Councils back in court to challenge Heathrow expansion |  Local authorities committed to protecting their residents from the damaging effects of Heathrow expansion will go to the Court of Appeal on 17^th October, to outline vital flaws in the Government’s decision to give the go ahead to a third runway at the West London airport.

The councils – Richmond upon Thames, Hillingdon, Wandsworth, Hammersmith & Fulham and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead – will say that that the Government failed to properly consider the full impact of expansion on noise, health and the environment and that the Airports National Policy Statement should therefore be quashed.

The boroughs are joined in the appeal by the Mayor of London and Greenpeace.

Lawyers for the group will spell out how the Government’s deliberate failure to identify the whole area that could be affected by noise from a hugely expanded Heathrow fatally undermined the decision to go ahead.

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Spotlights Musical Theatre Group's (SMTG)  thrilled audiences with their superb performances of The Mikado at the Cordes Hall, Sunninghill, on October 10th, 11th and 12th 2019 - on this occasion, set in Tittypoo Circus .  Nelly the Elephant packed her trunk and said goodbye to the Circus before curtain fall. Renditions of all the favourites - 'Three Little Maids' . 'Make the Punishment Fit the Crime' and so on, were all superb - moving, witty and of a very professional standard!  Spotlights were helping raise funds for  Sebastians Action Trust  and the Cordes Hall refurbishment.

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On Tuesday 3rd September, the new intake of Year 7 students began their first academic term at Charters School in Sunningdale. With students in other years starting term the following day, the Year 11 Prefect Mentors were able to show the younger students around the school site and answer any of their questions.

The school runs a vast array of extra-curricular clubs and during the afternoon the students were able to find out about the exciting variety of activities on offer at the Freshers Fayre.

Alongside the obvious PE and Sports clubs were the less obvious, such as fencing, trampolining, and squash.  In addition, students could join Robotics, Science and Music & Film Clubs to name but a few.

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Princess  Square :: Bracknell 

A multi-million pound makeover of Princess Square will start this month (October) as the latest stage in Bracknell town centre’s regeneration gets underway. The comprehensive programme will transform Princess Square into a modern, light, bright and airy centre to house new brands, as well as give many of the current stores a brighter, lighter new space from which to trade. 

Once work is complete, anticipated to be in Spring 2020, customers can expect to see new escalators and lift lobbies, an impressive ceiling space with feature lighting, new customer seating  and toilets and overall a brighter and more welcoming environment to shop, eat and relax.

The next major milestone in Bracknell town centre’s regeneration was secured following the signing of a legal agreement earlier this year between Bracknell Forest Council and its development partner, Bracknell Regeneration Partnership (BRP) – a 50/50 joint venture between Schroders UK Real Estate Fund and Legal & General Capital.

The new look Princess Square will provide customers with the perfect blend of convenience and destination shops and eateries, as a natural extension and next phase of the regeneration of the town, which saw the launch of The Lexicon just over 2 years ago.

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Shoppers entering the Ascot High Street Sainsburys on Sunday, were astonished to find the veg aisle more like a dance floor! Choosing groceries was a whole lot more enjoyable than usual, thanks to live music from top West End artists  - including singer songwriter - Colin Roy, Bonita and Gary Chilton, formerly of The Soldiers ( who gave their time free of charge). There was also family fun, with face painting and a raffle.

Sainsburys ia celebrating their 150th anniversary and the recently-opened Ascot hop has been supporting the War Horse Memorial  Purple Poppy Appeal.for several months . As a result, a large cheque was presented to Co-founder-  Ascot's Alan Carr MBE at Sunday's event!

Behind the performers stood one of the 100 maquette  mini versions of Poppy, the statue horse, who stands with her head bowed and ringed by barbed wire, on the Heatherwood roundabout. Number 1 maquette stands in Buckingham Palace, while Number 10 keeps an eye on the Prime Minister!