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6 days ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Anaka Nair
A series of road and footpath closures are in the public notices this week. No pedestrians will be allowed along a footpath from Phipps Close to Sawyers Crescent Path South, Maidenhead, next week. The closure is from the western boundary of number 31 to the northern boundary of number 36 Phipps Close. The alternative route is via the footpath from Phipps Close to Sawyers Crescent Path South and Phipps Close.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Anaka Nair
A Windsor soldier from the First World War has been buried nearly 108 years after his death. Private John Tame of the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Berkshire Regiment was laid to rest in Belgium yesterday (May 8). His remains were found during road works at Zonnebeke near Ypres in May 2018. The burial service was supported by serving soldiers from the 2nd Battalion The Rifles and attended by Keith Brooks, the great-nephew of Private Tame.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Anaka Nair
Police are appealing for witnesses following a harassment incident in Slough. A woman was walking along Mill Lane, Slough, when a blue Vauxhall Zafira pulled up alongside her at around 8am on Tuesday (May 6). The driver started talking to her and telling her to get into his car, continued to drive alongside her, telling her to get in, and holding up traffic. The driver then drove off to the Golden Cross roundabout and stopped again, asking her to get into his car.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Anaka Nair
An author from Burchetts Green has won a national book award in the same week she was recognised for her work on an ITV1 wellbeing show. It has been ‘quite a week’ for Carolyn Mayling, founder of children’s charity Rosie’s Rainbow Fund, who appeared as a guest on Katie Piper’s Weekend Escape on Sunday. The new show, fronted by the Loose Women star, treats someone who has ‘triumphed through adversity’ or ‘done amazing things’ for the community with a countryside pamper retreat.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Anaka Nair
A broken rail in the Slough area means some Great Western Railway lines are blocked today. As a result, trains running between Reading and London Paddington may be cancelled, revised or delayed by up to 60 minutes.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Anaka Nair
A Marvel film production company has been given the green light to create a temporary film set in Windsor Great Park. For All Time Productions Ltd UK asked the council for temporary planning permission to build a film set, tech and unit bases on Crown Estate land for six months. The filming period is four days in June, and two areas of land approximately 430 metres apart near Duke’s Lane are needed to facilitate the set build, construction and removal after the location shooting.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Anaka Nair
Police officers have made an arrest in connection with two sexual assaults on a bus and a stalking incident in Slough. A 43-year-old man from Slough was arrested on suspicion of sexual assault and stalking yesterday (May 7) and has been released on police bail until July 31. The arrest relates to three separate incidents. A man touched a woman inappropriately over her clothing on the London Line 702 bus from London to Slough on two separate occasions in January and March this year.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Anaka Nair
A major campaign about the dangers of open water will show young people that ‘teamwork matters more’ than personal bravery when facing high-risk environments. Leisure Focus officially launches the River and Open Water Safety and Drowning Prevention campaign in the Royal Borough today (Friday). The charitable trust that operates Braywick and Windsor Leisure Centres has partnered with the Maidenhead Advertiser once again to raise awareness on staying safe around rivers, lakes, and open water.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Anaka Nair
A village cricket club in Holyport has been ‘taken to a new level’ with the latest unveiling of three new nets. Over the last six years, Holyport Cricket Club has seen significant growth from 30 members across two men’s teams in 2017 to over 200 players of all genders, ages and abilities in 2024. Last June, the club began crowdfunding for new non-turf cricket nets for better cricket coaching, to join the existing single concrete-based net and three mobile cages.
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1 week ago | 
windsorexpress.co.uk | Anaka Nair
A village cricket club in Holyport has been ‘taken to a new level’ with the latest unveiling of three new nets. Over the last six years, Holyport Cricket Club has seen significant growth from 30 members across two men’s teams in 2017 to over 200 players of all genders, ages and abilities in 2024. Last June, the club began crowdfunding for new non-turf cricket nets for better cricket coaching, to join the existing single concrete-based net and three mobile cages.
