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The word Ascot is written in gold with union jack flags in the foreground.

Residents to have their say on village's future

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead wants people's views on its plans to rejuvenate Ascot.

An inside view of the theatre, it has a wooden panelled A-shape ceiling with lighting attached to a central panel. There is red carpeting on the floor and the walls are a mixture of pink and green paintings for plays and black wooden beaming with white walls. There is a stage with a black rail around the front.

Anonymous charity pledges £750k to save theatre

An anonymous charity has pledged to cover the cost of purchasing and renovating the theatre.

Mist hanging over parkland, with tall autumnal trees of green and gold in the background and small, green fir trees amid long yellow/brown grasses in the foreground

Berkshire's Big Picture: Friday's image of the county

Showcasing the best images sent to us from around Berkshire.

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Diana Parkes has short white hair and is wearing a black coat, a pink jumper and a white, buttoned-up shirt and a black scarf. Hetti Barkworth-Nanton is stood next to her. She is smiling and has shoulder length blonde hair. She is wearing a denim jacket and black shirt and a gold necklace around her neck

Queen gives campaigning duo Pride of Britain award

The pair started campaigning after Joanna Simpson was killed by her husband in Ascot in 2010.

Zamira Hajiyeva is wearing sunglasses, a white, buttoned shirt and has brown hair. A blue car, which is out of focus, is behind her

Sale of seized golf course and £14m home under way

A trustee is appointed by the High Court to sell the Mill Ride Golf Club in Ascot and the house.

Robert Brown looks directly at the camera for a police mugshot. He has short, dark brown hair and a short shaved beard. He also has blue eyes and is wearing a pale grey sweatshirt

Wife killer pilot granted private parole hearing

Robert Brown killed his wife, Joanna Simpson, with a claw hammer in earshot of their two children.

A man with short strawberry blonde hair and stubble, wearing a dark blue tuxedo with a black bow tie, smiling at the camera with a white wall behind him

Oscar winner granted permission to film in former school

Sir Kenneth Branagh is one of the directors of the company filming in Ascot, Berkshire.

Zamira Hajiyeva, who is smirking at the camera, is wearing a white shirt and sunglasses. She has brown, shoulder length hair

Jailed banker's wife forfeits golf course and £14m home

Zamira Hajiyeva agrees to give up properties after a six-year National Crime Agency investigation.

Two blurred CCTV images show a man wearing a dark cap, a dark GAP T-shirt and grey tracksuit trousers with lettering

CCTV images released in footpath rape investigation

Police say the man pictured may have vital information in connection with the attack in Ascot.