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Incidentally, I suspect that Cowdrey’s would respond favourably to your suggestion - I believe they are trying to use more paper bags to minimise the use of plastics following customer feedback as an example  - it just saddens me that rather than trying to educate kids (and adults) that littering is wrong (and potentially dangerous to animals) we resort to adding cost and inconvenience to businesses.

Cowdrey’s won’t say it as they have a business to run, but I feel that you should direct the criticism at parents failing to teach their children basic civil behaviour.  By putting the onus on the butcher you run the very real risk that they will simply respond by saying they can’t afford the risk of being sued by a dog owner and withdrawing the service leaving us all worse off.  There is a bowl left for used sticks which all customers should be capable of using.

Seems a sensible suggestion - what did Cowdrey's say?

Roads across the borough could benefit from a further investment worth more than £1.7m over the next year.

The new funding would come on top of the £7.7m already invested into improving the highway network as part of the 2018/19 budget.

Council will be asked to agree the funding on Thursday 19 July after cabinet recommended it for approval. The additional investment would enable more roads to be treated, such as those in residential areas, while also ensuring improvements on the primary road network continue at pace.

Part of the extra £1.7m will to go towards a pilot scheme called ‘Find and Fix’, which is designed to shorten response times and allow us to complete minor repairs and act on issues such as overgrown highway verges and flytipping more quickly.

Cllr Phill Bicknell, cabinet member for highways, transport and Windsor, said: “We want to invest further in improving our entire road network to help keep the borough moving.

“If approved, the extra funding will further improve the quality of road surfaces right across the borough and allow us to extend the project to include roads off the main network, ensuring that all residents benefit.”

The Royal Borough is currently ranked in the top ten councils for satisfaction with highway maintenance of 113 local authorities in the National Highways and Transport Benchmarking Survey.

The ‘Find and Fix’ scheme would see a dedicated, additional team of officers deal with issues across the borough where the network has visually deteriorated.

Safety related work would continue to be picked up by regular assessment while the new team would ensure work which would not be highlighted as a priority can still be undertaken. They would also ensure issues identified by residents are picked up quicker than is currently possible.

If you ever spot a defect on the road or issue in the borough you can report it quickly and easily online at www3.rbwm.gov.uk/report
 

MAIDENHEAD CENTRAL:
maidenheadcentralnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
13/7 - 14/7  Friday 11 p.m. / Saturday 10.25 a.m.  Restaurant, High Street.  Entry via a forced side fire door.  Office and restaurant searched.  Bottles stolen from the bar area - bottle of rum, 4 bottles of red Chianti, amaretto, Jonny Walker whiskey and a bottle of tequila.  The float was also stolen from the till along with a safe from the office.  If you are out and about can you keep your eyes open for a discarded safe ?
13/7  Friday 10.30 a.m. / 4 p.m.  Car Park, Broadway.  Motorbike stolen.  A grey, Honda 125 cc.  Index RE ** PGF
13/7  Friday 8 p.m.  Leisure Pool Car Park, St. Cloud Way.  Bike locked in a bike rack stolen.  Apparently 2 lads were seen on CCTV behaving suspiciously and several bikes were stolen.
13/7  Friday 10.50 p.m. / 11 p.m.  Brambling way.  Bike locked at front door stolen.  A light blue, Giant racing bike.  With frame number.
 
RIVERSIDE & BELMONT:
NO CRIME TO REPORT.
 
MAIDENHEAD WEST
maidenheadwestnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
BISHAM, COOKHAM, HURLEY, THE WALTHAMS, LITTLEWICK GREEN & KNOWL HILL:
NO CRIME TO REPORT.
 
PINKNEYS GREEN & FURZE PLATT:
NO CRIME TO REPORT.
 
MAIDENHEAD SOUTH
maidenheadsouthnhpt@thamesvalley.pnn.police.uk
BOYN HILL, COX GREEN & WOODLANDS PARK:
13/7  1.15 p.m. / 2 p.m.  Clare Road.  Car front and rear index plates stolen.
14/7  Saturday 3.50 a.m.  Heynes Green.  CCTV sows a man walking along the road, trying car door handles and then walking onto the aggrieved’s driveway to open his car doors and search the car.  Loose change stolen.  Can everyone take this as a warning - and - lock their cars !
 
OLDFIELD & BRAY:
NO CRIME TO REPORT.
 
COMMENTS:
 
 
Hi,
 
Was this a scam as haven’t heard this one before.
 
I had a call this morning from someone who said they were connected to the NHS. They seemed to know I take medications and said I could have these free of charge, delivered to my house. The man had an accent and sounded like he was in a call centre.  I said I didn’t need this service and put the phone down. It worries me that if someone frail and elderly were to receive a call like this they may give over valuable information which could lead to financial loss to them.
 
Regards
 
Angie
 
Hi Angie, I will ask and find out !  Anything like this with a cold call, should be considered suspicious and no ‘personal information given.
 
Eyes and ears.....................and brain

Very well put Clipper. I do find it sad when people throw any rubbish on the ground as someone will have to clean it up after them. Not only are cocktail sticks possibly dangerous for animals, why are people so selfish as to think that others should clean up after them?

Two different kinds of morris dancing will be on display on Tuesday, 17th July, from 8 p.m. onwards.

Come along, relax and enjoy a (hopefully) beautiful summer's evening ...

[The reason for this post is, I was really annoyed to find not one, but two lots of cooked sausages dropped on the floor with an entire cocktail stick holding the pieces together further up the road.... this could of been fatal to any dog (or any other animal) that gulped that in one go....!]

Before I get accused of 'bashing' on this thread, I must point out I like Cowdery Butchers.

What I don't like is seeing people using the cooked sausages placed out to sample as an all you can eat 'Buffet'.

The reason for this post is, I was really annoyed to find not one, but two lots of cooked sausages dropped on the floor with an entire cocktail stick holding the pieces together further up the road.... this could of been fatal to any dog (or any other animal) that gulped that in one go....!

If people / parents of kids can not be responsible for making sure the samples are eaten and cocktail sticks are disposed of correctly, then would Cowdery's consider using other disposable tools other than these cocktail sticks please.

Thank you.

We now move to the classroom next door, in which some 81 years ago Mrs. Snapes ruled with a sharp tongue and a glare that would freeze you to the spot where you stood. Yes, I too where one of her  "Horrid little Grubs".

https://youtu.be/h2GVZsigQ5s

So turn up your sound.

This clip shows how you can jump from Hard Drive to USB Flash drive quickly.

 https://youtu.be/YlpIh9S-JsI

Turn up your sound.