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A SMARTPHONE is a lifeline not a luxury for people living in poverty. That’s the concern of Claire Oughton, from Citizens Advice Wokingham, who has seen soaring phone bills due...

HONEST MOTHERHOOD: With Angela Garwood I had my first solo day out since pre-lockdown times on Saturday. Eleven dreamy child-free hours. It was the longest I’d ever left Leo, and...

TWO TEENAGER boys have been found guilty of murdering Olly Stephens on January 3 this year, with a 14-year-old girl guilty of manslaughter. One of the 14-year-old boys and the...

A POLICE officer was attacked as she left Reading Police Station. Now police are appealing for witnesses to come forward and for help trying to trace a man pictured in...

READING BUSES has made a dynamic new appointment but don’t ask him to get behind the wheel – he can’t drive.  Tom Broadfoot, 34, has joined as the company’s new...

RAMS star Drew Humberstone believes the 2021/22 National One campaign will be extra special when it returns in September, writes Richard Ashton.Coming off the back of Varsity success with Oxford...

A ROARING jungle adventure is heading to The Watermill for a semi-staged concert this summer. Stiles and Drewe’s family musical Just So, inspired by the stories of Rudyard Kipling, will...

AN APPEAL has been launched by police to find a teenager who has gone missing from Coley. Fifteen-year-old Madiyah Hany Ali was last seen in Castle Crescent, off Coley Avenue...

A TEENAGER enjoying views of the Kennet and Avon Canal was placed in a headlock during a robbery. The incident took place by the A329 flyover at County Lock around...

In front of fans at the Madejski Stadium, Reading were beaten by their Premier League opposition as Issa Diop, Conor Coventry and Ben Johnson netted for West Ham United in...