Ruth Lucas

5 days ago | bracknellnews.co.uk | Ruth Lucas

Designs for the windows (Image: Royal Military Academy) This week’s Bracknell and Wokingham planning roundup features commemorative stained glass windows at the Royal Military Academy and solar panels at Broadmoor Hospital. You can find out more about each application by searching the planning portal of either Bracknell Forest or Wokingham Borough Council’s website.

5 days ago | bracknellnews.co.uk | Ruth Lucas

Residents 'deeply disappointed' at tree felling apology (Image: LDRS) Residents living on land where trees were incorrectly felled have said they are ‘deeply disappointed’ by the responsible developer’s apology. Significant tree felling was done by The Hill Group for the Beaufort Park development in Crowthorne, Bracknell Forest. The development will see 226 homes built on woodland, 50 per cent of which will be affordable.

6 days ago | bracknellnews.co.uk | Ruth Lucas

The Birch Hill site (Image: Google Maps) A Bracknell GP service has admitted it ‘still has a long way to go’ to improve its care for patients after being rated as ‘requires improvement’ by watchdogs. Ringmead Medical Group merged with Sandhurst GP in July 2023, and now operates at five sites across Bracknell Forest. Two sites in Sandhurst and Owlsmoor became branches of Ringmead, which also has branches in Birch Hill and Great Hollands, and a central hub in Crowthorne.

6 days ago | bracknellnews.co.uk | Ruth Lucas

Shinfield Studios opened as one of the UK's largest studios in September (Image: Shinfield Studios) An MP is warning Berkshire’s film industry ‘must be protected’ as US President Donald Trump looks to hit foreign films with 100 per cent tariffs. Trump said in a post on Truth Social that he was authorising the US Department of Commerce and Trade Representative to start the process to impose the levy as America’s movie industry was dying ‘a very fast death’.

6 days ago | bracknellnews.co.uk | Ruth Lucas

Ringmead Medical Practice merged with Sandhurst General Practice in July 2023 after the Sandhurst group was given an ‘inadequate’ rating by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Two sites in Sandhurst and Owlsmoor became branches of Ringmead, which also has branches in Birch Hill and Great Hollands, and a central hub in Crowthorne.