Our council just spent £100K promoting themselves, with banners on lamp posts and a promotional film, when we've all seen Windsor going downhill in the 12 years the Tories have been in charge.

What if they'd spent £100K making the town a better place instead? What would you do with £100K that would deliver real value to residents?

Potholes and Grot Spots are a problem across the Royal Borough.

Despite the council banners promoting £ millions spent on roads, residents are still breaking the wheels of their cars and bicycles all over the town.

Use this short form to tell us about any on-street problems in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.

Liberal Democrats in Windsor, Maidenhead and Slough are mourning the loss of long-standing colleague and former Royal Borough Councillor, Richard Fagence.

Richard served as a party officer at local and regional level, having first joined the Liberal Party in 1964. He also acted as a trustee and secretary of the Windsor Liberal Club, helping to provide the leadership which sees the club flourishing today as The Acre. Richard was a member of the English Liberal Democrats' national council and attended most Liberal and Liberal Democrat party conferences for over 50 years; on one famous occasion in later years being caught on national TV taking a well earned nap during a prominent speech, much to everyone's amusement.

Amy Tisi writes . . .

As a regular user of the Victoria Street carpark, I started becoming increasingly frustrated with the outdated pay and display machines that were often out of order. This left me running up and down stairs to find a working machine; not ideal if you are a disabled driver, or like me, have small children. The
I logged my concerns through the usual council reporting system but then started tweeting the council as it was quicker, and the breakdowns became an almost weekly occurrence. Towards the end of 2018, I heard, via the Windsor Town Forum minutes, that new machines were being installed. The deadline came and went but the frustrations continued until finally, the new machines were unveiled in January to much self-congratulation by the Conservatives on social media. That should have been the end of the story....

Magic Roundabouts or Tragic Roundabouts?

That's the question local campaigners Amy Tisi and Karen Davies are asking local residents about the new mini roundabouts being tried out at the junction of Dedworth Road, Clarence Road West, Hatch Lane and Parsonage Lane.

The surveys are being distributed at the moment to homes in affected areas.

Conservatives in Windsor have been forced to admit that a leaflet they put out, claiming they had saved Wyevale and Squires garden centres in Dedworth, was untrue.

Speaking to the Royal Borough Observer, a Conservative spokesman admitted the leaflet was untrue, but claimed it had been a mistake made by local Conservatives in west Windsor, who didn't know what was actually going on.

A frustrated resident has hit out at the council's delay in replacing faulty car parking machines in Windsor.

In November, the borough announced it would be bringing in new machines in the town's River Street and Victoria Street car parks.

This followed allegations of alleged Advantage Card fraud at River Street and complaints that machines would not accept credit or debit cards and notes.