Slough is no stranger to criticism, mockery and bad press. A famous poem was written about how bad it is, it provided the backdrop for Ricky Gervais' The Office, and, most recently, it was voted the ...

Sir John Betjeman wrote a poem calling for bombs to fall on it, in 2001 David Brent poked fun at it in The Office and in 2024 ...

Slough could merge with a west London borough in a big shakeup of local government, council papers have said. The government announced plans in December for councils to combine under larger ‘strategic ...

Nearly nine decades later, it seems its reputation has not improved, with a Rightmove survey of 35,000 people across the UK in December ranking Slough as the unhappiest place to live. Segro Slough ...