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Abri, now Bracknell's biggest housing association after its October 2023 merger with Silva Homes, manages about 10,000 homes in Bracknell Forest.

It has applied to the First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber) to pass the cost of redecoration and roofing works on to leaseholders. The bills are said to be roughly £1.477 million for redecoration over four years and about £4.5 million for roofing over three years. Abri says leaseholders will contribute in accordance with the terms of their leases.

Leaseholders wishing to object must send a 'reply form for leaseholders' and a 'statement objecting to the landlord's application for dispensation' to RPEastern@justice.gov.uk by the deadline on Monday, August 17. The forms are under the 'additional details about this application' tab at https://www.abri.co.uk/redecoration and https://www.abri.co.uk/roofing.

James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporter

A man has been arrested over a suspected racially aggravated public order offence in Bracknell.

The incident was reported to police on May 19, on Braccan Walk at about 5pm.

Police confirmed a 31-year-old man from Bracknell was taken into custody on suspicion of racially aggravated intentional harassment, alarm or distress, and being drunk and disorderly in a public place.

Thames Valley Police received multiple calls around 5pm yesterday (Wednesday, May 20), reporting a man carrying what appeared to be a gun near Old Wokingham Road.

Armed officers responded to the scene and arrested a man in his late teens at around 5.38pm on suspicion of possession of an imitation firearm in a public place.