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Slough’s care homes have been given an extra boost in the form of a £100,000 refurbishment fund by the government to enable older people to have a greater quality of life.

The care homes will receive the money as part of the government’s dignity campaign which aims to place dignity and respect at the heart of caring for older people.

Improvements will directly benefit Slough residents, such as

* Replacing worn-out carpeting or floor coverings to reduce the risk of falls
* Upgrading dining rooms
* Upgrading residents’ bedrooms and bathrooms / walk in showers
* Improving gardens or outside spaces used by residents, to encourage outdoor exercise
* Alterations that would give the residents greater privacy
* Providing information technology that benefits older residents, such as access to internet and email.

Alistair Rush, assistant director, business resources for Slough Borough Council, said: “This is good news for Slough’s care homes and will make an significant difference to the lives of the care home residents.

Commissioner for social care, Cllr Derek Cryer, added: “The fund will go a long way to help elderly people have the dignity they deserve by living in good conditions and enjoying their homes.

“Those most vulnerable in our society like the elderly deserve to live in dignity. We are extremely pleased we have been given £100,000 to continue the campaigns good work, we hope this funding will be long term, and not a one-off payment.”

The care homes which will benefit are –

* Longcroft, 305 Langley Road
* Oxford House Nursing Home, 204 Stoke Road
* Whispers Care Home, 30 Rambler Lane
* Gurney House, Upton Road
* Forget me Not Home, 151 Burnham Lane
* Langley Nursing Home, 44 Langley Road
* Lady Astor Court, 44 Langley Road

Slough Borough Council

A Slough man and a woman were sentenced for drugs offences in two separate cases at Reading Crown Court last week. A total of four people have been sentenced in May as a result of investigations carried out under Operation Falcon.

On 18 May, Leona Kelly Cespedes, 27, of Pendeen Court, Tamarisk Way, Cippenham, Slough was sentenced to two years in prison for the attempted supply of heroin.

The charge relates to an incident on 9 August 2006, when a letter arrived at HMP Bullingdon addressed to a prisoner, who was Cespedes’ boyfriend. Staff became suspicious of the letter and opened it. The envelope was found to contain two letters and a hand-rolled cigarette, as well as a package containing 156 milligrams of heroin.

One of the letters was signed by Cespedes next to the remark “Love you babes, smoke well.”

Officers executed a search warrant at Cespedes’ Slough home address, where they seized drugs paraphernalia evidencing Class A drug use, and she was subsequently arrested.

In a separate incident on 25 May, Mahboob Hussain, 30, of Beechwood Road, Slough, was sentenced to three years for supplying heroin and crack cocaine, and being in possession of heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply.

The charges relate to an incident on 11 January 2007. At about 7.15pm, plain-clothes officers were on patrol in an unmarked vehicle when they spotted a green Nissan Primera in Rochfords Gardens, Slough, with Hussain in the driver’s seat.

The officers searched Hussain and found £584 in cash in the pockets of his jacket. They also noticed he had a large lump inside his cheek. Hussain took items from his mouth and threw them away, but the officers quickly located wraps of Class A drugs on the ground nearby. The drugs were later tested and identified as 17 deals of heroin and three deals of crack cocaine.

PC Matt Lugg of the Berkshire East proactive team said: “These sentences send a strong and clear message to the public that drug dealing will not be tolerated. We know that there is still a lot of work to be done, but with the public’s continued help.”

Thames Valley Police ~ Slough

Slough Borough Council’s food safety team successfully prosecuted two take away premises last week with fines of more than £23,000 being given by magistrates.

The first Slough prosecution, which started in November 2005, saw Ms Sufina Razzaq, owner of the King 786 take away in Chalvey Road East, Slough, prosecuted at Bracknell Magistrates Court for three food safety and hygiene offences under the Food Safety General (Food Hygiene) Regulations 1995.

The three Slough offences were failure to keep the premises clean, fine of £1000, failure to keep equipment in the food premises clean, fine of £1000 and lack of a towel or appropriate way of drying hands at the wash hand basin, fine of £1000.

There was a significant risk of cross contamination in the premises from poor personal hygiene and inadequate cleaning and sanitising of food preparation surfaces, food equipment and failure to keep the food premises structure clean.

The public health was at risk due to the poor standards of cleanliness.

Ms Razzaq had pleaded not guilty to all three charges which resulted in a trial hearing. Evidence given by a senior council environmental health officer was accepted as factual truth of the conditions observed at the time of inspection.

Slough Borough Council was awarded £2,500 in costs.

The second prosecution was for Euro Fried Chicken on the Bath Road for five food safety and hygiene offences.

Each offence was given a £3,200 by Maidenhead Magistrates Court, totalling £16,000 and costs of £1,855 were awarded to Slough Borough Council.

Three offences were on 7th February 2006, which included failure to keep the premises clean, failure to maintain a high degree of personal hygiene, which involves inadequate washing of hands and evidence of smoking in the premises, lack of basic food safety and handling training for staff.

On 10th April 2006, two of the previous offences, lack of basic food safety and handling training for staff and failure to keep the premises clean were still outstanding.

Will Tomkins, senior environmental health officer for Slough Borough Council, said of the 786 prosecution: “This case took a long time to come to court, mainly because the owner pleaded not guilty. Finally the court took my evidence as fact and the take away has been fined and ordered to maintain the premises to satisfaction for the safety of the public.”

Levine Whitham, senior environmental health officer said of the prosecution for Euro Fired Chicken: “We have a duty to the public to make sure that each food premises in Slough complies with the law and is not, in anyway, harmful to the public.

“This court case will highlight to other companies just how tough we can be and that they must all make sure their premises are clean and their staff trained.”

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Slough Police are appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted and exposed to in Slough on 23/05

The incident happened in an alleyway just before Slough Tesco in Wellington Street at about 1am and involved two men.

The woman, aged in her thirties, was punched by one of the men in the mouth and then exposed to by both men who ran off in an unknown direction.

One of the men is about 5ft, medium build, aged between 20 and 25, with a shaven head. He was wearing a long sleeved white top with a black stripe at the front. The other man is aged in his early thirties, of muscular build and clean shaven. He is 5ft 10ins, with blue eyes and was wearing a khaki sweatshirt and blue tracksuit bottoms. Both men are believed to be of Eastern European origin.

Slough PC Terangeet Purewal, investigating the incident, said: “This was a completely unprovoked incident which resulted in a woman being injured. I would urge anyone who saw men fitting these descriptions in the area, or who knows anything about this assault to contact me as soon as possible.”

Anyone who saw the incident or has any information is asked to contact PC Purewal on 0845 8 505 505. If you don’t want to speak to police or give your name, please call the Crimestoppers charity on 0845 8 505 505.

Thames Valley Police ~ Slough

Two Slough boys aged 11 and 12 have been arrested by police within days of a fire at a primary school in Slough which destroyed a special needs classroom.

The pair from Slough were arrested by officers on Thursday 18 May and taken to Maidenhead custody where they were interviewed.

The boys, arrested on suspicion of arson, have been released on police bail until 14 June.

The fire happened at Priory School in Orchard Avenue, Slough on the afternoon of Sunday 13 May. It occurred at the back of the school destroying a special needs classroom which contained specialised equipment such as computers for special needs pupils.

Most of the school was affected by the smell of smoke and it was closed the following day (14/05) except for Year 6 children sitting SATS exams.

No one was injured in the fire.

Thames Valley Police ~ Slough

Police have issued a description of a man who is believed to be responsible for three unusual Slough burglaries which took place at the homes of elderly women in Langley, Slough on Tuesday night (15/05).

The man is possibly Asian or mixed race, about 30-years old, 5ft 7ins, of slim or medium build, with brown hair and clean shaven. He wore dark clothes.

At about 10pm an 85-year-old woman in Beech Road answered her front door to a man who threatened her and stole her bracelet, chains and ring.

The other two burglaries happened at houses in Langley Road, Slough. A man pushed his way into an 87-year-old woman’s house, also about 10pm, and searched her handbag but did not steal anything. Between 3.15pm and 10.40pm a man entered a 95-year-old woman’s house, possibly through a side door, and searched her bedroom. Her handbag and some keys were found in the garden, but another set of keys was taken.

Slough DC Nicki Corani said: “We are investigating every avenue of these burglaries and would appreciate any help the public can give with gathering information. These are isolated incidents.”

If anyone has any information about the burglaries they should contact DC Nicki Corani via the Police Enquiry Centre on 0845 8 505 505. If you do not wish to speak to police or give your name, please contact the Crimestoppers charity on 0800 555 111.

There are some simple rules to follow which will keep you and your home much safer:

•Always make sure that your back door and windows are locked whenever you leave the room

•Never open your door to a stranger. If someone comes to your door, use your intercom system, or shout through the door to see who is there.

•If the person is not expected, DO NOT OPEN THE DOOR. Tell them to make an appointment. If they say there is an emergency, check with the police

•If the person is expected, put the chain on and then check ID if you are able to do that. If you do not have a chain, ask for ID to be put through the letterbox.

•Some offenders will not bother to ‘trick’ their way in. If they find an insecure window or door. Make sure all your windows and doors can be easily locked and are locked whenever you leave the room. Padlock your side gate.

•If you need any work done in your home or garden it is advisable to contact Age Concern to ask for advice. There are many ‘bogus callers’ who are offering to do work for people and it is difficult to check whether they are genuine.

If you are worried about your security contact your local Crime Reduction Office via the Police Enquiry Centre on 0845 8 505 505.

Thames Valley Police ~ Slough

Councils facing increasing pressures as a result of migration have joined forces to demand action from the Government on inaccurate population figures which they describe as tantamount to introducing a 'lottery'.

The group of local authorities have written a joint letter to Treasury Minister, John Healey MP, urging him not to use these new figures to determine council funding. The councils - Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Hammersmith and Fulham, and Slough - have reacted angrily to counter-intuitive predictions that London’s migrant population is 60,000 less than was previously thought.

In the joint letter, the councils called for improvements to official statistics and have even offered to produce more accurate local figures. They warn that this latest attempt to gather numbers has undermined their confidence in the Office of National Statistics' ability to enhance the quality and accuracy of migration statistics.

Sir Simon Milton, leader of Westminster City Council said: “We simply do not believe the official statistics remotely represent the true picture of migration into Westminster.

“The council has anecdotal evidence to suggest that over 2,000 migrants are coming through Victoria Coach Station on a weekly basis and this seems to tally with the Department for Work and Pensions' national insurance figures, as well as those from Home Office’s Worker Registration Scheme.

“We are so concerned about the use of these figures for vital council funding that we are lobbying the Treasury in addition to commissioning our own surveys."

Councillor Richard Stokes, leader of Slough Borough Council, said: "Official migration statistics are not fit for purpose. Estimates have failed to keep pace with what is happening on the ground and public services are suffering as a consequence.

"The migrants that come to Slough are hard working and bring great benefit to the local economy but the council remains severely under funded because of these poor statistics.

"We have waited to see the improvements promised by the Office for National Statistics for four years but it is obvious from recent announcements that the new estimates are just not up to the job."

Councillor Stephen Greenhalgh, leader of Hammersmith and Fulham Council, said: "I didn't think it was possible but this new method for counting migration is actually worse than the old one - which was also a disaster. The government's new figures suggest that we have fewer migrants than three years ago, which is frankly inconceivable.

“The new methodology grossly underestimates the numbers of migrant workers in Hammersmith and Fulham and still does not account for those spending less than a year in the country.

"In Hammersmith and Fulham we know National Insurance registrations among A8 accession state nationals - Poland and other Eastern European countries - are up by more than 550 per cent and that's before other migrants are counted."

Councillor Merrick Cockell, leader of Kensington and Chelsea Council, said: "We have grave concerns about the accuracy of the population figures derived from the recent ONS estimates, which reduced the Borough's population by 21,000 at a stroke.

“The estimates now claim that London's overall population is falling which most Londoners would find incredible. We believe the figures they have used to calculate the population are flawed and our community will suffer as a result of these. The accuracy, volatility and adjustments to the figures undermines the Council's confidence in them.

“This loss of funding will put a considerable strain on our ability to provide the excellent services we pride ourselves on. We hope that our residents do not have to pay the price of the Governments decision to use faulty data.”

Slough Borough Council

Slough Borough Council’s main library in the High Street has presented Slough resident Joe Freni with the latest James Bond film and a snazzy new DVD player to watch it on.

The prize was part of a special Slough library competition to celebrate the DVD release of Ian Fleming’s Casino Royale.

All residents had to do to win, was answer several questions on Bond and his creator, get them all right and they would be entered into the prize draw.

Second prize were two cinema tickets and a copy of the film, and third prize was a copy of the DVD. All prizes were courtesy of the Library Multimedia.

Julia Clement, library assistant for Slough Borough Council, said: “This was a really fun competition and we’re pleased to announce Joe as our winner.

“I hope he really enjoys his prize. We’d also like to thank Library Multimedia for generously donating the prizes.”

The library will be running similar quizzes throughout the year.

Julia added: “Everyone who uses the library, which is free to join, will have the chance to win great prizes.”
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Slough Borough Council

Slough Borough Council’s libraries will be giving children the chance to take a trip of a lifetime during half term.

Both Slough children and parents are welcome to go along and join in the fun of writing a postcard about their dream holiday, as well as taking part in story telling and art activities.

The event will be a chance for children to interact with others, whilst displaying their story telling abilities and gaining invaluable language skills.

Gaby Koenig, children’s librarian for Slough Borough Council, feels that the activities will be fun for all. She said: “At this time of year is a time for children start to dream about their summer holidays and this will help them to be really creative with their ideas and stories.

“We want parents to come along with them and take part. You never know, even the adults might learn a thing or two for themselves.”

The activities will be held at Britwell Library on Tuesday 29th May at 10:30 to 11:30, Langley Library on Tuesday 29th May at 2:15 to 3:15, Slough Library Wednesday on 30th May 10:30 to 11:30 and Cippenham Library on Thursday 31st May at 10:30 to 11:30.
The activities are open to children aged five and over.
For more information, please call the children’s library, Slough library, on 01753 787524.

Slough Borough Council

A community project based at the allotment on Ragstone Road, Chalvey, Slough has won a prestigious Sony Gold Award for participating in a BBC Radio Berkshire programme, The Plot.

Slough Borough Council, along with the Slough Environmental Education Development Service (SEEDS) and SHAPE, Slough’s Health Action Programme, funded by the Big Lottery Fund, helped supply the allotments for the award winning programme.

The Plot involved a mixture of local residents working along side immigrant families to work their magic on the allotments.

Slough Borough Council gave Radio Berkshire two allotment plots for the special programme and the SEEDS TRUST and SHAPE’s Community Food Gardens Project, gave lots of support to make the programme award winning.

Linda Wolski, allotments and project officer for Slough Borough Council, said: “I am absolutely thrilled about the Sony award.

“I loved the idea of the project from the word go. It was intended to encourage people from the Chalvey area to take on an allotment and get involved in producing their own food.

“The two plots were divided into manageable sized beds for the programme, but are still used now. The fact that the project is still going long after the programme is a testament to the good work done by Allison Wragg, SHAPE and Radio Berkshire.”

The experience of residents using the beds varies, as not all of them had previous knowledge of allotments.

Dawn Estabrook, SHAPE coordinator, said: “It just shows what a good programme like SHAPE is at providing projects that bring people together and reach the community, alongside our partners at the allotment and SEEDS.

Allison Wragg, from The SEEDS Trust, added: “It’s been a fantastic experience working with such a diverse group of people and although I’ve been growing vegetables for many years, they have taught me a thing or to.

“I’m so pleased the group are set to continue and flourish and to receive such as grand accolade, as a Sony Gold Award is the icing on the cake for the SHAPE Community Food Gardens Project. It fully recognises the positive impact this type of project has on our modern lifestyles”.

Slough has more than 900 plots on 13 allotment sites throughout the borough. Plots are available to all borough residents and are economically priced, with concessions available for people aged 60 or over, registered unemployed and the early retired.

A five pole plot (126.5 sq.meters) costs around £20 per year.

For more information about any of the sites, please call 01753 875574 or email allotments@slough.gov.uk.

Slough Borough Council

Slough Borough Council’s youth offending team have kindly been given the opportunity by Pizza Hut to let young people make pizzas in the restaurant’s kitchen this month.

Six Slough young people will have the chance to make-a their own pizza in style at the High Street based eatery on two days, (three people in each group) where they will be given an hour to create their perfect pizza.

Anjli Sidhu, project worker for Slough youth offending team, said: “We had six young people who expressed a keen interest in cookery and we asked Pizza Hut if they would like to accommodate the youngsters in preparing and cooking food.

“The main aim of the activity is to give young people an insight into the restaurant trade as well as the health and safety aspect. Most importantly, we want them to enjoy the experience.

The idea for the young people to go and cook at Pizza Hut came from the restaurant itself. They have long been supporters of Slough’s SYPC and arranged for the youngsters to have their kitchen for an hour in a new pilot scheme.

Slough Borough Council

Slough police are holding an event in the town centre later this month to help shoppers defeat purse snatchers.

A team of Slough officers including Sgt Adam Wise, PCSOs Jagdip Sekhon and Steve Vaughan, Crime Reduction Officer Jason Ballantyne and a Neighbourhood Warden will set up a stand in The Observatory shopping centre on Saturday 19 May to hand out anti-theft devices.

The devices, called lanyards, consist of a spiral piece of nylon. A catch on one end attaches to a purse and a catch on the other end attaches to a handbag. If a thief tries to snatch a purse out of a bag they will discover it is attached to the bag and will usually drop it.

Police are hoping to fit several hundred of the devices to people’s bags free of charge. They will be in the shopping centre from 9.30am until around 4pm.

Jason Ballantyne explained: “There have been some incidents in Slough shops where people were bumped into, and when they tried to pay for their goods they found their purses had gone.”

The Slough town centre team came up with the idea last year and have already fitted hundreds of the lanyards to people’s handbags.

Jason Ballantyne added: “It’s simple but one of the best things that the police buy. They work and people love them.”

Thames Valley Police ~ Slough

A Slough teenager was arrested last night (9/5) for breaching a dispersal order in Northborough, Slough, just a few hours after the order came into effect.

Perry Stacey, 18, of Northborough Road, Slough, was arrested in Scafell Road at 9.35pm and later charged with knowingly contravening a direction to disperse. He was bailed to appear at Maidenhead Magistrates’ Court on 16 May.

Slough Borough Council, in partnership with Thames Valley Police, introduced the dispersal order for Northborough in response to antisocial behaviour caused by groups congregating around the shops and flats in Scafell Road.

The order came into force at 2pm on 9 May and will continue throughout the summer months until 2pm on 9 November.

The Slough order covers Greystoke Road, Sandown Road, Scafell Road, Northmead Road, Teesdale Road, Newchurch Road, Pentland Road, Pevensey Road and Pennine Road, and includes the play area on Scafell Road and the land between Scafell and Greystoke Roads and Slough Trading Estate.

Under the terms of the order, police officers and PCSOs have the power to order groups of two or more to disperse and tell people who don’t live in the area to leave and not to return for up to 24 hours.

In addition to this, between 9pm and 6am, officers may remove anyone under the age of 16 to their home, or place of safety, if they are not under the effective control of a parent or responsible person over the age of 18.

Anne Farmer, community safety project officer for Slough Borough Council, said: “The dispersal order is one of a number of tools being used by the council, the police and People 1st (Slough), to prevent antisocial behaviour and criminal damage in the area.

“In addition, we will be working with partners to provide additional youth activities in the area and identify and take action against those who are causing criminal damage to property and distress to residents.”

Inspector Jon Goosey, Thames Valley Police neighbourhood inspector for the north of Slough, believes that a dispersal order will have a positive impact for the area.

He added: “We’re aware there are a number of vulnerable residents who feel threatened by groups roaming the area and for this reason, an order has been put in place.

“The impact of the order will be continually monitored together with other partnership work to satisfactorily resolve this situation to the satisfaction of all who live in the area.”

Thames Valley Police ~ Slough

Police are appealing for witnesses and information following an assault in Slough last Tuesday (1/05/07).

At about 5.15pm a man was walking along Wexham Road, Slough near to house numbers 290 and 292, when a white man nudged his shoulder and then poured a can of drink over him. The white man then punched the 48-year-old in the eye, causing a black eye and cut.

The man started to run away but the attacker followed him and either head-butted him or punched him in the head. A white woman then grabbed the attacker to restrain him and told the injured man to run. The attacker started to run after him but stopped when a white man on a bicycle approached.

The attacker is aged between 20 and 25, of medium build and about 5ft 5ins. He has brown hair gelled into spikes and was wearing a white T-shirt and blue jeans.

Anyone who saw the incident or has any information is asked to contact Slough PC Purewal on 0845 8 505 505. If you don’t want to speak to police or give your name, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Thames Valley Police ~ Slough

Slough Borough Council has organised two days of information and advice on the effects of alcohol in conjunction with Alcohol Awareness Week, and will be advising people to ‘know their limits’.

The two Slough days are Tuesday, May 8 at Wexham Park Hospital and Thursday, May 10 at the walk in clinic at Upton Hospital, both days from 1pm to 4pm.

On both days, DAAT, the Drugs and Alcohol Awareness Team for the council, will be providing residents with advice and information on safe alcohol consumption and units.

Slough Residents will learn the effects of alcohol can place them in dangerous, risky and unwanted situations, such as accidents, violence, robbery and sexual assault.

Alcohol impairs people’s coordination, emotions and judgement.

Jatinder Matharu, DAAT’s programme co-ordinator for Slough Borough Council, said: “The key message on the two days is that alcohol can make you feel invincible when you are at your most vulnerable, along with the hard hitting new campaign Know your limits.

“We encourage young people aged between 18 and 24 to drink responsibly and be aware of the possible serious consequences of drinking over their limits, and awareness weeks like this, help to highlight this to all residents.

“We’re not trying to demonise alcohol or stop people enjoying themselves. This is about encouraging people, especially youngsters, to take personal responsibility for how much they drink.”

More than 80 percent of pedestrian deaths on weekends, and nearly three quarters of peak time accident and emergency admissions, are alcohol related.

Younger people are the most likely to drink heavily – almost half of males and nearly 40 per cent of females aged 16 to 24 drink above the daily recommendations.

The UK Government advises that men should drink no more than three to four units a day and women no more than two to three.

For further details on calculating units please log onto www.drinkaware.co.uk.

For further advice and guidance please contact Drinkline on 0800 917 8282.

Slough Borough Council

Slough Borough Council’s director of education and children’s services will be awarding the Holy Family Primary School next Tusday (May 8) with a £500 cheque after pupils signed up to the Children 1st Charter’s 15 promises competition and won.

More than 2,500 primary school pupils signed up to the charter, which asked them to agree to a set of 15 promises including being healthy, saying no to strangers and combating bullying.

Holy Family had the most entries and produced a DVD and photo album of their experiences, as well as pictures and stories from various year groups about their 15 promises.

The school can spend the £500 on resources chosen by their school council.

Janet Tomlinson, director of education and children’s services for Slough Borough Council, said: “We hope all the schools had as much fun taking part in the competition as we did judging the wonderful entries. The standard of work was exceptionally high and we were very impressed.

“The children’s work is on display in the Town Hall.”

Other schools which came into the top five were; Godolphin Junior, Parlaunt Park, Priory School and Cippenham Junior.

And as a special thank you, all schools who entered have been given ‘I’ve promised’ pencil cases for the children.

Slough Borough Council

Slough Borough Council’s Sure Start Service invites residents who are interested in services available to children and families, to their annual children’s fair.

The fair will be at The Centre, Farnham Road, Slough on Thursday 10 May from 10am to 7pm and is open for anyone to attend, at anytime during the day.

Anyone who brings a completed invitation with them will be entered into a prize draw to win a family ticket to Legoland.

Invitations will be sent out to parents through local schools and early years centres or call Lisa Brades on 01628 660098 to be sent one.

A large range of exhibitors will be on hand with information on services for children and families including health services, education, adult training opportunities, leisure activities and childcare.

There will also be an opportunity for people to find out about training and careers in childcare, including childminding and job opportunities within the local children’s workforce.

There will be free workshops during the day:

* Music time with Salma at 10.15am and 2.30pm

* First aid at 11am

* Smoothie roadshow at 1pm

* First steps into childcare at 10.30am, 2pm and 6pm

* Finding employment in a childcare setting at 12noon and 3.30pm

In addition, there will be activities for the children including face painting and a bouncy castle. Children will be able to have their photos taken between 10am and 5pm and to round off the day, at 4pm, Claycots School choir will be singing and at 5.30pm, there will be a martial arts demonstration by the KJJ Academy.

Liz Scott, development manager for childcare services, said: “This is a great opportunity for anyone who’s interested in finding out what’s available for children and families in Slough and also for people who want a career in working with children.

“The children’s services fair is always a successful event”.

For more information about the fair or any of the workshops, please contact Lisa Brades on 01628 660098.

Slough Borough Council

Police arrested two teenage girls in Slough town centre on Friday (27/4), following reports of public disorder involving a group of youths.

At 4.10pm, police received reports of a fight taking place at Brunel bus station, Slough. Officers arrived at the scene at 4.18pm and the youths ran away. However, two girls aged 16 and 17 were arrested a few minutes later on suspicion of assault.

The 16-year-old was bailed until 24 May and the 17-year-old was later released without charge.

Brunel bus station is part of an area currently covered by a dispersal order. Slough Borough Council, in partnership with Thames Valley Police, introduced the dispersal order in the town centre in response to anti-social behaviour caused by groups congregating in the centre and in particular, Brunel underpass.

The Slough dispersal order came into force at 7am on Sunday 1 April and will continue throughout the summer months until midnight on 1 September. Under the terms of the order, police officers and police community support officers have the power to tell people in groups of two or more to disperse and tell people who don’t live in the area to leave and not to return for up to 24 hours.

In a separate incident, a teenager was arrested after a man allegedly had his wallet stolen while walking through the Brunel underpass at around 10.25pm on 28 April.

Ahmed Hassan, 18, of Blackrod Close, Hayes, Middlesex, was charged with theft and will appear at Maidenhead Magistrates’ Court on 14 May.

Thames Valley Police ~ Slough

Slough Police are appealing for witnesses after an incident involving a teenage girl in Slough on Friday 27 April.

At about 1pm, the 16-year-old girl was walking in Doddsfield Road, Britwell, Slough when a car pulled up alongside her.

The driver spoke to the girl before leaning out of the car and trying to grab her, but she ran home and called the police.

The man is either mixed race or white with a tanned complexion, in his mid-thirties, clean-shaven with a long face and short, black, receding hair. He was wearing a grey polo shirt.

The car he was driving was a small silver hatchback, possibly a Vauxhall Corsa or Fiat Punto.

Anyone with any information is asked to contact Slough Det Con Claire Lloyd of Slough CID on 0845 8 505 505. If you don’t want to speak to police or give your name, please call Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.

Thames Valley Police ~ Slough