Paper Preview: Bracknell, Wokingham and Ascot

A READING man has been arrested on suspicion of false imprisonment after Bracknell teenager Marnie Clayton was been found ‘safe and well’.

Thames Valley Police confirmed on Monday night that after a “significant” police investigation involving officers from Hampshire Constabulary, the 18-yearold woman was located in Basingstoke.

Thousands of people across the country shared the police’s appeal to find Ms Clayton after she was last seen leaving Windsor nightclub Atik, on William Street, at around 2am on Sunday, January 16. News of her disappearance made national headlines as police were ‘inundated’ with messages from the public.

Also in the paper:

• SOUTH Central Ambulance Service is drafting in help from the Army to tackle staff shortages due to Covid
• A PLEDGE to end bullying and bad behaviour has been adopted after a survey revealed that there is an ‘obvious bullying problem’ at Bracknell Forest Council.
• Bracknell Beeches cut flats after concerns buildings were over-bearing.
• A local charity has raised £30,000 to help children with additional needs stay active
• Bracknell named nineth least wasteful town in the UK
• Worried parents say they are are ‘preparing to pull’ their children out of Brakenhale School after claiming their sons and daughters are being treated ‘appallingly’.

And much more

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Wokingham News

CONSTRUCTION of the borough’s newestleisure centre is taking shape ahead of plans to open later this year. Pictures of the Carnival Hub development revealthe huge leisure centre works under way in Wokingham.

Plans for centre include a library and ‘cultural space’, and Wokingham Borough Council has said it expects to open the site in the summer.

It will include swimming pools and a splash pad, a spa area, a larger fitness suite, studio spaces, a fourcourt sports hall, cafe, and large library space.There will also be tiered bleacher seating, and lighting in the main hallto make it suitable for cultural events

Also in the paper:

• Missing woman, Marnie Clayton, has been found and a 21 year-old man has been arrested after public appeal.
• Town’s oldest Indian Restaurant re0opens with 100K revamp and award winning chef.
• The leader of Wokingham Borough Council has written to Michael Gove raising concerns planning and rule changes which could see housing development in unwanted places.
• Bins emitting noxious gas: A worried resident has hit out at the local authority about a harmful gas that she says is polluting her house.
• Binfield FC chairman stands down

And much more

Ascot News

A SCAMMER has demanded thousands of pounds from a “young man” who she tricked into an ‘intimate’ video call.

Thames Valley Police has reported yet another ‘sextortion case’ in the Ascot area after a string of similar blackmail incidents over the past year. Police, covering Ascot, Windsor, and Maidenhead, said the young man received a friend request from an ‘attractive young woman’ and they began to Facetime.

The force said the fraudster removed her clothes during one call and asked the man to do the same, before intimate acts took place

Also in the paper:

• Missing Marnie Clayton is found and a 21 year old man has been arrested following public appeal.
• A new ladies club has launched for businesses and charities to help them recover from the impact of the Covid pandemic
• An accountant who stole £80,000 from the luxury hotel he worked at laundered the money he took by sending it to accounts in his wife and children’s names.

And much more

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You will also find a four-page puzzle supplement in each paper this week to keep your brain active.

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