Summary

  • Updates from Tuesday 12 March

  • Large fire closes Maidenhead town centre

  • Weather: Wet and windy

  1. Twin Sails bridge reopenspublished at 08:45 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2019

    Twin Sails bridgeImage source, Borough of Poole

    Poole's Twin Sails Bridge has reopened after being closed for two weeks to investigate a fault.

    Drivers are being warned the bridge will need to close again after engineers have determined what the problem is and ordered replacement parts.

  2. Maidenhead fire: Cordon remains in townpublished at 08:40 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2019

    Police are having to wear masks as they enforce a cordon around the nightclub fire in Maidenhead this morning.

    The fire which started at 02:00 GMT has left the town centre closed and filled with smoke.

    Police Officer in maskImage source, Adam Odell
    Image caption,

    Smoke is filling roads around the old nightclub

  3. Maidenhead fire: Smoke and ash across the townpublished at 08:31 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2019

    Thames Valley Police has posted a video of the fire on social media.

    Reports from around the town suggest that smoke and ash is falling across the local area.

    The fire, which continues to burn, started around 02:00 GMT in an old nightclub in the town.

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  4. Maidenhead fire: 'Not under control'published at 08:27 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2019

    Council leader Simon Dudley has been speaking to BBC Radio Berkshire in the last few minutes and said the fire had broken out in a site known as The Triangle at about 02:00 GMT.

    He added: "At the moment the fire is not under control. They are trying to get it under control and the smoke is bad.

    "These are derelict buildings, there could be asbestos in there. It's not good at the moment."

  5. 'Crash murder' victim named by policepublished at 08:15 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2019

    Two men arrested on suspicion of murder were not in either of the cars involved, police say.

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  6. Good morningpublished at 08:02 Greenwich Mean Time 12 March 2019

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