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LIVE: Two-mile queues on M4 after crash closes lane ift.tt/FXuOV9a
LIVE: Two-mile queues on M4 after crash closes lane

LIVE: Two-mile queues on M4 after crash closes lane

Follow our live updates as a crash on the M4 westbound near Maidenhead causes two miles of queues, with one lane closed following an earlier 20-minute traffic hold.

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Frimley and Wexham Park hospitals celebrate 5,000 robotic surgeries ift.tt/V3zZdvM
Frimley and Wexham Park hospitals celebrate 5,000 robotic surgeries

Frimley and Wexham Park hospitals celebrate 5,000 robotic surgeries

Frimley Park and Wexham Park hospitals are celebrating after their surgical teams completed their 5,000th robotic surgery procedure.

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More than one in 10 Thames Valley patients rate their experience of GP practices poor ift.tt/vrEDbj9
More than one in 10 Thames Valley patients rate their experience of GP practices poor

More than one in 10 Thames Valley patients rate their experience of GP practices poor

More than one in 10 Thames Valley patients rated their overall experience of their GP practice as poor, according to new survey figures.

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Trefoil Guild raises £1,240 for local music therapy charity ift.tt/eKFSpYx
Trefoil Guild raises £1,240 for local music therapy charity

Trefoil Guild raises £1,240 for local music therapy charity

Members of the Gerrards Cross and Denham Trefoil Guild have raised £1,240 for Chiltern Music Therapy to help support local people.

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Police appeal to find missing man with links to Slough ift.tt/oAkpWd5
Police appeal to find missing man with links to Slough

Police appeal to find missing man with links to Slough

Police are appealing for help to find missing 28-year-old Patrick, who was last seen in Woking and has links to Slough and Staines.

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Man, 31, who threw a brick and urinated on an elephant statue jailed ift.tt/nLdwl9e
Man, 31, who threw a brick and urinated on an elephant statue jailed

Man, 31, who threw a brick and urinated on an elephant statue jailed

A man who threw a brick at and urinated on an elephant statue created for a hospice fundraising appeal has been jailed for 16 weeks.

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1,339 Berkshire residents offered free battery packs for power cuts ift.tt/2G4HfRM
1,339 Berkshire residents offered free battery packs for power cuts

1,339 Berkshire residents offered free battery packs for power cuts

SSEN gives 1,339 free home battery packs to vulnerable Berkshire residents relying on medical equipment, helping maintain power during winter power cuts.

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Channel 4 axes major series after 11 years amid 'serious allegations of wrongdoing' ift.tt/XHSjGJA
Channel 4 axes major series after 11 years amid 'serious allegations of wrongdoing'

Channel 4 axes major series after 11 years amid 'serious allegations of wrongdoing'

Channel 4 has cancelled Married At First Sight UK after an external review - season six and a UK/Australia spin-off will not be aired.

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M&S shoppers to notice major change in stores under new plans ift.tt/tWjw98l
M&S shoppers to notice major change in stores under new plans

M&S shoppers to notice major change in stores under new plans

M&S will replace paper price tags with digital labels in some new UK stores.

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Blue Badge drivers could face unexpected fines despite having a permit ift.tt/UdXviOe
Blue Badge drivers could face unexpected fines despite having a permit

Blue Badge drivers could face unexpected fines despite having a permit

UK Blue Badges are recognised in many European countries, but rules and concessions vary, as experts explain.

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Calls to cut state pension age to 65 and free up jobs for younger workers grow ift.tt/Tm1Q8Jv
Calls to cut state pension age to 65 and free up jobs for younger workers grow

Calls to cut state pension age to 65 and free up jobs for younger workers grow

More than 112,000 people have backed a petition to cut the state pension age to 65, arguing it could free up jobs for younger workers.

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Minister responds to claims smoky bacon crisps could be banned in UK in new EU deal ift.tt/sXG5qwa
Minister responds to claims smoky bacon crisps could be banned in UK in new EU deal

Minister responds to claims smoky bacon crisps could be banned in UK in new EU deal

Angela Eagle told a Times Radio interviewer to "get a life" when asked about smoky bacon crisp labels and a UK-EU food deal.

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Grants of up to £20,000 available for Slough organisations ift.tt/e7YNREK
Grants of up to £20,000 available for Slough organisations

Grants of up to £20,000 available for Slough organisations

Slough community groups can apply for grants of up to £20,000 to help residents facing financial hardship under a new council funding scheme.

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Mayor of Slough praises inspirational award winners at Berkshire ceremony ift.tt/uGW7xsC
Mayor of Slough praises inspirational award winners at Berkshire ceremony

Mayor of Slough praises inspirational award winners at Berkshire ceremony

Slough's Mayor attended a Berkshire awards ceremony celebrating the contributions of armed forces personnel, volunteers and community champions.

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Report reveals years of problems with Slough council accounts ift.tt/yCNF5MV
Report reveals years of problems with Slough council accounts

Report reveals years of problems with Slough council accounts

Auditors have raised concerns over Slough Borough Council's historic financial reporting, citing weak controls, poor records and delays.

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Home with Harry Potter-style Diagon Alley room on sale for £800,000 ift.tt/FQs4oDC
Home with Harry Potter-style Diagon Alley room on sale for £800,000

Home with Harry Potter-style Diagon Alley room on sale for £800,000

A Victorian Windsor home with Harry Potter-style Diagon Alley is on sale for £800,000, featuring Ollivanders and Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes-inspired shopfronts.

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Railway upgrades between Staines and Windsor completed ift.tt/MTGfSyw
Railway upgrades between Staines and Windsor completed

Railway upgrades between Staines and Windsor completed

South Western Railway and Network Rail have completed track, bridge and signalling maintenance between Staines and Windsor during the October half-term to improve reliability.

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Firefighters spent five hours tackling Slough High Street blaze ift.tt/ts4A2Za
Firefighters spent five hours tackling Slough High Street blaze

Firefighters spent five hours tackling Slough High Street blaze

Firefighters spent around five hours tackling a blaze on Slough High Street before returning twice to check the building for hotspots.

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Van window smashed in criminal damage incident ift.tt/60k4Gpg
Van window smashed in criminal damage incident

Van window smashed in criminal damage incident

Police received a report of criminal damage after the driver’s side window of a Ford Transit van was smashed in New Road.

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Major railway upgrades completed in Windsor to make busy train services more reliable ift.tt/PI2MAmD
Major railway upgrades completed in Windsor to make busy train services more reliable

Major railway upgrades completed in Windsor to make busy train services more reliable

Railway improvements have been completed in Windsor after engineers replaced key infrastructure used by more than 70 train services each weekday.

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