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Robert Brown was jailed for 26 years for Joanna Simpson’s manslaughter
The story of a wife-killer who had his automatic release from prison blocked by the government was among our most read stories this week in Berkshire.
We have picked five stories to keep you up to date.
Government blocks wife killer’s automatic release
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Joanna Simpson ran a four-star guesthouse in Ascot
Joanna Simpson, 46, was bludgeoned to death by Robert Brown in Ascot in October 2010.
The former British Airways captain, who was convicted of manslaughter, was due to be freed in November after serving half of his 26-year jail sentence.
Warning after couple pose for photo on train tracks
CCTV footage shows a woman sitting on the track while a man takes her picture
CCTV at Calcot Mill crossing near Reading captured the couple walking on to the tracks so one could take a photo of the other on 26 August.
Network Rail said the footage followed a “concerning rise” in the number of trespass reports on the Western route.
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Sir Nicholas Winton, pictured in 2004, died in 2015 in Berkshire
One Life, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, had its European premiere in London on Thursday.
The Maidenhead humanitarian’s son, Nick Winton, said the actor’s performance “sent a shiver up my back”.
Firms frustrated after ‘no notice’ bridge closure
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Goring and Streatley Bridge crosses the Thames and connects the two villages’ high streets
Motorists will have to use an 11-mile (18km) diversion while Goring and Streatley Bridge is shut over half term for gas main repairs.
The company said the work was urgent and apologised for any inconvenience it would cause.
New film studios sound stage building approved
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An artist’s impression has been produced of the proposed new sound stage building
Production company Stage Fifty opened Winnersh Film Studios in 2021 and had its retrospective planning application formally passed last year.
It has now been given approval to demolish two warehouses on the site at the Winnersh Triangle Business Park in Berkshire.
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