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A team of children with special needs are hoping to play ice hockey in Canada after being invited to take part in a special tournament.

Mela organisers have announced their line-up for this year’s festival and say they hope the event attracts people from all different cultures.

Hospital visitors came face to face with a giant drop of blood as part of a fun campaign to raise awareness about a serious health issue.

Council staff made 194 tweets in 12 hours as part of a tweetathon to raise awareness of their work.

Teenager Sufian Hassan is a young entrepreneur in the making after the successful launch of his new business. Sufian, 18, from Manor Park, Slough, unveiled his business Sticker Munch at the Gadget Show in the middle of April and made an instant profit. The company makes and sells customised stickers for items such as laptops and phones. Sufian began selling the stickers at the show in the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham. He said: “My profit was around £750 and we …

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Lucky volunteer Carolyn Carty has been presented with an award on behalf of all the people who worked to restore Herschel Park.

Residents should find it easier to get around thanks to a new council website.

The search is on to find local heroes who deserve to win free tickets to the Olympics.

Two teenage business-savvy brothers from Cippenham are planning on tapping into the growing social network market by launching their own ‘MonkeyLeeks’ website.

Sukhit Dhaliwal is set to be the new official mayor of Slough Borough Council. The former deputy mayor, 51, is due to take over the chains of the office from Cllr Jagjit Grewal.