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VOTERS will today go to the polls to make their voices heard in the general election.
Jack Abell spoke to the candidates in the Beaconsfield constituency to give them their final word on why they think they deserve your vote in the poll.

AFTER writing last week's column in which I outlined my plans to take the Gerrards Cross Fun Run by storm this year came the tricky part - starting training.
This week, I've done everything I can to avoid doing any actual training, and I've thought of a number of excuses why I can't, ranging from being too tired after work to just plain laziness.

A WOMAN severely injured in a road accident three years ago has launched a multi-million-pound compensation claim, but faces accusations that she has "dishonestly exaggerated" her symptoms to boost her payout.
Theresa Vimmerslev, 36, sustained devastating fractures to her left leg and right forearm in the in the accident which took place in September 2006 in Seven Hills, Fulmer requiring extensive surgery and rehabilitation.

A CHILDREN'S music group has raised hundred of pounds in memory of one of its entertainers.
Kiddleydivey, which operates throughout South Bucks in villages including Gerrards Cross, Beaconsfield, Denham and Stoke Poges, held two parties last month to raise the money.

A 42 YEAR OLD sales executive from Flackwell Heath is to run as the first ever Green Party candidate in the Beaconsfield constituency.

DOMINIC Grieve, MP for Beaconsfield, must give up his second home in Marlow and commute to the constituency from his London home if he is re-elected, following changes in the rules on expenses published yesterday.

A TEACHER and her daughter are set to do a sky dive in order to raise funds for charity.
Jane Cottam, 53 and her daughter Katy, 16, who live in North Park, Gerrards Cross, are joining more than 20 other fund raiser in Brain Tumour UK's special sky diving event at Brackley airfield in Oxfordshire.

A CHILDMINDER from Iver Heath who was convicted of killing a baby left in her care has fought her conviction at an appeal.
Keran Henderson, of Pinewood Green, Iver Heath, a married mother-of-two, was convicted of manslaughter in November 2007, following the death of 11-month-old Maeve Sheppard.

A CHARITY shop in Gerrards Cross had a touch of glamour added to it this week when a Miss England contestant helped out there.
Mai Arwas, 19, worked in Oxfam in Packhorse Road as part of her campaign to be crowned Miss England.

AN ENTERTAINER who delighted children across South Bucks has died following a battle with bowel cancer.
David Rhodes, who was 34, was part of the Kiddleydivey group, which operates in Gerrards Cross, Stoke Poges and Beaconsfield.

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