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4 days ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Sam Leech
Elizabeth line passengers have been warned of ‘severe delays’ on services between London Paddington and Reading due to a power outage. National Rail (TfL) has said the outage, between Abbey Wood and Paddington, has caused cancellations and near hour-long delays expected to last until at least 7pm. The disruption comes as late-night trains from and into London Paddington are set for disruption due to engineering works beginning tonight (Monday, May 12).
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4 days ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Sam Leech
One of the fastest growing companies in the United Kingdom has unveiled a new multi-million pound production site in Slough. Around Noon - which manufactures ready-made chilled, hot and frozen food - opened its new site in Slough Trading Estate earlier this month. The move is expected to create up to 200 new jobs and provide a £50million boost to the company’s manufacturing capacity in Slough.
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4 days ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Sam Leech
04:46PM, Monday 12 May 2025
The railway line between Bourne End and Marlow is closed due to a fault with the signalling system.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Sam Leech
This week marks Dying Matters Awareness Week, an initiative aimed at encouraging dialogue about loss and what happens next. Reporter Sam Leech has explored how a series of powerful Thames Hospice video interviews with spiritual leaders keeps the conversation going. Grief – ‘the price we pay for love’ – can last a lifetime. Everyone navigates it differently, shaped by personal beliefs, cultural background and the deeply individual nature of love.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Sam Leech
A former Wexham Park Hospital midwife has been struck off her profession’s register for ‘abusing her position’ to book blood tests for herself. Jolanta Czapska Hill, who worked at the Slough hospital for 22 years until her dismissal, was banned by the industry regulator Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). She had been handed repeated suspensions by the watchdog since proceedings began and did not attend its latest hearing in late April, where the banning order was issued.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Sam Leech
A New Town in Taplow would 'destroy the village as we know it', campaigners say as they urge the Government to disregard proposals put forward by a think tank. The Government is seeking to embark on the ‘largest housebuilding programme since the Second World War’ and has set up a New Towns Taskforce to earmark prime locations.
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1 week ago | 
sloughexpress.co.uk | Sam Leech
A former Wexham Park Hospital midwife has been struck off her profession’s register for ‘abusing her position’ to book blood tests for herself. Jolanta Czapska Hill, who worked at the Slough hospital for 22 years until her dismissal, was banned by the industry regulator Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC). She had been handed repeated suspensions by the watchdog since proceedings began and did not attend its latest hearing in late April, where the banning order was issued.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Sam Leech
Guardsmen from the Welsh Guards Regiment visited Thames Hospice to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day today (May 8). Servicemen, hospice staff and patients heard a rendition of The Last Post performed by a military Bugler at noon followed by a commemorative two-minute silence. Dr Rachael de Caux, Thames Hospice chief executive officer, said: “It was a great honour to welcome the Welsh Guards and to stand together in a moment of national reflection.
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1 week ago | 
maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk | Sam Leech
A young Slough maths wizard has been crowned the British South East champion after scoring top marks in a national competition. Jakub Ozga, 15, went up against the UK’s finest mathematical minds in the Haley Olympiad challenge, run by the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT). The St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School pupil, who scored a gold medal in last year’s challenge, said he was ‘overwhelmed’ to have scooped the unexpected title. Jakub told the Express: “Honestly, it feels great.
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1 week ago | 
sloughexpress.co.uk | Sam Leech
A young Slough maths wizard has been crowned the British South East champion after scoring top marks in a national competition. Jakub Ozga, 15, went up against the UK’s finest mathematical minds in the Haley Olympiad challenge, run by the UK Mathematics Trust (UKMT). The St Bernard’s Catholic Grammar School pupil, who scored a gold medal in last year’s challenge, said he was ‘overwhelmed’ to have scooped the unexpected title. Jakub told the Express: “Honestly, it feels great.
