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Abuse survivors deterred from emergency help amid data breaches

Abuse survivors deterred from emergency help amid ongoing data breaches

Domestic abuse survivors are reluctant to contact emergency services due to data breach fears – and ‘every security measure’ is needed to protect them, Citizens Advice says. Citizens Advice East Berkshire (CAEB) says more people than ever are concerned about how their data is being used, including domestic abuse survivors, whose privacy is crucial. The comment comes off the back of a recent ...

Super subs seal Royals’ comeback victory

Super subs seal Royals’ comeback victory

READING manager Leam Richardson was delighted with his substitutes as both Paddy Lane and Matt Ritchie netted in a comeback 2-1 home League 1 win against Bradford City on Saturday. The Bantams took a second half lead through Matt Pennington before Lane and Ritchie netted in the final few minutes of normal time and stoppage time to complete the comeback and take a step closer to the ...

Generous donations help Maidenhead Golf Club raise £17,653 for counselling charity

Generous donations help Maidenhead Golf Club raise £17,653 for counselling charity

Despite the upheaval of the club’s move from Shoppenhangers Road to their new home at Mill Ride, Maidenhead Golf Club members have once again proved their generosity by raising more than £17,500 for charity. On Tuesday, February 24, the club’s captains for 2025 Roger Keys and Amanda Shevills proudly presented a cheque for £17,653.39 to their chosen charity, Number 22 Community ...

Inspectors criticise Thames Valley Police vetting standards

Inspectors criticise Thames Valley Police vetting standards

Vetting at Thames Valley Police should be improved to make sure only appropriate people are allowed access to sensitive information, an inspection has concluded. Inspection body HMICFRS (His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services) assesses the effectiveness of police and fire services. In its latest report, it found that TVP’s vetting of police ...

Magpies left frustrated as play-off push stalls against Chippenham at Hardenhuish Park

Magpies left frustrated as play-off push stalls against Chippenham at Hardenhuish Park

Manny Onariase. Photo credit: MUFC -- Chippenham Town 1, Maidenhead United 0 Maidenhead United will be kicking themselves this evening after slipping back out of the National League South play-off places after going down to a hugely disappointing 1-0 defeat at bottom club Chippenham Town. Chippenham have been in improved form of late, but the Magpies would have expected ...

Late own goal denies Slough Town all three points against Dover Athletic

Late own goal denies Slough Town all three points against Dover Athletic

Photo credit: Zak Rana -- Slough Town 1, Dover Athletic 1 Slough Town saw a hard-earned victory against Dover Athletic snatched from their grasp in the closing stages when defender Kiki Oshilaja shanked a low cross past Adam Desbois for an own goal. The Rebels had looked set for all three points in a game of low quality when Tyrique Clarke took aim from distance in the ...

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 'incredibly proud' of Ofsted report

Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School 'incredibly proud' of Ofsted report

A PRIMARY school in Henley has been judged to meet the “expected standard” by the education watchdog. Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School in Greys Hill was inspected by Ofsted in December for the first time since November 2021. Safeguarding requirements were fully met and the school met the “expected standard” in all categories, including achievement, curriculum and ...

Holi 2026: Events taking place across the Royal Borough and Slough

Holi 2026: Events taking place across the Royal Borough and Slough

An array of colours will fill the air as residents dance and celebrate Holi across East Berkshire next month. Holi is a major festival in the Hindu calendar, marking the start of spring and celebrating love, life and diversity. The event is also known as the Festival of Colours and traditionally sees people throw coloured powders, known as gulal. A host of ...

As it happens: Slough Town 1-1 Dover Athletic

As it happens: Slough Town 1-1 Dover Athletic

Full time: Slough Town 1, Dover Athletic 1 A disappointing result for the Rebels, who led through Tyrique Clarke's effort midway through the first half. But Dover grabbed a late equaliser through an own goal. A minimum of five added minutes! 85' Goal Dover. Equaliser out of nowhere for the visitors. Soares Junior whips in a low cross from the left and ...

Police watchdog: Force failed to refer serious misconduct cases

Police watchdog: Force failed to refer serious misconduct cases

The police force must handle conduct complaints against its staff better, says an inspection report – having failed at times to refer serious cases up to a higher authority. HMICFRS (His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services) assesses the effectiveness of police and fire services. In its latest inspection, it found that ...

Review: The Talented Mr Ripley at Theatre Royal Windsor

Review: The Talented Mr Ripley at Theatre Royal Windsor

The sleek set is crucial in this stylised production of The Talented Mr Ripley, elegantly adapted from Patricia Highsmith’s menacing and seductive novel. A raised white cube with a metre-square hole in the centre dominates the stage, gangplanks leading off on either side. Tom Ripley, who also has something of a hole in the centre, looks to the ...

Councillors raise questions after RBWM withdraws from special school scheme

Councillors raise questions after RBWM withdraws from special school scheme

A cross-party group of Royal Borough councillors has raised questions around the lost funding and ‘restricted’ opportunities for scrutiny following a decision to withdraw from a Government programme to build a special school in Windsor. In 2023, the Royal Borough was successful in its bid to take part in the Department for Education’s (DfE) ...

Residents call for pedestrian crossing on busy Cannon Lane amid safety fears

Residents call for pedestrian crossing on busy Cannon Lane amid safety fears

More than 100 residents have called on the council to install a pedestrian crossing on one of Maidenhead’s busiest roads amid growing safety concerns. An e-petition has been launched urging the Royal Borough to introduce a controlled crossing in Cannon Lane, close to its junction with Highfield Lane. Supporters say the commuter route has ...

Royal Borough MPs call for Government to reimburse council and police costs for Windsor state visits

Royal Borough MPs call for Government to reimburse council and police costs for Windsor state visits

The Royal Borough’s MPs are calling on the Government to reimburse money spent by the council and Thames Valley Police (TVP) on state visits at Windsor Castle. Windsor has become a focal point for the visits and major political events while Buckingham Palace undergoes a refurbishment. The town hosted three state visits last year, ...

Calls for more education and understanding as LGBTQ+ support service expands meet-ups in Berkshire

Calls for more education and understanding as LGBTQ+ support service expands meet-ups in Berkshire

“I think there needs to be a lot more education, a lot more understanding.” These were the words of Sarah Macadam, the CEO of Thames Valley Positive Support (TVPS), as she explained the stigmas still faced by the LGBTQ+ community today. The organisation, based in Slough, has been supporting those living with HIV for 40 years. ...

Public notices: Retrospective plans submitted to convert Stroud Farm barn and cabin into food and wellness businesses

Public notices: Retrospective plans submitted to convert Stroud Farm barn and cabin into food and wellness businesses

Stay informed… Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in your local area Go Powered by Public Notice Portal Privacy Policy A retrospective application which includes change of use of an agricultural cabin into a beauty and wellness business at a farm in Holyport features in this week’s public notices. Planning ...

Take That and Dua Lipa tribute acts among Maidenhead Big Weekender line-up

Take That and Dua Lipa tribute acts among Maidenhead Big Weekender line-up

Take That and Dua Lipa tribute acts are among the line-up set to take to the stage at this year’s Maidenhead Big Weekender. The two-day community event, organised by A& L Events, will be back at the Braywick Sports Ground for another year across the weekend of Saturday, July 25 and Sunday, July 26. Saturday’s line-up will ...

Wellbeing show for older men to take place at Maidenhead Library

Wellbeing show for older men to take place at Maidenhead Library

A show focused on the health and wellbeing of older men is set to return to Maidenhead Library on Wednesday (March 4). The Men’s Matters Living Longer Living Better Health and Wellbeing Show for Older Men will take place from 1.30pm to 4.30pm. The show will feature more than 20 public and private sector exhibitors ...

Message of strength and hope shared at concert marking fourth anniversary of war in Ukraine

Message of strength and hope shared at concert marking fourth anniversary of war in Ukraine

A moving message of hope and strength was shared through song and performance to mark the fourth anniversary of the war in Ukraine. The charity concert, named ‘Through memory into light: Ukrainian voices of strength and hope in Maidenhead’, took place at Maidenhead United Reformed Church on Friday. The event ...

Volunteers stuff thousands of knitted creations as part of Big Chick Knit campaign

Volunteers stuff thousands of knitted creations as part of Big Chick Knit campaign

Volunteers have stuffed thousands of colourful knitted chicks as part of Alexander Devine Children’s Hospice’s major spring fundraisers. The hospice, in Snowball Hill, is running the Big Chick Knit campaign for a third consecutive year as part of its wider Spring of Smiles. The campaign looks to spread ...

Sushi restaurant and wholesale food retailer to take over units in Maidenhead town centre

Sushi restaurant and wholesale food retailer to take over units in Maidenhead town centre

Two businesses will be moving into the remaining units at the site of the former Poundland store in Maidenhead town centre. The site at 88-90 High Street has been re-developed, following the closure of Poundland in October 2024. The project has included reconfiguring the building to create three ...

Slough council votes against 2026/27 and medium-term budget plans

Slough council votes against 2026/27 and medium-term budget plans

Slough council’s budget will need to be reconsidered after councillors voted against a financial plan that aims to have the authority ‘stand on its own two feet’ by 2028/29. Local authorities across the country must set a balanced budget every spring in time for the start of a new financial ...

'Last chance' petition objects to council tax rises

'Last chance' petition objects to council tax rises

A petition has been launched to give Royal Borough residents ‘probably the last chance’ to object against council tax rises above the national threshold. Earlier this month, the Government announced it is giving the Royal Borough ‘additional flexibility’ to increase council tax above the ...

Viewpoint: Debate over future of Jenner's Café

Viewpoint: Debate over future of Jenner's Café

Don’t they know how we feel about ‘gem’? There has been a lot of talk, on social media and otherwise, about Jenner’s Café closing down. Mostly positive and very much in favour of the café staying as it is, although some people have been scathing about Andrew Jenner. Let's not dwell on ...

Enhanced stop-and-search powers in force ‘to prevent potential violence’ in Slough

Enhanced stop-and-search powers in force ‘to prevent potential violence’ in Slough

Thames Valley Police officers have enacted a Section 60 order ‘to prevent potential violence’ following reports of disorder in Slough. Following these incidents, officers authorised the Section 60 at 11.50pm on Thursday, February 26 in Lismore Park. The order, which will give ...

Town's long-running jazz club marks 50-years of 'keeping the music alive’

Town's long-running jazz club marks 50-years of 'keeping the music alive’

The longevity of a jazz club that has kept the music playing for half a century has been described as a testament to the ‘incredible’ passion of its late founder. Marlow Jazz Club, which is celebrating its 50-year anniversary in 2026, has regulars who have been attending for ...

Maidenhead a 'prime location' for new logistics centre, companies say

Maidenhead a 'prime location' for new logistics centre, companies say

Plans for a new industrial site on three-acres of land near Maidenhead town centre offer a chance to address a ‘shortage’ of similar space in the town, two companies behind the project have said. Pembury Real Estate and Sun Capital Partners said the site was an ‘exciting ...

Public notices: Application for works on Henley Town Hall

Public notices: Application for works on Henley Town Hall

Stay informed… Find, save and share Public Notices that affect you in your local area Go Powered by Public Notice Portal Privacy Policy In the public notices this week, there is a road closure, a footpath closure and an application for works on a listed building in ...

Play-off permutations add intriguing twist to Maidenhead's survival bid

Play-off permutations add intriguing twist to Maidenhead's survival bid

Photo credit: Paul Morgan -- With just five league games left to play, Maidenhead head coach David Mobbs-Smith has been going through all the permutations of what might be needed for his side to stay in the Regional 1 South Central Division. It’s not looking great ...

RBWM town crier swaps royal proclamations for Innocent’s five-a-day drive

RBWM town crier swaps royal proclamations for Innocent’s five-a-day drive

The Royal Borough’s town crier is among those featured in a major new public awareness campaign aimed at boosting fruit and veg intake. Chris Brown took to the streets with the traditional cry of 'Oyez, oyez, oyez!' followed by proclamations encouraging people to ...

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