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  Special Recruitment Event

  January 18, 2012

  Are you looking for an opportunity to give something back to your community on a voluntary basis and help improve your local area? Thames Valley Police is currently recruiting Special Constables to help the Force continue to beat crime in the Thames Valley. Special Superintendent for Berkshire Jason Morley-Smith, said: “Joining Thames Valley Police as a volunteer police officer is a great way to give something back to the community, and learn more about yourself as well as developing your [...]

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  Berkshire Father And Son Share Medical Alert Dog

  December 12, 2011

  A father and son from Berkshire, who have both been diabetic since the age of two, are using a dog to help them manage their condition. Neil Downing and his eight-year-old son Jack, from Reading, have Type 1 diabetes. It stops a person’s body from producing insulin in the pancreas, which controls blood sugar levels. As their levels change so does the smell of their breath which their medical alert dog, Roots, detects. ‘Waiting list’ Mr Downing said if his [...]

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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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  Pupils put crime prevention into drama and scoop an award

  November 28, 2011

  Thames Valley Police and their partners in Wokingham held a drama competition earlier this week in the Theatre at The Oakwood Centre in Woodley. On Monday 21 November, Year 9 pupils came together to perform their own devised plays, based on the theme of ‘Alcohol and Substance Misuse’. The plays explored the effects and consequences of misuse on victims, their family and communities. Six schools took part in the competition from across the Wokingham area– The Piggott School, Addington School, [...]

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  Reading News – 25/11/2011

  November 25, 2011

  Attempted robbery Thames Valley Police is appealing for information after a robbery in Reading Road, Woodley. At approximately 2am on Saturday 19th November the victim was walking home after a night out when he was approached by a group of 4-5 youths and one of them demanded his phone. The victim ran away and the youths followed him, chasing him into a driveway along the Reading Road. The offenders then repeatedly kicked the victim before running off empty handed. One [...]

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  Free Parking in Wokingham during the approach to Christmas

  November 21, 2011

  Council-owned town and village centre car parks will be offering free parking all day on Saturday December 10, 17 and 24. Free car parking will be available at: The Paddocks, Wokingham Denmark Street, Wokingham (council managed section only) Easthampstead Road (east and west), Wokingham Rose Street, Wokingham Cockpit Path, Wokingham Headley Road, Woodley Crockhamwell Road, Woodley Lytham Road (east and west), Woodley Polehampton Close, Twyford School Lane, Wargrave

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  Consultation begins on Fosters Residential Care Home, Woodley

  November 21, 2011

  The future of a residential care home in Berkshire is in doubt because its buildings fall below recommended standards. Wokingham Borough Council has launched a 12-week consultation on Fosters Residential Care Home in Woodley. Stuart Rowbotham, commissioning director, said: “Because of the poor conditions it will require substantial work to bring it to modern standards”. The council is looking at the option of alternative accommodation. Fosters opened in 1964 and provides 24-hour care for the elderly and those with dementia. [...]

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  Sir Douglas Bader’s crash log book sells for £23,500 at auction

  November 18, 2011

  A log book by World War II pilot Sir Douglas Bader which records the crash in which he lost his legs has sold for £23,500 at auction. Bader nearly died in the crash at Woodley Airfield, near Reading, Berkshire, in 1931 but he learned to walk again using artificial legs. The log book, which was sold in Gloucestershire, had been expected to fetch between £20,000 and £30,000. Other Bader-related items were also sold. Original transcripts for “Leg Operation” went under [...]

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