The Local Newspaper

A STOP and search policy was enforced by police on Sunday after two attacks involving gangs of youngsters.

FOUR former employees at government contractor A4e have been arrested on suspicion of fraud.

HEALTH-checks and financial advice are among the items on offer at an event to help residents care for their minds and bodies.

RESIDENTS are being encouraged to get on their bike for the biggest ever celebration of cycling.

A HUGE operation to crack down on prostitution has seen the 32nd and final person to be sentenced.

FLIPPIN' flour fun was had by all as the streets and frying pans were lined for the seventh annual pancake race.

A LIBRARY will open up its doors for a health fair on Saturday.

IN THE turn of the season as winter gives way to spring, bird lovers helped give their feathered friends a home.

A WOMAN who defrauded her employers has been ordered to repay £95,000 or face further time behind bars.

OCCUPANTS of a red car could hold the key to police catching three men who assaulted a man in the early hours of Saturday morning.

PLANS for 117 new affordable homes will be unveiled at an exhibition on Wednesday.

ROYAL Berkshire Fire Authority has agreed to take a 'freeze grant', meaning residents will not face a hike in council tax charges for their fire and rescue service.

STEREOPHONICS bass guitarist Richard Jones will swap handbags for handlebars when he takes on a 25-mile bike ride for Thames Hospicecare.

YOUNG footballers showed racism the red card as they were joined on the pitch by a professional.

A WOMAN who went missing from her family home in Langley has been found.

A DAMNING letter claiming a town centre street harbouring criminals is blighting 'a decent family area' is being investigated by police.

TWO MEN are being hunted after forcing their way into a secure area of a bookmakers and stealing money.

A MAN is in custody after a serious assault in Slough in the early hours of Saturday morning.

THE athletic stars of the future from Slough were given a financial boost on their road to the Olympic Games.

POLICE searching for a missing woman have begun to use divers to check rivers and canals.