Rhino conservation was 'eye-opener' to inspire debut novel by Cookham writer
A regular volunteer columnist for the Advertiser hopes to raise awareness about rhino conservation after years of supporting a charity ‘close to her heart’.
A regular volunteer columnist for the Advertiser hopes to raise awareness about rhino conservation after years of supporting a charity ‘close to her heart’.
The Ferry pub in Cookham will reopen tomorrow - Friday, September 26 - after a month-long closure for some significant upgrades.
Barbara Walmsley, who is 88 this year, has been raising money for Oxfam since she was 16.
Photos by Ian Longthorne.
Maidenhead Wendas – Best dressed crew. Credit: Peter Osborn.
A controversial application to build a new crematorium on greenbelt land in Cookham has been withdrawn.
An archive image of dragon boats in action at Cookham Regatta
Cookham Bridge member Terry Wahl said that, while the dragon boat sparing was a ‘highlight’, the regatta was ‘more than the racing’ – with proceeds from the event going to charity.
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Two-thirds of the Royal Borough’s bin collecting workforce look set to take strike action at the end of this month amid a dispute over pay.
Cressida Comyn died in the grounds of the Cardinal Clinic in Oakley Green (archive image).
The body of a vulnerable patient was found in the grounds of a private mental health clinic around an hour after she went missing, an inquest has heard.
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The Trust was set up by Louis Baylis in 1962 and its primary objective is: To work for the good of the community, principally in the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.
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