Reading

TWO BERKSHIRE teenagers have turned their pandemic misfortune around after launching a new recycling business. Paul Studd, 19, from Bracknell, and Oliver Hewitt, 19, from Reading, co-founded BottleJobs Recycling in...

In the shadow of the Maiwand lion statue, Reading came together remember the three people who died, and those injured, on the first anniversary of the Forbury terror attack. On...

PLAINCLOTHES police officers will patrol Reading town centre as Thames Valley Police expands its “pioneering” programme to tackle violence against women and girls. Project Vigilant will see uniformed and non-uniformed...

TWO new online workshops are being launched next week aimed at helping people with autism cope with benefits. Places are free and the sessions are being run by Autism Berkshire....

THE UNIVERSITY of Reading has gone up in two major league tables. The institution has risen three places in the QS World University Rankings 2022, bringing it to 202 in...

A SONGWRITER is tuning his guitar to get ready for his new album. Reading-born musician Peter James Millson has just released his new album, The Accidental. Before starting his solo...

RUNNERS can join in some good clean fun this weekend with a Bubble Rush at Prospect Park. The course starts in a sea of foam, and includes four different coloured...

IT’S BEING dubbed the final push: all adults in the South East are now able to book their first coronavirus jab, seven months after the vaccine was first made available...

A MUSIC festival is set to entertain audiences at Reading venues this autumn. Reading’s multi-venue event Are You Listening? event will be returning after a year off for covid. Organised...

THEY do say you should say it with flowers – and that’s exactly what an Earley-based florist is doing this week. Forget Me Nots Florist, based in St Peter’s Road,...