A READING town centre cocktail bar celebrating a Latin American country is hoping to keep dancing later into the night.

An investigation has been launched into a car wash and spraypainting business in Tilehurst.

PRIVATE taxi drivers in Reading say they are making progress in a bid to use a bus lane which they believe would speed up their journeys.

PARKING permits across Reading could go digital from November if a shake-up to the system is approved.

A plan for a new home to the rear of a Grade II listed building near the town centre has been given the go-ahead.

A HOUSE in Russell Street near Reading town centre has been confirmed as an eight-bed home of multiple occupancy (HMO).

A HOTEL in Tilehurst is to become a children's home after Reading Borough Council granted approval for the change of use.

Reading Bridge has been added to the local list of protected structures just prior to its 100th anniversary.

THE borough's only Labour MP has been given a new role in the recent shadow cabinet reshuffle.

TWO READING buildings that were used as offices are to be demolished and replaced with an industrial unit, rather than once-mooted flats.