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5 of the best autumn walks to find in Bucks to enjoy some fresh air
The changing of season into autumn can create some very pretty landscapes around the UK, with Bucks being no exception to that.
Look inside: Gerrards Cross home with swimming pool up for sale for £2 million
A family home occupying a generous corner plot, complete with a swimming pool, has gone on the market for £2 million.
PAPER PREVIEW: New housing has caused ‘dangerous’ parking
Developments including the Horlicks Quarter have caused dangerous parking problems, a new council report has admitted.
PAPER PREVIEW: Oracle and car park added to housing sites
FOUR sites, including Reading’s prime shopping centre and a Tesco car park, could be places where hundreds of new homes are built. ReadingBorough Councilis inthe long process of updating its Local Plan, a crucial document which defines where new homes can be built. At the beginning of the process last year, about 20 sites were identified as possible for home builds. These were featured in an initial consultation into the partial update of the Reading Local Plan, which took place from November 2023 to this January
PAPER PREVIEW: Man admits PC crossbow shooting
A NEIGHBOUR from hell who stabbed a man in his 60s before shooting a policeman with a crossbow in a terrifying ordeal near a school has pleaded guilty. Jason King, from School Close in Downley, has been convicted of several charges after the frenzied attack in May this year. Unarmed officers were ambushed by the 54-year-old as they responded to panicked 999 calls about a stabbing. Senior investigating officer Det Insp Nick Hind, of the Major Crime Unit, said: “King has now admitted the offences and will be sentenced in due course.”
PAPER PREVIEW: Covid lockdown drug dealers jailed
TWO men from Bracknell have been jailed for dealing cocaine and MDMA using encrypted phones during the first UK Covid-19 lockdown. Anthony McDonnagh, 40 of Bullbrook Drive, Bracknell, and Kristopher Portis, 38 of Thornhill, also Bracknell, were sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Wednesday, when the court heard about their involvement in a drug gang that sought to bring 500 MDMA pills into the UK. The court heard that the pair had debts to their supplier totalling around £229,000. Prosecutor Simren Singh said: “An operation commenced into organised By Richard Lemmer Full story: Page 5 crime gang operation in Berkshire in 2020.
