November 2009 Archives

AROUND 200 friends of Seeleys House, a respite and day care centre in Beaconsfield for people with learning difficulties, helped raise funds at a Christmas craft fair on Saturday.

The popular farce 'Charley's Aunt' by Brandon Thomas due to take the stage at the Beacon Theatre last week never happened. The production was cancelled due to an unprecedented level of illness among cast and crew.

TAX PAYERS in South Bucks will be amongst the hardest hit when the new 50 per cent income tax rate becomes law in 2010, it was claimed this week by ACCA, the global body for professional accountants.

THE NEW man in charge at Wexham Park Hospital, former Dixons managing director Chris Langley, grilled directors over hand washing and the safe-keeping of medicines at a public board meeting on Tuesday attended by the Advertiser.

SCHOOLS and parents were celebrating this week after it was announced that, after years of campaigning, a pedestrian crossing will finally be installed on a busy road crossed by hundreds of pupils every day, and on which a 14 year old pupil was hit in January.

THE HEAD teacher of Davenies School Craig Watson has talked of his frustration at a planning process which has so far barred him from making what he says are necessary improvements to the school.

COMMUTERS on the A40 faced long delays into London this morning due to an accident involving a motorbike and four cars.

Seeleys House cente for adults with severe learning difficutlies celebrates its 25th anniversary this year. Polly Manser met the manager of some of her clients - and urges every qualified lifeguard in South Bucks to read on.

SEER Green CofE Combined School celebrated its 150th anniversary this week with a packed programme of activities.

THE rain may have bucketed down but it certainly didn't put a dampener on the spirits of around 400 people who turned out to the Beaconsfield, A History exhibition on Saturday.