Iindependent news on Bracknell
New first-time buyer scheme is the first in the UK
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 15:51:48 +0000
A new scheme designed to get first-time buyers onto the housing ladder is being launched in Bracknell; the first of its kind in the UK. BFC My Home Buy goes live this autumn and will enable first-time buyers, who have lived in the borough for at least five years, the chance to buy their home. [...]
Cyclist hurt in hit and run; good samaritans in short supply
Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:05:56 +0000
Thames Valley Police are appealing for information after a fail to stop collision in Bracknell on Wednesday 4 August which left a cyclist with minor injuries. A number of drivers simply drove round the stricken cyclist as he lay on the road. The collision, between the cyclist and a large silver Mercedes, happened on the [...]
Roadworks for A329M may cause late-summer delays
Wed, 04 Aug 2010 12:04:06 +0000
Work to create a direct link to the A329 Berkshire Way from Peacock Lane, along with associated roundabout and slip roads started earlier this summer. The road works are currently taking place ‘offline’ to the south of the existing A329 carriageway but will move onto the carriageway in late summer. Once the roadworks reach the [...]
Ascot jewellers in raid
Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:59:11 +0000
Thames Valley Police are appealing for witnesses following a robbery at a jewellery shop in Ascot on Tuesday 27 July. The incident happened at Ascot Goldsmiths, Course Road, at approximately 11.17am, when a man entered the shop posing as a customer. Moments later, the man assaulted a member of staff and stole items of jewellery [...]
London dealer sentenced for Bracknell ‘away day’
Fri, 19 Mar 2010 16:42:13 +0000
A 17-year-old boy has been given a custodial sentence for possession of crack cocaine and heroin with intent to supply, possession of a stun gun and assaulting a police officer. The teenager, who is from London and cannot be named for legal reasons, was sentenced at Reading Crown Court on Tuesday (16/3), having pleaded guilty [...]
Survey on Bracknell school places launched
Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:16:58 +0000
A major survey to plan school places in Bracknell Forest and other parts of Berkshire is set to begin shortly. Researchers from an independent company will be carrying out doorstep interviews with households in new and recently built housing, including The Parks, Jennett’s Park and Wykery Copse. School-place planners at Bracknell Forest Council are collaborating [...]
Eleven arrests in drugs swoop
Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:47:45 +0000
Eleven people were arrested in Bracknell after officers from the neighbourhood policing team carried out a series of warrants in the area on Thursday 4 March. At around 8am, police conducted two search warrants at addresses in Wayland Close, Harmans Water, and Vandyke, Great Hollands. No-one was arrested, but useful intelligence was gained. At about [...]
Owlsmoor car seized
Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:44:32 +0000
A driver warned by police not to drive his car in an anti-social manner has had his car seized. At about 2pm on Saturday 6 March, police received a report of a Renault Clio ‘wheel spinning’ and playing loud music in the car park at Sandhurst sports centre in Owlsmoor Road. Checks revealed that a [...]
Police need help tracing missing Bullbrook man
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:06:02 +0000
Police are appealing for the public’s help in tracing a man who has been reported missing from Bracknell. Patrick Davies, aged 62, of Bullbrook, was last seen by his friend at around midnight on Tuesday, March 2 after he was dropped off home in Foresters Square. Mr Davies had returned home after watching a football [...]
Flush with success
Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:55:37 +0000
The Look Out Discovery Centre in Bracknell has won a national award and a five star rating in the Loo of The Year Award – the 2009 search to find the best ‘away from home’ facilities in the UK. The team at The Look Out was commended by judges for the overall cleanliness and high [...]
