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Young Offender Institution Cookham Wood is to be repurposed as an adult prison after facing criticism over its “violent” culture and long periods spent by juveniles in their cells. According to HM ...

Hundreds of homemade weapons were found at a young offender institution "rife" with violence, according to a damning report. Cookham Wood facility in Rochester, Kent, was put into emergency measures ...

Violent assaults at a young offenders' institution have increased by 70% since 2019, a report says. There were serious incidents and attacks by groups on individuals at HMYOI Cookham Wood, in Kent, it ...

“An academic, stylistic history of modern English art could be written without a mention of this artist,” intoned London’s Times last week, “but to omit him is to miss one of the most remarkable ...

The walk starts from the appealing village of Cookham in Berkshire and follows the Thames for a couple of miles. Climbing a short distance up Winter Hill you are rewarded with distant views across the ...

Tonight is set to be a dry night with clear skies, though the odd patch of cloud cannot be completely ruled out at times. Friday Tomorrow is expected to be a dry day with plenty of sunshine, and very ...

A Berkshire riverside village has been named as one of the best places to live in the UK. Cookham made it onto the prestigious Sunday Times' Best Place to Live list. Every year a team of expert Times' ...

This classic three-story Edwardian home, known as Toad Hall, overlooks the Cookham Reach of the River Thames. "It’s a beautiful riverside home," said Savills’s Charles Elsmore-Wickens. "It’s got a mix ...