Hints and tips on preventing burglary were offered by community wardens at a roadshow in Cookham on Friday afternoon. Run by the Royal Borough in the Community Room in High Road, it offered advice on how houses, garages and sheds can be secured to reduce the chances of a successful break-in. Burglary across the Royal
An opera singer from Cookham will sing alongside Eighties pop star Nick Heyward at a concert to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee on June 4. Joanna Henwood is set to perform at the Jubilee Extravaganza
Have you got what it takes to build the best racing kart and hurtle through the village at high speed? If so, the Cookham Dean Gravity Grand Prix needs you. Spaces are still available for teams to
Bemused farm workers looking forward to a quiet pint have been turned away from a village pub for wearing 'working clothes'. Gary Clark and David Dickens called into The Crown on Cookham Moor on Friday night but were refused a drink because they were dressed in Copas Farms polo shirts and casual trousers. The pub says it won't serve people in builders or workmen's clothes - but will accept dog walkers with muddy boots.
A landscape painting by Sir Stanley Spencer could reach about half a million pounds at auction on Wednesday. The Bridle Path, which was painted in Cookham in 1938, is due to be sold at Christie's in London and has a guide price of £400,000-£600,000. The oil painting has been displayed in galleries including the village's own Stanley Spencer Gallery in the High Street, and the National Gallery in the capital. It depicts the view from the path off Long Lane in Cookham Dean towards Maidenhead and Windsor Castle is visible towards the left.
Young cricketers have finally been able to test out a new pitch a fortnight after it was unveiled. The facility at Alfred Major Recreation Ground was officially opened on Saturday, April 28 but a
A toolmaker hanged himself three days before Christmas because he could not live with the 'hurt' he had caused his estranged wife, an inquest heard. The body of Anthony Ferris was found at his flat in
A heartfelt appeal has been made for the return of a painting stolen from the Stanley Spencer Gallery on Sunday. It was snatched from the building in Cookham High Street through a window which was smashed shortly before 1am. The empty frame was left behind and minor damage was caused to two other paintings during the raid. Entitled Cookham from Englefield, the painting is privately owned
