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STAFF at the Royal Berkshire Hospital have been recognised for their work researching the coronavirus. Now they face an anxious wait to find out if their nominations for the National...

STUDENTS returned to Leighton Park for the first time since March to collect GCSE results and catch-up.  Due to a last-minute decision by the Pearson exam board, they couldn’t collect...

THERE was success across the ages at Reading College in this year’s GCSE results: nearly 90% of entrants achieved a pass.  That includes students taking full-time programmes or standalone maths...

MORE THAN half of GCSE results at Reading School were the top grade of 9.  And almost four in five grades were 9-8 – the equivalent of A* in the...

THREE-QUARTERS of GCSE grades achieved by Abbey School pupils were 9-8 – equivalent to an A*.  Students from both years 10 and 11 at the Reading-based school received their results,...

HOW do you build a community? Street parties? Door knocking? Carol singing? Or maybe a university can help? For the past five year, the Whitley Researchers collective has been helping...

A NEW website has been launched to help people shop local. The Indie Shopper was created by Reading-based independent business co-owner, Dave Maul and designer Rich Lucas, to help people...

A BOROUGH MP is calling for the Prisons Minister to reconsider the decision to turn Reading Gaol into luxury flats after a new report was published. Earlier this year, heritage...

ALL STUDENTS at Leighton Park School received at least a pass in their A-levels – 69% of them achieved A*-B grades, while 17.4% of the grades were A*, almost double...

READING SCHOOL said that its 171 students are celebrating a “fine set” of A-level results.  In all, 91% of grades were A*-B, with 35.8% at A* and 73.3% at A*-A....