1967, to a South African mother and a British father. She left South Africa in 1973 because of her family’s opposition to apartheid, and moved to Flackwell Heath in Buckinghamshire. After taking a degree in English at Southampton University, followed by an MA in English and History at Reading, she worked as a local reporter on the Maidenhead Advertiser, specialising in film reviews. She lived in Paris [...]

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  Marlow Regatta 2012

  March 7, 2012 / Local Lifestyle, Local News, Local Sport

  Marlow Regatta is held at Dorney Lake – the venue for the 2012 Olympic Rowing. It is to be held on Saturday 16th June and Sunday 17th June. On the Saturday, all races are over the full Olympic distance of 2,000m and the Regatta usually attracts all the best crews from Clubs, Schools and Universities in the UK, plus some from abroad. We have seen crews from Australia, USA, China in the past, as well as from the Continent. Races [...]

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  Sainsbury’s parking saga: Drivers disgusted with council

  March 6, 2012 / Local News

  Three more angry motorists have come forward to protest at being slapped with £50 fines at the council run car park behind Sainsbury’s in Marlow. Daily Telegraph journalist Lucy Cavendish, accountant Dawn Lashbrook and company director Sue Preece were all caught out during December. The penalties were issued when the parking ticket machines printed a supermarket discount voucher first, separately from the valid pay and display ticket. The machines were changed after the council was informed of the confusion being [...]

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  Dispersal Zone to combat anti-social behaviour in Marlow

  March 6, 2012 / Local Council, Local News

  Wycombe District Council has joined forces with Thames Valley Police to ban groups of troublemakers from the residential streets around Gunthorpe Road. The implementation of a Dispersal Zone follows on from consultation with local residents about the youth related anti-social behaviour which is blighting the area. The zone has been set up to prevent and disrupt such behaviour and identify trouble makers. In recent months police have seen increasing numbers of reports and complaints from local residents about groups causing [...]

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  Champions sought to help reduce household energy bills

  March 6, 2012 / Local News

  Wycombe District Council has teamed up with Buckinghamshire County Council to tackle fuel poverty in the county by encouraging residents to become community energy champions. The initiative aims to arm energy champions with the knowledge and information they need to reduce their energy bills and save money. In return all they need to do is spread the word in their local community. Around ten per cent of homes in Buckinghamshire are in fuel poverty – which means they spend more [...]

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  Britain’s first floodproof ark house

  March 6, 2012 / Local Council, Local News

  Britain’s first amphibious house, with normal foundations and yet capable of floating on rising floodwaters, is to be built beside the Thames. The three-bedroom family home is being billed as an innovative architectural response to global warming and the increasing threat of flooding across huge swathes of London and the South East. Recent Government figures suggest up to 750,000 homes in the south east are at risk of flooding – and this does not include new the tens of thousands [...]

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  Local Firefighters To Take Part In 100km Challenge

  March 6, 2012 / Local News, Uncategorized

  Eight firefighters from all over Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes are to take part in the London to Brighton Challenge on 12 and 13 May 2012 in aid of The Fire Fighters Charity. It’s a 100-kilometre journey from Richmond Park, London, to Brighton pier, which can be completed by a combination of walking, running and jogging. The challenge must be completed within 30 hours and the members taking part will be wearing full firefighting and breathing apparatus kit. All eight are [...]

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  Sun-dried tomatoes linked to hepatitis A outbreak

  March 5, 2012 / Local Lifestyle, Local News

  UK health experts believe sun-dried tomatoes could be the cause of a recent outbreak of hepatitis A. The Health Protection Agency and the Food Standards Agency fear contaminated samples were to blame for the infection that hospitalised four people and caused illness in another three people in late 2011. Hepatitis A virus is carried by human faeces and can be passed on through contact with food or water. Severe cases can lead to liver failure. All of the seven people [...]

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  Environment Agency cottage plan prompts safety fears

  March 5, 2012 / Local News

  They appear to be a picture of serenity. Perched alongside locks on some of the prettiest spots on the Thames, many would aspire to live in a lock keepers’ cottage. But a bitter row is bubbling about plans to rent out these peaceful properties. The Environment Agency – under pressure to rely less on taxpayers’ cash – wants tenants to pay up to £1,200 a month for the privilege of occupying a cottage. By saving the £32,000 cost of a [...]

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