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Quiz night for Legion

Posted by Greg Burns on Feb 9, 10 09:20 AM in Clubs/societies

A QUIZ night will be held at Chesham United Football Club to raise money towards the British Legion Rebuild Fund.
The event will be held from 8.30pm on Saturday, February 20, at the club, in Amy Lane.
Tickets cost £5 per person which will include a light supper with a raffle also being held. Call 01494 772256 for more details or to book a table.

COUNTY council staff from top to bottom will have their pay frozen this year as the local authority battles to make £27m in cuts.
The pay freeze will affect all political members, who will not take an increase in allowance, with the chief executive and directors also being affected by the decision taken by the county council's Senior Appointments and Bucks Pay Award Committee (SABPAC) this week.

BUCKS County Council has defended its work repairing potholes in the county after residents hit out at the continued poor state of roads after the Big Freeze.
Despite weather conditions improving in recent weeks, the Examiner has been contacted by a number of residents angry at the potholes that continue to plague drivers in Chilterns.

BUCKS New University was in the top ten most popular universities in the UK after a 54 per cent increase in applications last year.
Figures released by the Universities & College Admissions Service (UCAS) said the rise came in people wanting to do full-time undergraduate courses with a 49 per cent increase in thos applying for full-time undergraduate honours degrees.
Prof Ruth Farwell, university vice chancellor, said "During difficult economic times and during a period of great transition it is a testament to the hard work and dedication of all at the University that we have kept our application numbers admirably high."

A NEW state-of-the-art library at Little Spring School was opened for business last week.
The ribbon was cut on the library, which cost nearly £7,000 to spruce up, by Cheryl Gillan MP on Friday (05/02) as she was given a guided tour of the facility and the school, in Greenway, Chesham.
The Amersham and Chesham MP was given a presented by the school council on how the new library works and enjoyed tea and cakes as she sat in on an art lesson.

A CAMPAIGN has been launched in Bucks after slips, trips, and falls in workplaces across the county caused more than 175 major injuries to workers.
Figures released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) showed that a total of 13 major accidents were recorded in south Bucks with 31 people having to take more than three days off work after a work accident in 2009.
Chiltern workers were involved in 17 major accidents with 25 people forced to take more than three days off work after accidents with major injuries including fractures, loss of sight and electric shocks.

TWO Vauxhall Corsa's were set ablaze by suspected arsonists in Chesham on the weekend.
Fire crews were called to Pond Park Road at 8.12pm on Saturday (6/2) after one car was set on fire and had to use two hoses and breathing apparatus to put out a separate Corsa blaze in Pearce Road at 4.53am.

This is a list of planning applications registered at Chiltern District Council this week.
All applications on this list, except Chiltern District Council's own applications, may be determined by the Head of Planning Services acting under delegated authority, unless the application is referred to the Planning Committee by one of Chiltern District Council's Members.
Representations should be made either in writing to the Head of Planning Services, Chiltern District Council, King George V Road, Amersham, Bucks, HP6 5AW or by e-mail to planning@chiltern.gov.uk.

LOOSE Covers will be playing at The George in Chesham on Sunday, February 7 from 8.30pm.
The band plays a mixture of music from the 60s to The Killers and Kasabian.

AGE Concern Bucks have appointed their new chief executive who is relishing the challenge of leading the vital charity.
Mike Brooks has been Befriending Services Manager at the charity for the past five years and has helped develop the scheme into one of the largest in the country with nearly 300 older people visited by volunteers each week.

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