By Pat Bramley, property writer
Centre Square, High Wycombe High Wycombe is one of the top five happiest places to live in the South East. An analysis of factors which contribute to quality of life makes good reading for Wycombians who spent lockdown wondering if the grass could be greener elsewhere. According to the results of an investigation by property website Rightmove, Wycombe has a lot going for it. Community spirit, friendly natives, excellent transport connections, fantastic countryside with the Chilterns area of outstanding natural beauty on the doorstep - all these advantages helped to propel the town to the top of the regional ratings compiled by Rightmove following a national survey of 22,000 people.
High Wycombe named among happiest towns in south east
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By Pat Bramley, property writer
Rishi Sunak outside 11 Downing Street before heading to the House of Commons to deliver his Budget. Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA “We want to turn generation rent into generation buy” declared Chancellor Rishi Sunak in his Budget day speech as he rattled off measures to boost home ownership. Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer looked less than impressed. He’d heard much the same from the Cameron government when they were in power, he said. The end result was below par, he inferred. It didn’t deliver what it said on the tin. Back in Bucks, office staff of Inland Homes like most people in white collar jobs have been working from home during lockdown.
Housebuilders are pulling out the stops to help key workers and first time buyers get on the property ladder. Many developers building in Bucks are offering financial discounts as a thank you to those whose jobs are vital to keeping the country on an even keel. More than a thousand prospective homebuyers employed by the NHS have benefited from a helping hand from Barratt and David Wilson Homes in the past 12 months. The incentive provided by these two developers to help a new generation get a foot on the property ladder - five per cent towards the deposit for a house or flat - originally had a closing date in December but it has been extended for six months.
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Swamped with inquiries about building on Capitol grounds monuments from groups ranging from PETA to Flying Spaghetti Monster advocates, the State Capitol Preservation Commission
The Commission said it had been swamped with requests from groups including Hindus, Satanists and Church of the Dude.
In October 2015, workers removed the Ten Commandments monument from state Capitol grounds after the Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that the privately funded monument was religious in nature.
Here s a look back at the Oklahoma s Ten Commandments monuments at the state Capitol, Haskell County and LeFlore County courthouses:
Haskell County Ten Commandments
Haskell County Commissioners Sam Cole (left) and Henry Few at the Ten Commandments monument in front of the Haskell County Courthouse back in November 2004. The men are two of the three commissioners who approved the placing of the monument. Tulsa World File
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