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09:30AM, Monday 24 November 2025

THE Bishop of Oxford, the Rt Revd Dr Steven Croft, will retire next July.

He is the Diocesan Bishop for Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.

Bishop Croft will lay down his crozier at a service at Christ Church Cathedral on 31 May.

Church Services

New Year message: Fr Jeremy Tayler

Letters from soldier on front line

Families left “heartbroken” as Environment Agency puts Shiplake Lock Island on rental market

Returning “Jingle and Mingle” event turns sadness into happiness on Christmas Day

Charlie Anderson-Jeffs, from Harpsden

News review, part two: Museum closes its doors, man ‘dies’ after GP visit,

Teacher referred to counter terror programme for showing videos of President Trump

ALDI announces plans for Henley store

Baylis Media Photo Galleries

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The Hill Primary School, Preppard Road, Emmer Green, Reading, RG4 8TU Nativity 4.12.25

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Oratory Prep School Reading, RG8 7SF Nativity 4.12.25

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New management is taking over The Rising Sun pub in Hurley. L-R Adam Harman, Mandy Prince and Edward Horne The Rising Sun pub in Hurley

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Junction of Clewer Hill Road, St Leonards Road, Winkfield Road and Imperial Road, Windsor Thames Water is carrying out essential mains replacement

Days Gone By - Photos

Photos from The Maidenhead Advertiser 150th Anniversary book 'Days Gone By' are now available to buy.

Charity Events

Galleries of local charity events. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption

Her Majesty the Queen

View Her Majesty the Queen in our local galleries. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Theresa May

Pictures of Maidenhead MP, Theresa May. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Galleries from Slough and its surrounding villages. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Galleries from Marlow and its surrounding villages. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Galleries from Windsor and its surrounding villages. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Galleries from Maidenhead and its surrounding villages. To search for a specific photo, please use the reference number printed in the newspaper caption.

Hockey

Maidenhead Hockey Club, Marlow Hockey Club, Slough Hockey Club, Windsor Hockey club and more...

Bowls

Desborough Bowling Club, Maidenhead Town Bowls Club, Slough Bowls Club, Windsor & Eton Bowling Club and more...

Football

Maidenhead Utd FC, Windsor FC, Slough Town FC, Burnham FC, Marlow FC, Flackwell Heath FC, Wycombe Wanderers and more...

Rugby

Maidenhead RFC, Marlow RFC, Windsor RFC, Slough RFC, Phoenix RFC, Drifters RFC and more...

Father and son try to sell shop after eight months

CONCERNS have been raised about the future of a shop and post office in Shiplake after it was put up for sale. The property in Station Road has been listed for sale with a leasehold for almost £150,000. Owners, father and son Andrew and Archie...

Families left “heartbroken” as Environment Agency puts Shiplake Lock Island on rental market

FAMILIES who spent generations camping on an island in Shiplake are “heartbroken” now that the site has gone on the rental market. Former plot-holders at Shiplake Lock Island say that the Environment Agency, which owns it, have allowed it to...

Returning “Jingle and Mingle” event turns sadness into happiness on Christmas Day

AN event held to bring together people who would otherwise be alone on Christmas Day returned to Henley after a five-year hiatus. The “Jingle and Mingle” event welcomed 80 guests to the Christ Church Centre in Reading Road to share a three-course meal...