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TEN THOUSAND street lights are to be switched off each night as part of a massive raft of proposed cuts running to 19 pages announced by Buckinghamshire County Council this week.

THE father of a young woman who died in a road accident in Chalfont St Peter has hit out at Bucks County Council's (BCC'S) plans to switch off ten thousand street lights as part of its cost cutting measures, writes Jack Abell.

RESIDENTS and drivers have spoken of their concern about Bucks County Council's (BCC's) plans to reduce gritters as part of their drastic cuts, writes Jack Abell.

TEN THOUSAND street lights are to be switched off each night as part of a massive raft of proposed cuts running to 19 pages announced by Buckinghamshire County Council this week.

SPENDING by BCC is actually planned to increase in one area next year - potholes and other highway repairs.

FRAIL PENSIONERS will have to pay more to go to day centres and for home helps, and could face cuts in disability allowances, under proposals to wipe £20 million off the adult social care bill over three years.

SIXTH-formers face a huge rise in the cost of travel if the Young Person's Travel Card is scrapped - even though the council it admits this may make more routes commercially unviable.

A PRIMARY school head teacher has reacted furiously to the news that lollypop men and women may no longer be paid for their services.

SUNDAY and evening bus services are to be cut under BCC's draft cost cutting proposals causing a headache for people who work rely on public transport to get to work.

UP TO 27 youth clubs across the county including in Beaconsfield may close unless volunteers can be found to run them.