Berkshire County, England News

Victoria Cross recipient Mark Donaldson meets the Queen at Windsor Castle. Mark Donaldson never dared dreamed he would one day be the boy from the Australian bush who went to England to meet the Queen.

DETECTIVES in Staines have released an image of a teenager they want to speak to in connection with the theft of a Poppy Appeal collection tin from the offices of Spelthorne Borough Council.

A taxi driver who has been the victim of violent and racial attacks claims police are not dealing with behaviour plaguing Wokingham's ranks.

A MUGGER threatened a woman at knifepoint while she got into her car on November 5. The incident happened outside Wessex Court, in De Havilland Way, Stanwell when the 24-year-old woman was getting into her car at around 7.30pm. The victim, who is from Staines, was talking on her mobile phone when she was approached by the suspect.

A COUPLE found dead at their Newbury home have been named. The bodies of Dennis Milner, aged 83, and his 81-year-old wife Flora, who was known as Billy, were found at their Enborne Road home early on Sunday morning.

TRIBUTES have been paid to a former Staines businessman and Rotarian who has died of a rare disease.

Controversial plans to change the bus routes and services in Woodley will be discussed next week.

Elton John has been released from hospital and is preparing to resume his tour. The Rocket Man fell ill last month with a nasty bout of influenza - but the star sparked serious fears for his health when he was admitted to the King Edward VII Hospital in Windsor, England after medics diagnosed him with an E.coli bacterial infection.

Friends and family of Juan Claude McKenley have vowed to campaign against knife crime in his memory.

A 37-year-old man died of injuries he suffered in a three-vehicle accident Monday in an I-78 work zone in Berks County.

Jobseekers can pick up advice and meet potential employers at a job fair on Friday.

MORE Poppy Appeal collections have been stolen in the county, with two doctors' surgeries in Woking targeted as well as the offices of Spelthorne Borough Council in Staines.

A passenger is in hospital seriously ill after the specialist - kit car' he was travelling in smashed into a tree in Lower Earley.

Controversial plans to build hundreds of homes on Sandford Farm have been approved by a Government inspector.

The ringleader of a gang who attacked and sexually humiliated a teenage boy with learning difficulties in a Reading park will have to serve at least three years in jail.

A stroll in one of Bracknella s Green Flag parks can considerably reduce the chances of mental health problems and make people more immune to disease, a new study reveals.

Two men have been jailed for handling stolen goods worth more than A 170,000. Thomas Frank, 25, from Deveron Drive, Tilehurst, and tattooed Nicholas Shackleford, 20, from Blandford Road, Whitley, handled property stolen from 22 burglaries, including raids in Caversham and Newbury.

In New York, "Leonardo Da Vinci's Workshop: Inventor + Artist + Dreamer," opens Nov.

Britain's Prince Charles, left, and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, right, are seen in a carriage during a state procession with Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and visiting Indian President Pratibha Patil, not seen, at Windsor Castle, England, Tuesday Oct.

Woodley's precinct has lost 53,000 hours of shopping time because of the increase of car parking charges, an opposition councillor has claimed.