East-Berkshire News

THE message to health bosses from patients was loud and clear - 'we want to keep our hospital.' Around 150 concerned members of the public converged on the Licensed Victuallers' School in Ascot for a public meeting last night and demanded answers about the future of Heatherwood Hospital.

A PERSISTENT offender has been handed a two year Anti-Social Behaviour Order following a string of offences.

THE OUTBREAK of swine flu cases has lead to East Berkshire being named as 'hotspot.' The news broke at a press conference earlier today as Dr Angela Snowling, Acting Director of Public Health at NHS Berkshire East said information was being sent out to schools across the area.

Schools in swine flu "hot spots" will no longer close, ministers have announced, as they warned that Britain could face tens of thousands of cases a week by the autumn.

SWINE flu is spreading too fast for some parts of England to continue with the policy of 'containing the outbreak', the Government said today.

The F-bomb. The F-word. Let's face it, the very word that used to be saved for the times when no other expletive would do, is now totally common in school corridors, HBO series and in polite conversation.

Legal eagles gathered to say goodbye to Reading's top judge during an emotional farewell on Friday.

Heroin worth A 3,500 has been seized in police raids across Wokingham. Officers found 39 wraps of the class A drug and another 40 grams during the raids on two homes in the town.

Local Tories react to MacKay's decision to stand down Bracknell Conservatives have been reacting to the news that MP Andrew MacKayis to stand down at the next general election.

A jury foreman from Berkshire who provided information about "secrets of the jury room" to The Times has been fined A 500.

Rises in fuel and alcohol duty are hitting Wokingham's ailing small businesses in the pocket, local traders say.

A local free newspaper found itself making national headlines yesterday after Tory MP Andrew Mackay was forced to resign over his expense claims.

PLANS for a new all-purpose health centre in Englefield Green have been shelved because of inadequate funding for the scheme.

Easy riders rejoice - " East Berkshire College will soon be offering two courses on how to repair and maintain motorcycles.

A NEW face is in charge at Bracknell Police Station for the next six months as the current top cop has taken up a temporary post covering all of East Berkshire.

Councillors backed their own plan for a rival ecotown to the proposed Weston Otmoor scheme despite a stormy meeting tonight.

HEALTH bosses have been urged to make a final decision on a new health centre so plans can be finalised for the future of a much-loved hospital.

Business brains: Sophie Hancock, Victoria Scragg, Sarah Carter, Patsy Humphrey, Shannon Jones-Owen and Paul Robertson, manager of Sainsbury's in Bagshot Road, Bracknell.

The use of tasers in Reading could be extended if Thames Valley Police adopts a Government green light on greater use of the weapon.

A Venezuelan man who twice in one day attempted to enter the U.S. illegally at Vermont border crossings was ordered deported to Canada, the U.S. District Attorney's Office said.