The Liberal Democrat scheme that forces developers to give money to pay for local schemes is paying out nearly £million on leisure projects – from landscaping and Green Way improvements to gym and changing room upgrades The nine new projects are: • Expansion of the BodyZone gym and changing rooms at Charters Leisure Centre – £195,000. […]
Home Security Tips
There are plenty of ways that you can protect your home from being targeted for crime. Read some of our tips for a few ideas. Always lock the door and close the windows when you go out, even if you’ll only be out for a short time All external doors should have 3 locking points. […]
“Glitches” on Pay-on-Exit at Nicholson’s
Residents who pay for parking on line at Nicholson’s Broadway Car Park have been told that they will need to register on a new system only a year after the old system was introduced. Parkeon, the company which installed the pay-on-exit system at the Nicholson (Broadway) car park earlier this year, has informed the Royal […]
Spencers Farm
Summerleaze has asked the Council to modify the Green Belt to allow the building of 320 new homes on land north of the Aldebury Road estate and 380 homes on the current site of Furze Platt Senior School. Many local residents are opposed to this development. At the last election we promised to protect the […]
Keeping our parks clean
Your local FOCUS team have continued to speak regularly with the police and the council about local anti-social and crime issues in Pinkneys Green and Furze Platt. Simon Werner says, “Dog fouling in our streets and in our green spaces – like Oaken Grove, Punt Hill, Moffy Hill and Shifford Crescent – is getting worse […]
Manor Green Respite Centre closed
Following an unprecedented increase in charges for the respite centre at Manor Green School, the unit is closing for the Autumn term. The increase in charges made by the Conservative Council from £40 to £350 has made this unaffordable to many people. A resident of Maidenhead who used the vital service told the Maidenhead Advertser […]