Weekly news round-up in Bracknell - October 17

Here are a few of the most significant stories readers should be aware of:

Drivers in Berks fined for driving 60mph on M4 in Berkshire

Berkshire drivers have been fined hundreds of pounds and given points on their licence for driving at 60mph on the motorway.

Drivers have appeared in courts in the last month charged with speeding on the M4.

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Squid Game sign on the M4 in Slough is not directions, police say

POLICE have denied a mysterious new diversion sign on the M4 will lead drivers to the popular new Netflix show Squid Game.

A yellow board to the side of Junction Five of the M4 in Slough features a triangle, square and circle with an arrow pointing left.

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Bracknell restaurant had man living under cardboard in shed

SAFETY officers made a ‘disturbing’ discovery last month when they found a man living in a shed in an unnamed Bracknell restaurant.

Employees from the Public Protection Partnership, the organisation that deals with public health issues in Bracknell Forest, made the discovery ‘during a routine inspection’ of the site.

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Bracknell police chase car from South Hill Park to Wokingham

A POLICE chase between local officers and a silver Ford Focus lasted from South Hill Park to Wokingham.

Thames Valley Police revealed two of their officers engaged in the pursuit at 8.15pm on October 9.

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Graham Tattersall: Bracknell school teacher gets reduced prison term

A former BRACKNELL teacher jailed for sexually abusing a number of children at Garth Hill School has had his prison sentence reduced.

Graham Tattersall, who worked at the school between 1979 and 1991, was jailed for 12 years after being convicted of twelve sexual offences in November 2020.

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