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Dr Choc’s Chocolate Factory has crafted a chocolate bar in celebration of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. This extraordinary milk, dark and ruby chocolate bar infused with raspberry, cinnamon and orange is the delicious handiwork of our expert Chocolatier, Juan, who practises his art in the heart of Windsor, only a few feet away from Windsor Castle. This decadent creation was inspired by the pride of Scottish fruit, the raspberry, and the historic spice trade that introduced cinnamon and orange to Europe. While raspberry remains the prominent flavour, a touch of cinnamon enhances the delicate but tangy orange.

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 In this special Platinum Jubilee year, Ascot Racecourse is inviting local students to enter the Schools Art Competition for a chance to win funds for their school plus Amazon vouchers for themselves. Winning entries will be displayed in the Ascot Heath Tunnel during Royal Ascot 2022 for guests to view and enjoy during the meeting and beyond.

 

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Ascot Racecourse is delighted to showcase the short-listed entries of the annual Royal Ascot Schools Art Competition 2023 which this year was themed to represent The Coronation, HM The King and/or Royal Ascot.

A record 1,148 entries were received from the following schools:

 

LVS Ascot, Ranelagh School, Bracknell, St Georges, Ascot,Winkfield St Mary’s CofE Primary School,The Marist Preparatory & Senior School,Whitegrove Primary School, Holy Trinity CofE Primary School,Hallgrove School, Kings Academy, Oakwood, Heathfield School, Ascot Heath Primary School, South Ascot Village School, Garth Hill College, Cranbourne Primary School, Charters School,  St Michaels CofE Primary School, St Francis Catholic Primary School

Cheapside Primary School, The Brakenhale School and Meadow Vale Primary School.

 

 

You are invited to vote for your favouriet in each category,

 

Entries per age category can be viewed by clicking on the categories below: Voting will close on Sunday, 23rd April 2023 and winners will be announced w/c 24th April 2023.

 

4-6 years

7-9 years

10-11 years (primary)

11-12 years

13 years

14 years

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Pictured Above| Progress at Heatherwood Hospital  Progress last Year| View From King's Ride Entrance Road

Heatherwood Hospital, a brand new centre of excellence for non-emergency care, has been officially handed over to Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust by construction company Kier.   The world-class facility will open to patients in spring 2022 and will bring some of the best planned-care services in the country to local residents across Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire.

The 11,500 square metre hospital supports non-emergency procedures for both NHS and private patients. The space includes six state-of-the-art theatres, and outpatient and diagnostic facilities for ophthalmology, cardiology, radiology, lithotripsy, physiotherapy, urology, gynaecology, ENT and orthodontics.

Using a combination of the latest digital technology and flexible outpatient spaces, Heatherwood will offer a one-stop service for many patients and reduce the number of visits they need make to the hospital.

Royal Borough thanks public for amazing response to budget consultation as Cabinet amends proposals to include arts funding

The Royal Borough is thanking everyone who took part in the public consultation on the proposed budget for 2022/23, which saw around 1,800 consultation responses submitted by residents, community groups and businesses.

This valuable community feedback has been analysed and helped to inform discussions when the proposed budget was presented to Cabinet yesterday evening, ahead of Full Council meeting on Tuesday 22 February to set the budget.

The consultation ran for eight weeks during December and January, and feedback can be read on the council’s modern.gov.uk portal

Bird flu cases have unfortunately been found locally and to help reduce spread Defra has established a temporary disease control zone covering 3km (1.86 mile) in all directions from the Thames at Eton, where infected swans were recently identified.

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A spokesperson for the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead, said: “As a result of cases recently identified in a number of swans on the River Thames at Eton, Defra has implemented a localised bird flu disease control zone as a temporary and precautionary measure to help minimise the spread. The infected birds were also put down by Defra vets.

“The local zone covers a 3km (1.86 mile) radius from the river at Eton and requires all bird keepers, regardless of flock size, to undertake additional biosecurity precautions, over and above those already implemented nationally. The Royal Borough is working closely with Defra and the Animal and Plant Health Agency to implement the controlled zone and notify bird keepers of the zone and associated requirements, which are available here.  

“Following advice of the Animal and Plant Health Agency, we will be putting in place, on a precautionary and temporary basis, targeted and proportionate measures focussed around the affected area. Signage will be in place from Monday and we are asking everyone to play their part in helping to minimise spread in order to protect our swans, other waterfowl and commercial poultry flocks.

“From Monday 10th January, people have been required to keep dogs on leads along the eastern and western riverbanks at Windsor and Eton, including adjacent grassy areas such as The Brocas. This gives owners more control over their pets and reduces the risk of dogs getting involved with potentially-infected bird mess on the riverbanks and spreading the infection on their feet.