• How do you want the council to spend £300,000 in your town?

  By Dani_Ehsan at 12:21 on 18/05/11

  

  The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead have given residents the right to decide on how the £300, 000 tax payers' money should be spent. They have launched consultation entitled 'Your Local Budget' in which they have come up with two schemes and want the residents to have a say on how and where the money should be spent. One scheme offers £125,000 for borough-wide projects that will include facilities for young people,...

• Royal Borough Website Welcomes Advertisers

  By StaineSiobhan at 10:31 on 10/04/11

  

  The Royal Borough will accept paid-for advertisements on its website from June in a move to provide additional income for the Council without placing the burden on council taxpayers. As this is a new activity for the Council a website advertising policy has been drawn up and was approved at Cabinet. The policy's guidelines will ensure adverts adhere to strict standards including relevant legislation, regulation and codes of practice....

• Royal Borough Residents Asked to Recycle Easter Eggs

  By StaineSiobhan at 16:09 on 09/04/11

  

  Royal Borough residents are encouraged to be really good eggs and remember to recycle this Easter. Each year about 8,000 tonnes of waste is generated from the 80 million chocolate eggs sold in the UK – yet both the traditional card and foil packaging can easily be recycled by placing in the blue bin. To further encourage Easter recycling, eight bring sites with distinctive yellow collection containers specifically for foil can...

• Census 2011 Events Hosted Around Windsor

  By StaineSiobhan at 22:29 on 02/03/11

  

  Royal Borough residents who would like advice on filling in the 2011 Census form – arriving on doormats any time now – are invited to attend any of a number of completion events to be held across the borough. On or around census day – Sunday 27 March – every person in England and Wales is required to complete either the paper or online questionnaire. Cllr Christine Bateson, Cabinet Member for Community...

• New Pavement Clock for Windsor

  By StaineSiobhan at 17:20 on 22/01/11

  

  Snow stopped the clock before Christmas, but we're all wound up to go this time.   Cllr Colin Rayner, lead member for highways and streetcare, will place a time capsule in the space previously occupied by the Dyson clock, outside Windsor Terrace Thai restaurant, on Friday 28 January at 11.30am. The new clock will then be secured into place and the Mayor, Cllr Catherine Bursnall, will officially unveil the new pavement clock at...

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