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There has been a big spike in shoplifting in Reading over the last year, with hundreds of more incidents recorded compared to the previous year.

A theatre company is inviting its audience inside Reading Prison for the first time in years.

The successes of a £1.6 million project to rejuvenate the heritage of Reading has been celebrated.

A Rotary Club partnership in Reading has helped a care home by providing new equipment to bolster support for residents with dementia.

A Scientist at the University of Reading has been named the recipient of a prize in recognition of their work in botany.

The Museum of English Rural Life (MERL) café has been recognised by The Guardian as one of the top 50 museum cafes in the UK.

Progress is being made to bring a riverside hotel in Reading back into use.

Dozens of people were discovered sleeping rough in Reading over the winter, with the council being pressed to act.

More than 2,000 fines were issued to drivers who incorrectly used disabled parking spaces in Reading last year.

Opinions are divided over whether suburbs should be subsumed into a 'Greater Reading' council as part of the government's devolution plans.