Walkers taking part in the 10th annual Thames Valley Adventure Playground (TVAP) ramble were treated to a royal fly-past. More than 130 adults and children put their feet into action for the event which is one of the Bath Road facility's biggest fundraisers.
Walkers will be dusting off their boots as they prepare for the annual Thames Valley Adventure Playground sponsored walk. The fundraiser, which will this year form part of the Bath Road playground's 30th anniversary celebrations, takes place today. Participants can walk five or 10 miles in aid of the Taplow centre for adults and children with special needs.
Plans for more than 50 new homes in Taplow look set to go ahead after they were approved in principle yesterday. Slough Borough Council's planning committee discussed Taylor Wimpey's plans to build 52 houses and two flats at the former Wyeth Pharmaceuticals site in Huntercombe Lane South. The application was delegated to the head of planning policy and projects for completion of details relating to developer contributions, known as section 106 money.
A family has described its shock after an 80-year-old Taplow villager was found drowned in the Jubilee River. Speaking following an inquest on Thursday (May 3), the family of Emilia Kaczmarek said
A glamorous garden party at Cliveden will mark the birthday of one of Britain's most illustrious women. Nancy Astor Day, taking place today, will remember Britain's first female MP, who owned the historic estate in Taplow with husband Waldorf Astor in the early 20th century. She was born on May 19, 1879. The National Trust attraction will be transformed with colourful bunting, vintage cars lining the Grand Avenue, a traditional Punch and Judy show, and live jazz music.
It may have stood dark and empty for years but the mammoth Taplow Paper Mill is now the leading light in a new nationally-released film. British thriller 'Four', produced by EastEnders actress Nina Wadia and her husband Raiomond Mirza, was filmed almost entirely at the disused and derelict Mill Lane site in February last year.
A headteacher says 'exciting times' lie ahead for a Taplow school that has become an academy. St Nicolas CE Combined School converted to academy status on Tuesday last week following a consultation period with parents and staff. Headteacher Lorraine Sutherland said the decision had been 'unanimous'. She added: "We started our consultation and conversion back in September last year and it took a lot of hard work and time to sort out all the different issues,
A teenage motorcyclist was injured in an accident in Bath Road this morning. The 19-year-old male came off his motorbike after a collision with a car near the corner of River Road, Taplow. An ambulance was called at 8:56am and he was taken to Wexham Park Hospital with a suspected ankle injury.
