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Two missing teens found 'safe and well'
The two missing teenagers were found 'safe and well' on Sunday night, police said
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Reading in Bloom celebrates 50 years and names winners in annual awards ceremony
Reading in Bloom has celebrated its 50th anniversary and crowned this year's winner's at its annual awards ceremony.


Phase one of £1m biodiversity project in Shinfield begins
Work has begun on a major biodiversity project in Shinfield, designed to enhance local green spaces and improve public access to nature.

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Firefighters respond to kitchen fire in high-rise flat
Firefighters responded to a kitchen fire in a high-rise flat in Reading.

Man jailed for more than 13 years for string of violent and sexual offences in Reading
Jahmel Flemming, aged 28 and of Eldon Park, London, was sentenced to thirteen and a half years in prison for multiple sexual and violent offences


‘Now I’m worried I am a robot’: Kerry Godliman talks ‘Bandwidth’ ahead of Reading show this week
We chat to Kerry Godliman ahead of her latest stand-up show, Bandwidth, which comes to The Hexagon this Sunday, October 12.


First resident of new Calcot care home celebrates 89th birthday
Care team dances the day away with Sadie


History society to explore Reading’s connection to the National Trust
Duncan Mackay will tell the tale of Octavia Hill, the charity's creator


Henry VIII’s ‘Tudor Domesday Book’ to be made available online as part of new project
The University of Reading has announced that a 16th Century document commissioned by Henry VIII is to go on public display as part of a new project.

Roads in Reading set to get restrictions to stop parking near junctions
Residential roads in Reading are due to get restrictions to stop drivers from parking near junctions and potentially cause a hazard.
Inside Bake Off star Mary Berry's £2.6m pad after retirement home visit
Great British Bake Off star Mary Berry found "joy" at an Oxfordshire retirement home last week, close to her £2.6m Henley home.
Five-bedroom riverside house with space to moor boats on the market
A five-bedroom house with river access and space to moor boats is up or sale near Wargrave
£1m scheme to improve green spaces and public access
A new biodiversity project is taking shape to improve green spaces and public access
Council refunds drivers £68,000 after wrongful parking fine blunder
Reading Borough Council has refunded drivers around £68,000 for wrongfully issuing driving fines.
M4 motorway closed while emergency services dealt with incident
Part of the M4 motorway was closed while police "rushed at 100mph" to an incident on a bridge.
Rapist, 28, carried out public and private attacks on woman
A rapist "showed no regard" for his victim carried out repeated attacks both in public and in private.
Northern Lights may be visible in Berkshire tonight - how best to see
The Met Office has forecast that the Northern Lights may be visible in Berkshire tonight.

CCTV released following assault causing ABH in Newbury pub
TVP has released CCTV footage of a man officers are looking to speak to after an incident of assault occasioning actual bodily harm in Newbury.

Pub fight lands man in hospital with 'heavy nosebleed'
A man was put in hospital after a Berkshire pub fight.
Gang of thugs launches attack outside Reading pub
Two men were attacked by a gang of thugs outside a Reading pub.