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Public notices: Dozens of road closures planned across Royal Borough for resurfacing works
Stay informed… Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in your local area Go Powered by Public Notice Portal Privacy Policy This week’s public notices feature a raft of road closures across the Royal Borough for carriageway resurfacing works. These are coming into operation on July 1...
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Crews tackle fire involving shipping container holding fireworks and pyrotechnic props
Crews tackled a fire involving a shipping container holding fireworks and pyrotechnic props in Horton this week. At 7.13pm on Thursday, June 25, the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) received reports of a fire in the open on Stanwell Road in Horton. Crews from Langley, Slough, Windsor,...
Benson councillor’s ‘brutal and beautiful’ cycle raiser
Councillor Andrea Powell has completed her fundraising cycle challenge THE chair of South Oxfordshire District Council has completed a 66-mile charity cycle. Andrea Powell completed the Dartmoor Classic Ride on Sunday, which was 66.6 miles with more than 6,500ft of climbing. She was raising m...
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Windsor Schools' Choir among performers at Long Walk Live
A choir of more than 200 children and young people from across Windsor were busy rehearsing ahead of their performance at the inaugural Long Walk Live this week. The two-day community and music festival is taking place across today (Friday) and tomorrow (Saturday) on School Field, Long Walk. Thousan...
New free outdoor exercise trail opens in Burnham Park
Burnham Health Promotion Trust (BHPT) officially opened Burnham Park’s new Trim Trail with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, June 23, marking the completion of a project designed to encourage outdoor exercise and community wellbeing. Funded by Burnham Parish Council, the Trim Trail is a series...
Heartless thieves target hanging baskets planted by six-year-old Beavers
Heartless thieves have struck at the scout hall in Pinkneys Green, swiping four hanging baskets made by six- and seven-year-old Beavers. The arrangements went missing from external fencing in the early hours of Wednesday, with scout leaders arriving later that morning, horrified to find them missing...
Jeremy Clarkson pub staff walk out after 'too many problems'
Staff at Jeremy Clarkson's Cotswolds pub, The Farmer's Dog, walked out after facing "too many problems".
Slough Town had to wait for Drakes-Thomas deal but boss says midfielder is 'hungry' for success
Slough Town had to wait to secure the signing of Jaiden Drakes-Thomas but boss Alan Julian believes the talented midfielder is hungry to achieve success at the club. The 21-year-old endured a breakout campaign for the Rebels last season, popping up with pivotal goals – most memorably a stoppage ti...
Jeremy Clarkson could 'cryogenically freeze' himself amid cancer
Jeremy Clarkson's daughter has joked that the Clarkson's Farm star could cryogenically freeze himself amid his recent cancer diagnosis.
Preservation trust fights to save fountain and bridge
OXFORD Preservation Trust has played an important role over the years in protecting and restoring the city’s historic monuments
Cleaning staff facing redundancy at Claires Court School
Cleaners at Claires Court School say they are facing a ‘very difficult’ situation after plans were announced to make sweeping changes to the cleaning department. A team of 26 cleaning staff currently work across the independent school’s three sites in Ray Mill Road East, College Avenue and Rid...
No reopening date for UK children's hospice building after fire
A fire at a children’s hospice in Oxford has forced the charity to temporarily close its main building, with no reopening date set.
More details revealed about ‘landmark’ 90 flats redevelopment
Councillors got a glimpse into two redevelopment schemes planned in Windsor Road – one looking to build a ‘landmark’ 90 apartment block and one which is yet to be submitted. The first set of plans – submitted in April – look to redevelop an EV charging site on the corner of Albert Street a...
RBWM is 'failing' to meet deadlines for FOI requests, say auditors
The Royal Borough is ‘failing’ to meet deadlines for public requests for council-held information, a meeting has heard. Currently, there is an increasing demand for information via Freedom of Information (FOI) requests – a means by which the public can directly request information from public ...