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MP defends free racecourse tickets before speech

MP Jack Rankin received free tickets from Ascot and Windsor racecourses.

A red South Western Railway train at a station.

Week-long closure of railway line announced

No services will run between Staines and Windsor & Eton Riverside from 22 March to 28 March.

Nicola May book which shows an animated man and women under a red umbrella

The woman with HIV who inspired a romance novel

A woman diagnosed with HIV, who inspired her friend's book, says "stigma is rife" about the virus.

Karl Austen and Ed Shaw smiling at the camera, wearing navy blue t-shirts and are holding a sign that reads "World's Toughest Row - We rowed the Atlantic".

Friends complete seven-week row across Atlantic

Karl Austen and Ed Shaw complete a 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean for charity.

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.

Science & Environment

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.