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  Crime Prevention Advice Following Asian Gold Burglaries

  January 18, 2012

  Thames Valley Police is stepping up its crime prevention advice in areas where Asian gold jewellery has been stolen during burglaries. The Force is working in partnership with Banham – a supplier of security locks and burglar alarms, as well as a supplier and installer of safes. Some areas in the south of the Thames Valley have particularly suffered from this type of crime in recent months. In Berkshire, there have been over 200 offences reported to police since April [...]

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  Berkshire Free School Meal Numbers Rise By Third In Year

  December 19, 2011

  The number of Berkshire children claiming free school meals has risen by more than a third in one year. The 36% rise brings the amount of pupils of all ages to 12,719, according to the Department for Education. Experts put the rise down to the economic downturn and efforts made to remove the stigma attached to taking the free meals. The figure is higher than the national average, which shows a 25% rise across local authorities in England. Chris Wellings, [...]

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  Reading News – 16/12/11

  December 16, 2011

  1 – Stolen car dumped in River Thames A car was found in the River Thames near Reading Bridge on Tuesday 13th December, just after 5.10pm. The emergency services were on scene, but no one was found to be in the vehicle. The car is believed to be stolen. 2- Man charged after sword incident A 42-year-old man has been charged following an incident in Russell Street, Reading, on Thursday 8th December. Jason Sims, of Russell Street, was arrested and [...]

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  30 November: Why Are They Striking? Teachers Defend Their Day Of Action

  November 29, 2011

  As the UK braces itself for one of the biggest mass walkouts of public sector workers in recent history, teachers have come under fire for making the decision to put down their tools and exercise their right to protest. On Tuesday, education secretary Michael Gove accused unions of “itching for a fight”. “They want mothers to give up a day’s work, or pay for expensive childcare, because schools will be closed”, he said at think tank Policy Exchange. But in [...]

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  Chris Mears: London 2012 medal would make up for health issues

  November 23, 2011

  He may be on the road to London 2012 but British teenage diving sensation  Chris Mears was so close to death two years ago he was given just a five per  cent chance of survival. Competing in the Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney in January 2009  he became ill and collapsed in the Olympic Park. Doctors thought Mears had meningitis and as his condition deteriorated British Olympic Association chief Lord Moynihan staged an all-night bedside vigil while Mears’ parents flew over [...]

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  Serious data breach threats from inadequate “end-of-life” IT procedures

  November 22, 2011

  Reading, Berkshire – Osirium (www.osirium.com) a leader in Privileged User & Infrastructure Management has today launched recent security research findings which show that UK organisations aren’t certain that all data and settings are deleted from devices prior to disposal. Worryingly 40% of all the organisations questioned said that they were not confident that all data was deleted but more shockingly the survey found that in the Finance and Retail sectors around 7% of organisations didn’t delete data at all.  Corporate [...]

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  Reading council charge plan for left supermarket trolleys

  November 21, 2011

  Supermarkets in a Berkshire town could get charged for shopping trolleys abandoned by their customers. Reading Borough Council wants to charge stores for each dumped trolley, depending on whether it is returned or disposed of. The authority already contacts stores when trolleys are dumped, but some have to be removed by council staff. Under the plans, the council would charge £15 for removal, £7.50 a week for storage and £15 for returns. Supermarkets would have to pay £50 for the [...]

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  Whitchurch Bridge project is approved

  November 17, 2011

  Plans to rebuild a bridge over the River Thames between Oxfordshire and Berkshire have been approved by South Oxfordshire District Council. Work on the Whitchurch Bridge between Whitchurch-on-Thames and Pangbourne is estimated to cost £4m. The private toll bridge carries 6,000 vehicles a day but is currently in a poor state of repair. Work on the bridge is expected to start in October 2012, subject to further approval from West Berkshire Council. Geoff Weir from the Whitchurch Bridge Company said: [...]

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  Reading is a Winner

  October 19, 2011

  Our very own Tim Denning in a parody of Dappy’s ‘No Regrets’….what if Dappy was 6ft 5″ (6ft 9″ whilst donning that hat) and lived in Reading???

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  Pangbourne Panther

  October 19, 2011

  The elusive Pangbourne Panther is back on the prowl…ALLEGEDLY. Follow Tim Denning in a dangerous quest to hunt down the Pangbourne Panther in its natural habitat after a recent number of sightings from Pangbourne residents.

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