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Tan Dhesi visits Strategic Command leadership

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Olivia Endellion Mowl

Tan Dhesi visits Strategic Command leadership (Image: Tan Dhesi) The MP for Slough recently went to visit a nearby organisation to learn more about the important work that they do. Tan Dhesi had the privilege of visiting the Strategic Command leadership. To commemorate the occasion, Mr Dhesi wrote the following on social media and posted a few photographs. He said this regarding his recent visit to the Strategic Command leadership.
Nearly all children get top choice school place in Slough

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Isabella Perrin

School classroom (Image: NQ) A total of 98.2% of children have secured a place at one of their top three preferred schools for the upcoming academic year, the council has confirmed. This outcome is being described as a continued reflection of the local authority’s commitment to providing high-quality education options for families.
Tan Dhesi promotes his regular MP advice surgeries

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Olivia Endellion Mowl

Tan Dhesi promotes his regular MP advice surgeries (Image: Tan Dhesi) The MP for Slough has once again been spotted in the local community offering advice to his constituents. Tan Dhesi commended his hardworking team for helping him go and listen to local people's issues and offer their suggestions. On a recent post to social media, Mr Dhesi posted several photographs of his team taking part in regular advice surgeries.
Chances of securing preferred primary school place depends on region

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Olivia Endellion Mowl

Chances of securing preferred primary school place depends on region (Image: Canva) There are signs that in some areas of England fewer children are gaining places at their first choice of primary school, a survey suggests. Hundreds of thousands of families across England are finding out which primary school their child will be joining this September, on what is commonly known as national offer day.
Developer loses bid to keep half-built flats that ‘loom’ over neighbours’ houses

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

4 1/1 The developer behind a half-built block of flats that breached planning permission has lost its appeal against a council order to demolish or amend it. Wexham Construction Ltd only has permission for a block of flats of up to four storeys at 30-32 Wexham Road, opposite Royal Mail – but built up to six storeys instead.
Some 1,200 homeless Slough families could wait up to ten years in temporary homes

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

A heartbreaking message to homeless families posted to Slough Borough Council's front door last year (Image: LDRS) Some 1,200 homeless families can wait for years in temporary accommodation in Slough, the council has said – in homes that are ‘expensive’ and of ‘mixed quality’. Slough Borough Council says it is forecast to spend £30 million on temporary accommodation this year after demand has skyrocketed.
‘Very few’ special needs plans completed on time in Slough last year, council says

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

An increase in demand for Education Health and Care Plans is putting pressure on councils' budgets (Image: NQ) ‘Very few’ education, health and care plans for children with special educational needs in Slough were completed on time last year, the council has said – as demand increases. The plans – known as EHCPs – set out what a council needs to do to meet a child’s special educational needs and have to be assessed and issued within a 20 week timeframe.
Cost of living means people in Slough struggle to pay council tax

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

Council tax collection in Slough is behind target (Image: Newsquest) Cost of living struggles mean council tax collection in Slough is still behind target, a new report has said. Slough Borough Council is hundreds of thousands of pounds behind its council tax collection target. A report to council leaders said the shortfall came as ‘residents continue to struggle with cost of living increases’, adding that there was a ‘similar trend across Berkshire councils.
Wexham Court Parish Council faces competition to buy its own hall

1 week ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Nick Clark

Adil Iftikhar says Wexham Court Parish Council wants to redevelop its hall into a community hub (Image: Google, Slough Borough Council) Wexham Court Parish Council says it wants to redevelop its hall into a community hub – but it seemingly faces competition from a Hindu group that also wants to buy the building. Slough Borough Council owns the hall and leases it to the parish council.
Academic died after being hit by train at railway station, inquest hears

2 weeks ago | sloughobserver.co.uk | Charlie Moloney

Maidenhead train station (Image: Network Rail) An academic died after being hit by a train at Maidenhead Railway Station, an inquest has heard. British Transport Police were called to the scene shortly after midday on June 10 last year to a report that a person had been struck by a train, an inquest in writing reveals. Officers discovered a body, which was revealed through fingerprint evidence to be Ahmed Hassanein Khalaf, a 35-year-old postdoctoral researcher.