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Public notices: bid for Windsor pub to sell alcohol from 8am on weekdays
Stay informed… Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in your local area Go Powered by Public Notice Portal Privacy Policy A string of new parking restrictions in and around Slough, including the introduction of parking permits, are included in this week’s edition of the public noti...
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Hedgehogs and house martins among Thames Valley wildlife facing 'dire' future
Residents urged to leave out water for animals struggling in drought-hit region Successive heatwaves on top of existing problems with habitat loss and fragmentation have left the Thames Valley’s wildlife in a ‘dire’ situation. From hedgehogs to house martins, animals have been feeling the str...
Planning round-up: ‘Necessary’ works proposed at school to improve safety
This is a selection of the latest planning applications for the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead. Pending: The fence around the play area of a school is ‘not adequate’ and needs to be replaced, the school claims. The King’s House School in Francis Road, Windsor, is an independent pre-sc...
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Work to remove flammable cladding from flat blocks given the go-ahead
Plans to remove flammable cladding on two Slough apartment buildings have been approved – taking them a step closer to becoming much safer for residents. After the Grenfell Tower fire in 2017, tighter regulations were put in place to make sure buildings across the country were safe. Mosaic Apartme...
Football round-up: Windsor & Eton progress in FA Cup while Slough Town suffer late collapse
Hampton & Richmond Borough 5-3 Slough Town Slough Town’s nightmare start to the season continued as they suffered an injury-time defeat at Hampton & Richmond Borough. In a game that mirrored Slough’s opening day defeat to Dover Athletic, the Rebels once again fought back from a seemingly...
Bowles’ first five-wicket league haul leaves Aston Rowant in spin
FOLLOWING a high-scoring thriller the previous week in Division 1 of the Home Counties Premier League, HENLEY ground out an equally enthralling, yet no less important win last Saturday against visitors ASTON ROWANT. On a wicket that offered the seamers some early assistance, Tom Nugent bowled well w...
Street cleaning could become town council's responsibility
STREET cleaning in Henley could become the responsibility of the town council if powers are devolved as part of reforms to local government. Henley Mayor Ian Reissmann told the Henley Standard that “discussions” about services are being set up with the towns that will come under the proposed Rid...
Weekend rail disruption planned next month for 'vital' upgrade works
Slough-Windsor trains suspended on five days during September works Passengers are urged to check before travelling as weekend engineering work takes place in the Slough area this September. Network Rail says that essential track upgrade work takes place over several weekends next month. Its ...
50 years of music to raise funds for local dementia charity
A concert celebrating 50 years of music and supporting a volunteer-run local dementia charity is coming to Norden Farm in September. Since 2011, Alzheimers Dementia Support (ADS) has worked hard to support its members and raise awareness of dementia. Its board of trustees and directors are unpaid vo...
Henley Jazz Festival has top talent in town for September
TAKING place over the weekend of September 25 to 27, the Henley Jazz Festival will comprise 12 events, encompassing a wide range of musicians, performers and venues. The festival starts on Friday with three events. In “Clare Teal — Jazz, Swing and Other Things!” at the Kenton Theatre (7.30pm),...
Laraman’s six-wicket haul knocks Wargrave’s promotion ambitions
WARGRAVE’S Home Counties Premier League Division 2 promotion hopes took a knock last Saturday as they went down to a 110 run defeat at home to league leaders DATCHET. After choosing to bat, Datchet posted 257 all out in 49.4 overs, built on consistent contributions throughout the order. Tom Bevan ...
GCSE results in and around Henley show strong performance
PUPILS at schools in and around Henley recorded another strong year of GCSE results. Nationally, the pass rate has remained stable, with 67.3 per cent of all grades across at 4/C and above. That’s down only 0.1 per cent on last year. This demonstrates a period of consistency, broadly, after years ...
Dedicated volunteers thanked as Maidenhead & District Talking Newspaper Association closes
A vital service that has spent more than four decades keeping visually impaired people up-to-date with the key talking points in the Advertiser has closed. The Maidenhead & District Talking Newspaper Association launched in 1984 with the aim of providing an audio version of the Advertiser for th...
Residents react to plans for new Aldi supermarket in Henley
RESIDENTS have said that to deny Aldi permission to build a store in Henley would be “ludicrous”. The German supermarket chain wants to build at 99 Reading Road, the site of Jewson’s, with the builders’ merchant set to move up the road to the former Gibbs and Dandy site. Aldi claims that it ...
Minister of State for Rail gives update on improvements to Maidenhead railway station
The Minister of State for Rail has given an update on repainting works and repairs to platform canopy drainage at Maidenhead Railway Station in a letter to the town’s MP. Following the second meeting of the Maidenhead Station Railway Board in July, Josh Reynolds MP wrote a letter to Lord Hendy hig...
Record number of crews take to the River Thames for Maidenhead Regatta
Hundreds of spectators basked in the sun as a record number of crews took to the water at Maidenhead Regatta on Saturday. The popular annual event by Maidenhead Rowing Club (RC) saw rowers take on the 500m course which spans the stretch of the River Thames, south of the Sounding Arch railway bridge....
Former Magpie Sam Barratt on the scoresheet as Maidenhead United held by Farnborough
Sam Barratt marked his return to York Road with a goal as Maidenhead United and Farnborough shared the spoils after a scrappy affair. It was a cagey start to the afternoon at York Road as both teams struggled to leave their mark in attack. Jordon Ragguette gave the fans their first glimpse of excite...
Jousting, falconry and family fun promised at Dinton Pastures event
Knights will clash and bird of prey will be on display as a Medieval Jousting Weekend returns to a country park in Hurst this September. The event, which took place for the first time last year, will also feature family-fun activities across Saturday, September 12 and Sunday, September 13 in Dinton ...