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FOR MONTHS, it’s looked like the worst road in Reading for potholes, but the nightmare is over. Sidmouth Street is a major route for people from East Reading to cross...

IT’S THE perennial problem of the pandemic … where do you spend a penny in a park? With public toilets closed, along with many public buildings, during the various lockdowns,...

A CELEBRATION of Japanese cinema will be led by the Reading Biscuit Factory over the next six weeks. Supported by the BFI and the National Lottery, Japan 2021 will be...

WE’VE come a long way from having to catch a bus to get to Utopia in Calcot. Students at the University of Reading can now use a special free bus...

THE COUNTY will be more connected than ever before, thanks to a new Virgin Media contract West Berkshire Council has appointed the firm to deliver new fibre optic infrastructure to...

PLANS TO make Reading a city have moved a step closer the town pushes ahead with its bid. Since the start of the year, residents and councillors in Reading have...

VIRTUE Gymnastics invited me to a one-to-one session earlier this month and I was more than impressed by my experience. When first stepping into the building, gymnastics coach Celine Payne...

A SPOOKY celebration will be held at Loddon Brewery for families this Sunday. The Reading-based tap yard, at Dunsden Green Farm, is set to host an afternoon of Hallowe'en themed...

A READING pub is holding a charity sale this Saturday. The Alehouse, on Broad Street, is fundraising for Orchid Male Cancer and Thames Valley Air Ambulance. The event will run...

By James Aldridge Local Democracy Reporter ALMOST all Reading borough councillors kneeled following a speech highlighting racial inequality. The symbolic gesture came at a meeting of the council last Tuesday...