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SURVIVORS of prostate cancer are encouraging men in south Buckinghamshire to become aware of tests which can detect the disease and save their lives.
The Chilterns Prostate Cancer Support Group (CPCSG) is calling for people to find out more about the most common form of cancer in men during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
The group, which is in its fifth year, provides support to men living with the disease or who have been recently diagnosed. It is supporting The Prostate Cancer Charity in its month of awareness for the campaign.

A HORSE enthusiast is saddling up to take part in a sponsored challenge with more than 2,000 other riders this summer.
Karen Charman, 47, of Rose Avenue, Hazlemere, and her Irish sports horse Ben, are going to ride in the first Horses 4 Heroes event to raise funds for charity Help for Heroes.
Mrs Charman, who a sales consultant for equestrian insurance company AmTrust, decided to sign up as it is a cause close to her heart - her 18-year-old son Matthew is serving his first tour of duty for the RAF in Afganistan.

POLICE have charged a man in connection with a road smash that left an teenager dead and his girlfriend in a coma.
Sammy Edwards, 26, from Marsh, Aylesbury, was charged with causing death by dangerous driving.

FILM sets including the writing hut of author Roald Dahl and a Great Missenden pub have been put on display in the village where the author lived.
The sets, taken from the BAFTA and Oscar nominated animated Fantastic Mr Fox film, are being showcased at The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre in High Street, Great Missenden.
Hollywood stars Bill Murry and Jason Schwartzman, who provided the characters' voices, and director Wes Anderson descended on the south Buckinghamshire village for the press launch of the film in October.

A TEENAGE brain cancer sufferer who aspires go into the military was given a chance to fly high on a trip of a lifetime.
Amersham School pupil George von Kutzleben, 16, was invited to visit RAF Benson by Prestwood-based charity The Thomas Ball Children's Cancer Fund.
George, of Milton Lawns, Chesham Bois, was given a tour of the base in Oxfordshire by the 230 Tiger Squadron on Monday.

AN ANGLER and historian who has spent most of his life writing about his passion was honoured for his work for the sport.
Frederick Buller, 83, of Little Missenden, was awarded an MBE in the Queen's New Year's Honours List.
Mr Buller, who began fishing from the tender age of five in ponds around Kingsbury, Middlesex, went on to pen 12 works about the subject including 'The Domesday Book of Giant Salmon' and 'The Domesday Book of Mammoth Pike' using many of his own photographs.

WASTE collections have been suspended today (6/1) because of bad weather.
Chiltern District Council have not been able to make a decision on future collections as yet.

A 12-year-old boy was among a group of four charged with distraction burglary offences targeting elderly people.
Patrick Nolan, 46, from Hampton, Middlesex, Michael Henge, 37, from Bicester, Oxfordshire, Bridget Todd, aged 34, from Uxbridge and the youngster from Uxbridge have been charged by Thames Valley Police with 21 counts of conspiracy to burgle between October 23 and December 17, in connection with offences that occurred across Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire.

A CHARITY ambassador is urging people to think carefully about what they give as Christmas presents after seeing how unique gifts and training help people in drought-stricken Ethiopia.
Jan Lowe, 51, from Little Kingshill, made a trip to see how the Send a Cow charity teaches poor farmers to make the best use of their limited resources.
The civil engineer, spent a fortnight in the African country with six other supporters where the charity has been providing donkeys, tree saplings to produce orchards and apples, and teaching agricultural techniques.

FIVE vehicles left insecure in Prestwood were broken into in one night and had their contents stolen.
Mobile phones, a satellite navigation system and loose change were among the valuables taken in the thefts overnight between December 6 and December 7.
Thames Valley Police has issued a warning to encourage drivers to lock their cars when leaving them unattended.