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Eton College, a private Berkshire college with a famous educational name, will be one of the supporters of Holyport College which is a new state-funded free school near Maidenhead. Eton College will be the ‘educational sponsor’ of Holyport.

A limited edition sports car was taken from the Maranello garage on the Egham by-pass two weeks ago. Surrey Police said the Ferrari 458 Italia worth £232,850 was parked at the rear of the premises when the thieves struck.

WCs in East Grinstead have a very revealing design flaw – literally. It has been discovered one of the urinals is visible on the street.

A man absconded from the Isle of Sheppey prison on Monday (January 7, 2013). Thirty-six year old Paul Stone, who hails from the Medway area, failed to return to the jail in Eastchurch on the Isle between 08:00 and 12:15 GMT on that morning.

Queens Park Rangers are determined that the Boxing Day home match against West Brom will go ahead despite a Tube strike.

A pair of Essex thieves have been sentenced to 12 months custody for stealing a valuable work of art from a house in Hertfordshire.

Military management have ordered staff to take leave for 25 days between December 14 and January 7 as a reward for their service during the London Olympics and Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

There are proposals to move Ealing police station, currently based in Uxbridge Road, to Perceval House council building across the road. The station is one of dozens under threat of closure across London.

The Bucks stops here for a new pay system agreed by council employees in Buckinghamshire. The County Council’s strategic director Gillian Hibberd revealed that 94 per cent of the workforce had now opted into the revised system.

Hundreds of motoring jobs are under threat at the Dagenham plant after Ford cut its European operations.

London Underground (LU) condemned union moves to ballot for a festive strike.

A report has said the lowest proportion of people earning below the living wage were in London and the South East of England, both at 16 per cent.