Pharmacy staff robbed at knife-point 
Published: Thu, 24th Jul 4:00PM
STAFF at a pharmacy were threatened with a knife by a masked man who then stole cash.
Lloyds Pharmacy in Cheviot Road, Langley, was targeted on Monday at noon by the man who was wearing a black beanie style hat pulled down across his face, with slits cut out for his eyes.
Family's plea to missing man (2)
Published: Thu, 24th Jul 12:00PM
THE family of a missing man who fell into the River Thames during a Slough school's boat party have made a desperate plea for information.
Licence figures make for painful viewing in Slough
Published: Wed, 23rd Jul 12:00PM
MORE than 1,000 people in Slough were caught watching TV without a licence during the first six months of 2008, making it third in the South East.
Slough too strong for Maidenhead & Bray
Published: Wed, 23rd Jul 11:00AM
Slough won the Farnham Royal Twenty20 competition in style
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Massive drugs raid on Slough homes
A HUGE police raid dealt a major blow to drug dealers this week.
A MOTORCYCLIST has died after a motorway collision with a car.
A WOMAN from Cippenham has died in hospital following a fire in her home.
A MULTI-MILLION pound scheme to revamp Slough Town Centre has suffered a huge setback after new key negotiations to revitalise Thames Valley University have broken down.
Teen train thugs brought to justice
TEENAGE thugs who viciously attacked a former American marine on a train from Slough will serve time in custody.
A MAJOR housing development site remains landlocked after politicians threw out plans for a vital access road to hundreds of new homes through a small residential street.
Being Human gets a full series
The nature of my job is such that I get a lot of press releases through every day. Depressingly most of them are dross. There are a shocking number that are misspelled, misaddressed (no, I'm not a man, or the Editor), or downright misguided (why would I care that it's national Alfalfa Sprout week?). Of course there are useful press releases that come through - well written ones that make your job easier but, alas, they are the minority.
The Guide
Sonic Chronicles: The Dark Brotherhood
If you'd told me that I would ever have got so caught up in the story of a Sonic game that I felt genuinely sorry for the old hedgehog I would have laughed at you. But when you get BioWare (the company behind roleplaying classics Knights of the Old Republic and Mass Effect) turning their attentions to the blue spiked irritant himself, amazing things happen.
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