Political protest continued later in the month when around 75 demonstrators gathered outside Maersk’s Maidenhead offices ahead of its annual general meeting. Members of the Palestine Youth Movement protested the conflict in Gaza, chanting slogans, displaying banners and claiming they prevented staff from entering the building. In a letter to Environment Secretary Steve Reed, the Marlow rowing icon called for urgent action and criticised Thames Water’s infrastructure failures. It was not water, but gas that was causing concern in Cookham – or rather gas pipe roadworks. The start of 34 weeks of major roadworks on Sutton Road was described as ‘another nail in the coffin’ for the High Street.

Source: Express December 29, 2025 18:00 UTC