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Boy dies from suspected swine fluA school in Buckinghamshire has closed following the death of one of its pupils from suspected swine flu. Emberton School, near Olney, which has just 29 pupils, was closed after the five-year-old boy died at Milton Keynes Hospital early... In this article: BBC Three Counties Radio and Buckinghamshire |
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Daily Mail | 4 hours ago
Google Earth during the Second World War: Amazing aerial images taken by the daring Allies which revealed Hitler's weapons
...in military planning for operations such as the D-Day landings. The 'detective' teams, who were headquartered in a stately home in Buckinghamshire at RAF Medmenham - MI4's Allied Central Interpretation Unit - included Oxbridge academics,...
In this article: Google Earth, World War II, Adolf Hitler, Germany, Winston Churchill, Royal Air Force, France, and Normandy
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Independent.co.uk - UK | 14 hours ago
RAF's wartime reconnaissance photos go online in new archive
...by highly skilled teams of photographic interpreters with stereoscopes. Geoffrey Stone was one of them, working at RAF Medmenham, in Buckinghamshire. He said: "You have to work out what you are looking at by the clues that are around them.
In this article: Allan Williams, Edinburgh, Keele University, Second World War, Germany, RAF Medmenham, Mainz, Germany, and Europe
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scotsman.com - Scotland | 14 hours ago
Flash, bang, wallop - high point for war pictures
...of which were originally analysed by MI4 intelligence teams based at the Allied Central Interpretation Unit at RAF Medmenham in Buckinghamshire during the Second World War. They were stored for more than 50 years at Keele University before...
In this article: Second World War, RAF, Keele University, Allan Williams, and Dunkirk
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The Press and Journal | 14 hours ago
Vivid wartime photos bring conflict to life
...up to the 1990s. Many of the pictures were analysed by MI4 intelligence teams based at the allied central interpretation unit at RAF Medmenham in Buckinghamshire during World War II. They were stored at Keele University before the archive...
In this article: RAF, World War II, Operation Market Garden, Keele University, Allan Williams, Bridge on the River Kwai, and Germany
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Sunday Mirror | 3 days ago
Ainsworth joins Wycombe
...strugglers Wycombe on a month's loan. The 36-year-old will be reacquainted with former QPR boss Gary Waddock at Adams Park with the Buckinghamshire club desperately seeking to improve their fortunes. The Chairboys sit bottom of the League...
In this article: Gareth Ainsworth, QPR, Twitter, Adams Park, and Liverpool
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | 5 days ago
Sir John Mortimer: memorial service celebrates 'magnificent Mortimer'
...Bragg, Jeremy Paxman and Jon Snow were also at the event. Celebrated author and barrister Sir John died in January at his home in Buckinghamshire. He was aged 85. Ross Bentley, 48, his son from an affair with the actress Wendy Craig who...
In this article: John Mortimer, Emily Mortimer, The Duchess of Cornwall, Wendy Craig, Oz, and Jon Snow
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BBC News | 5 days ago
Straw's decision on Biggs 'wrong'
Biggs, originally from Lambeth, south London, was among a 15-strong gang which attacked the Glasgow to London mail train at Ledburn, Buckinghamshire, in August 1963, making off with GBP2.6m. The train's driver, Jack Mills, suffered head...
In this article: Jack Straw, Ministry of Justice, London, and Parole
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BBC News | 6 days ago
Memorial unveiled to WWII pilots
Two of the nine members of the crew died on the mission A memorial has been unveiled to two US airman who died in Buckinghamshire more than 60 years ago. The two crew members were killed when the plane crashed shortly after take-off from...
In this article: US
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Telegraph.co.uk - Health | 7 days ago
Millionaire stockbroker campaigns for better NHS care for spinal injuries
...in Grenoble, France. After an initial operation he was transferred to the UK's leading NHS spinal injury unit at Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire. Doctors at the facility told him to prepare for life in a wheelchair as he...
In this article: UK, Guinea pig, John Lewis Partnership, University of Miami, Alps, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, and Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital
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BBC News | November 13, 2009
Sir Jimmy given honorary degree
...the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. The former radio and television presenter has raised GBP20m for the Buckinghamshire hospital and has run hundreds of marathons for charity. The graduation ceremony took...
In this article: Jimmy Savile, Stoke Mandeville Hospital, University of Bedfordshire, Spinal cord injury, Taliban, Leeds, Luton, and St Mary's Church
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Buckinghamshire (pronounced: /ˈbʌkɪŋəmʃər/ or IPA: /ˈbʌkɪŋəmʃɪər|/; abbreviated Bucks) is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan home county in South East England. The county town is Aylesbury and the largest town in ceremonial Buckinghamshire is Milton Keynes.
The area under the control of Buckinghamshire County Council, or shire county, is divided into four districts—Aylesbury Vale, Chiltern, South Bucks and Wycombe. The Borough of Milton Keynes is a unitary authority and forms part of the county for various functions such as Lord Lieutenant but does not come under county council control. The ceremonial county, the area including Milton Keynes borough, borders Greater London, Berkshire, Oxfordshire, Northamptonshire, Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire.
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