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IN OUR story entitled 'Council sticks to cemetery closure policy' it is suggested that Chesham Cemetery in Bellingdon Road will be closed until March 1.
This is not the case. Chesham Town Council hope to re-open the cemetery in the next few days.
Apologies for any inconvenience caused by this error.

AMERSHAM Town Council is offering a free Christmas tree shredding service.
Residents are invited to bring their real tree to Hervines Park tomorrow (9/1) between 10am and 1pm.
The chippings will be spread on the town's parks and open spaces to aim to reduce weed growth.

POLICE have launched a Facebook page to encourage people to become a Special Constable.
The page on the social networking site is part of a campaign to recruit more of the volunteer police officers and will be linked to the main Thames Valley Police page.
The group will offer those thinking of taking up the position a chance to ask questions, get an insight into the role and information about how to join.

THE Community Library in Little Chalfont is set to become the first wireless broadband hotspot in the village.
Visitors from Tuesday (5/1) will be able to access the service on their own laptop computers at the library in Cokes Lane.
Jim Brooks, chairman of the Friends of Little Chalfont Library charity, which formed to save the library from closure and is now run by unpaid volunteers, said:"We already offer free access to the internet via our desktop PCs. This new service will give library visitors the ability to access our broadband network and the internet via their own laptop computers."
He added: "Some people might think that libraries are only about borrowing books and we have an excellent stock but we think providing a range of services is also important, including using modern technology to access information available on the internet. It will be a valuable new service for both local residents and visitors to the area. "

SNOW and plummeting temperatures caused chaos in the Chilterns this week as those travelling for Christmas and last minute shoppers faced icy conditions.
Residents of rural Bucks were snowed-in on Friday after waking to discover the heavy snowfall overnight which following the start of flurries on Thursday.
Below-freezing temperatures continued to cause problems, particularly to motorists in the following days and into this week.

A CHARITY radio station will take to the airwaves this Christmas to try to raise funds for an African school for orphaned children.
Radio Africa will broadcast from Café Africa, in Chesham Road, Amersham, for 48 hours between midday December 22 to midday on Christmas Eve. It aims to raise money for African Link - a locally-run charity helping poor and vulnerable African Children.
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NEW parking plans proposed to come into force in Amersham Old Town have been unveiled.
Buckinghamshire County Council held public exhibitions in the town on Friday and Saturday for concerned residents, business owners and shoppers to see for themselves where they will have to pay to park in the future.
High Street, the majority of which is currently unrestricted, will be shared between pay and display between 8am and 6pm - with a maximum stay of three hours - and permit holders only spaces.

PROTESTORS angered by the proposed introduction of parking fees in Amersham Old Town took to the streets with placards to show their defiance.
Residents and business owners dressed up as traffic wardens and marched in the area on Saturday to oppose the controversial measures set to be introduced by Buckinghamshire County Council early next year.
Proposals include residents and business permit holders' bays replacing the currently largely unrestricted on-street parking.

THE pic 'n' mix was flowing as crowds turned out for the official opening of new high street store Alworths.
The company, formed by former Woolworths employees left jobless by its demise, launched the shop this morning in Sycamore Road, Amersham.
The ribbon on the premises previously occupied by Woolworths was cut by 11-year-old Examiner competition winner Nicole Walker, of Chesham, who was given the opportunity by penning a poem about the opening.
Balloons and tasters of the pic 'n' mix sweets welcomed the shoppers at the company's second store in the country.

THE WAR dead will be honoured for their dedication to their country at remembrance ceremonies across south Buckinghamshire.
On Sunday those who have died in the First and Second World Wars and those who fought in recent confilicts will be remembered.