Maidenhead, England News

Lots of sesquipedalians out there, judging by the response to our feature on the man who reads dictionaries for fun , Ammon Shea.

Two more people have been charged following police raids at 15 homes in four counties.

TWO more people have been charged as part of a police operation targeting those suspected of coming into Surrey to commit crimes.

A highly-rated young band from Wokingham hellbent on playing at Reading Festival are hoping to hit the big time.

EIGHT arrests have been made in the latest Surrey Police operation targeting groups of people suspected of travelling into Surrey to commit crime.

Police believe two separate assaults on women within an hour in the same Berkshire town may be linked.

IF a taste of the Orient tickles your tastebuds then you should head to a new restaurant, Noodle Nation.

The family of a woman who died in a house fire in Berkshire, from which her husband and two children escaped, has said she was a beloved wife and mother.

BOSS Steve Riley is targeting another Conference South scalp after Bashley were paired against strugglers Basingstoke Town in the third qualifying round of the FA Cup.

A teenager was seriously injured yesterday after leaping from a balcony to escape a fire which killed his mother.

A mother-of-two died in a fire, but her 16-year-old son leapt to the ground as flames engulfed their Berkshire home.

Several accidents on the M4 motorway in Berkshire are causing severe delays. An overturned vehicle on the westbound carriageway at junction 10 near Reading has closed one lane.

A WOMAN escaped death after scaffolding crashed down on to a parked lorry as she walked past.

A grandfather from Berkshire has been reunited with his beloved Clyno car - 54 years after he sold it to buy his wife's engagement ring.

Two teenagers who blighted a Finchampstead estate with graffiti and bragged about it online have been convicted of criminal damage.

More than 220 drivers in east Berkshire were stopped and fined for not wearing their seatbelts in just one week.

When patrons showed up at the Windsor Castle pub in Maidenhead, England, on Thursday to watch England vs.

Posted Sep 15th 2008 5:57PM by Mike Pomranz Filed under: Beer , British Isles Mel Brooks once said, "It's good to be the king." Apparently, it's good to be the queen too.

Maidenhead-based construction firm Costain has won an A 80 million deal from Standard Life Investments to build a retail-led mixed use scheme in Newbury.

A new survey has revealed the happiest and most miserable people in the UK, based on stress, self-confidence, concentration and general satisfaction.