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We’ve just returned from a weekend in the countryside with my partner’s family. It was everything we needed; a change of scenery with a group of lovely people. And when...

Support your local Chinese restaurant today It is troubling to read reports of incidents of racism and prejudicial treatment toward people of Chinese heritage because of the coronavirus outbreak. It...

MAIDEN ERLEGH SCHOOL staff and students should be proud of themselves.  Ofsted has given the Earley-based education establishment a glowing report, declaring it outstanding. Praise was given for the way...

I caught part of a documentary about the abolition of Capital Punishment during the week. There were some extraordinary insights into its history, but one of the commentators on the...

With last week’s commentary focusing on what the Local Plan looked like from the receiving end, it seemed appropriate to balance it with views from the opposite end – those...

As supermarkets join forces to urge shoppers to exercise restraint when filling their shopping trollies, stores have been full, with queues building before they opened this morning. Ten major supermarket...

IT RAINED, some stalls stayed away due to coronavirus, but it still sparkled, and shoppers came out in a show of support.  Woodley’s first vegan market was held on Sunday,...

Nominations are now open for this year’s Thames Valley Tech Awards. Running for its third year, the annual awards scheme will continue to recognise the outstanding achievements of businesses- both...

Comfort and confidence are the highest values of Reading’s newly renovated NatWest branch which was recently celebrated with an action-packed opening event. The new-look branch- designed to make the customer...

ACTOR Stephen Fry and novelist Julian Barnes have become the latest supporters of the campaign to turn Reading Gaol into an arts and heritage site. Campaigners are calling on the...