CHRISTMAS came to Woodley thanks to the return of its winter extravaganza.

MORE THAN a thousand bikers held a minute's silence at the start of this year's Reading Toy Run to remember Ben Spiller, who founded the event.

We have all dreamt about scoring for our boyhood club. On Saturday afternoon against Hull City, Tom Holmes got to do it for real.

Reading Festival partner Three is offering customers the chance to bag pre-sale tickets from 8am this Wednesday, December 8.

SANTA is alive and well, and living in Warfield.

Woodley United made it three wins in five outings with an important victory against bottom team Bagshot.

Yes, Santa is the world's greenest traveller. here's how

SHOPS in Reading and Wokingham have seen a rise in violence and abuse towards staff.

A MAN has been the victim of an assault on the University of Reading campus. It is being treated as GBH by police.

JEWELLERY and cash were stolen from a home in Lower Earley during a terrifying raid in which a man in his 80s was hit with a crowbar.