THE DING has some zing when it comes to rating your platefuls.

AN EVENING of Acoustic Soul is coming to Reading town centre later this month.

A BUSY through route between Reading and Wokingham borough is to be closed for a week ? residents are hoping it will lead to an improved road surface

A selection of events taking place across Reading, Wokingham and Bracknell in the coming 10 days

Each week, we print the biggest local gig guide you'll find anywhere - here are the gigs in Reading and Wokingham for the week ahead

SOUTH Street is to celebrate new writing talent with a bit of help from RABBLE Theatre Company

A BOAT broke free from its moorings and had to be made safe by crews from Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue.

NEARLY 300 runners brushed off their new year cobwebs, and dodged the floods, by taking part in the annual Woodcote 10k.

MEMBERS of Berkshire Industrial Archaeology Group are planning a walk around the Kennet and Avon Canal and the Coley Branch Line.

SOME of the ancient rites of England will be unpacked in a new session coming to nearby Sherfield on Loddon later this month