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Prizes have been awarded in a poster and poem competition for school children promoting road safety. Children aged four to 11 were asked to design a poster around the themes of the Green Cross Code, air quality near schools, and school streets.

The Royal Borough teamed up with Frog Bikes, near Sunninghill, to run the Active Travel competition for schools across the borough, with new bikes as the top prizes.

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Pictured Above: Educational audiologist Lisa Bull, left, and teacher of the deaf Julia Battle have been providing and setting up the devices for pupils 

More than 100 hearing aids provided to pupils across Berkshire to assist home learning. | More than 100 children with hearing loss have been provided with radio aids this past academic year to help support their learning thanks to the Berkshire Sensory Consortium Service.

Its educational audiologist Lisa Bull and teacher of the deaf Julia Battle have been providing and setting up the devices for pupils, which have proved extra popular as a result of social distancing and home-learning during the pandemic.

The Berkshire-wide service is hosted by Achieving for Children, on behalf of the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead.

Pictured Above: Award winning LVS Student, Constance Bole 

TEENAGE FILM DIRECTOR WINS NATIONAL AWARD |  Budding film director, Constance Bole, 17, from Warfield, has won a national competition for her short film “Marked”.

Constance, who attends LVS Ascot in Berkshire, won the Key Stage 5, short film category in the Independent Schools’ Association (ISA) national Film & Digital Art Competition. The film which was written, directed, edited and filmed by Constance, depicts a dystopian future in which people are marked and monitored.

Constance originally created the film as a piece of coursework for her Media BTEC, and was influenced by events including the recent pandemic and the #MeToo movement.

Due to the pandemic, filming was restricted and Constance had to edit her original 12 scene script, down to just three chilling scenes. The final version features a cast of two; Chloe Barlow and Angelina Yu, who are both drama students at LVS Ascot.

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Thames Valley Police (TVP) is actively looking for people to ‘be the difference they want to see’ in their communities, as Police Officer recruitment re-opens.

The force is now accepting expressions of interest for both Police Constable entry routes, ahead of applications opening for those with a degree qualification on 8 August via the Police Constable-Degree Holder Entry Programme (PC-DHEP). This will be followed by an opportunity for those who do not hold a degree to join via the Police Constable Degree Apprenticeship (PCDA) on 1 September.  

Since introducing the new Police Constable entry routes in 2019, in partnership with Bucks New University (BNU), TVP have recruited over 170 new officers from a wide variety of backgrounds.
In the past 12 months, 43.4% of those new joiners have been female, whilst 14.3% of new joiners have been from Black, Asian or Minority-Ethnic backgrounds; this is progress as the force works towards fully representing the communities it serves.

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Full Council votes to adopt Borough Local Plan supporting sustainable development until 2033

The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead has tonight voted to formally agree the Borough Local Plan, a key planning document guiding and supporting sustainable growth, regeneration and investment until 2033.

The Borough Local Plan provides the vision for the borough’s future development, including setting out how many new homes are needed, how much space for jobs is required, the best locations for new development, and where development cannot happen to protect valued natural and built historic heritage.

This final document has been shaped over a decade through a series of public consultations and includes the changes required by independent Planning Inspector Mrs Louise Phillips to make it sound.

Full Council’s decision to adopt the Borough Local Plan means it has full weight in deciding planning applications, complementing existing planning documents such as the neighbourhood plans, as well as other council work, plans and decisions.