Since effectively going bankrupt in 2021 Slough Borough Council raised tax by 9.99% in 2023, and by 8.5% in 2024 - this would be the third year, if approved. Councils normally cannot raise council ...

Doctors on the island soon discovered Phoebe was fighting severe necrotic pancreatitis - and 90 per cent of her organ had died. Phoebe was rushed to intensive care where hospital staff drained four ...

Slough is no stranger to criticism. A famous poem was written about how bad it is, it provided the backdrop for Ricky Gervais' The Office, and, most recently, it was voted the most miserable place ...

Arriving on Slough High Street on a grey weekday morning, I have barely had time to take out my notebook when I am accosted by an angry-looking man on crutches. 'Oi, mate,' he bellows.