All of which means more business, more visitors to the town and more job and training opportunities for local people.

When was I not writing poems Mum? Tell me I can't remember. First printed when I was 12, a poem I forgot.

READING ROCKETS inflicted just a second defeat of the season on Essex Rebels as they qualified for the National Cup Final.

Three ways to make Reading a better place, thanks to Reading Voluntary Action

WOODLEY UNITED earned a confidence boosting away win by scoring five goals on the road at Holmer Green.

In recent weeks, national newspapers have reported, one might say applauded, two 'firsts' in English football.

Since 2014, the John Sykes Foundation has been working with local charities and organisations directly benefitting Reading and its residents

Times are tough at the moment locally with the cost of living crisis and globally with war and climate change but I am hopeful for the year ahead

They were rehearsing for the panto: Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, Some of them were on the thick side, Well especially ... that bloke Steve

A couple of weeks ago, many of you will have been telling stories of Father Christmas coming down the chimney to deliver gifts from his sleigh.