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  Reading woman beats illiteracy 50 years after leaving school

  December 5, 2011

  A woman from Reading has learnt to read and write almost 50 years after leaving school illiterate. Sue Chapman was unable to perform everyday tasks from opening a bank account to choosing food in a supermarket, until two years ago. Mrs Chapman said her illiteracy caused depression and made her a “social misfit” who never left the house. The 62-year old widow said the birth of her grandson Freddie encouraged her to seek help as she wanted to read to [...]

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  Driver education is key to reducing road deaths

  December 5, 2011

  Thames Valley Police is determined to reduce the number of deaths and injuries on our roads through driver education schemes and all forms of road safety enforcement, including speed cameras and fixed penalty tickets. The Department for Transport (DFT) has recently made it a requirement for all local authorities to publish casualty, collision and speed data for all fixed speed camera sites. All police forces will also now have to publish how they are dealing with offenders detected by fixed [...]

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