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  Robot carers to help older people live independently at home

  December 16, 2011

  Ground-breaking robotics technology from research led by the University of Reading to support older people living at home has received special recognition from the President of the EU, Jose-Manuel Barroso. The CompanionAble Project, led by Professor Atta Badii, of the School of Systems Engineering, was selected as one of only two initiatives from 50 star projects to be shown to the EU President and the EU Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science Marie Geoghegan-Quinn, at the European Innovation Convention in [...]

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  Operation Locomotion Kept On Track

  December 13, 2011

  Thousand of commuters were greeted with crime prevention tips and reassurance messages in the run up to Christmas last week. Following its success in 2009, Operation Locomotion returned on Thursday 8 December, with Thames Valley Police working in cooperation with the British Transport Police (BTP) and major train line companies across the Thames Valley. More than 40 Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) from both Forces hopped on and off trains, talking to commuters as they either made their way home [...]

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  Woman Assaulted Without Injury in Reading

  December 2, 2011

  Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a woman was assaulted in Reading on Monday (28/11). Between 8.15pm and 8.25pm, a 24-year-old woman was walking in Tilehurst Road, leading into Water Road, when she noticed she was being followed by a man. The man approached the woman from behind and placed his hands over her face and told her not to talk. After a minute or so, he then ran off down an alleyway near to Colliers Way. The [...]

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  Man attacked on Oxford Road

  December 1, 2011

  Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a disorder in Reading yesterday evening (30/11), in which a 19-year-old man suffered a slash injury. At just after 6.30pm, police were called to the Oxford Road area of the town where a large group of men were gathered. A 19-year-old man was found to have a slash to his arm caused by a bladed weapon and he was taken to the Royal Berkshire Hospital where he received stitches. Det Sgt Elton [...]

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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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  Final nominations for the Sunday Telegraph Family Friendly Museum Award

  November 29, 2011

  Whether your toddler has been entranced in a storytelling session, your  teenager taken part in an animation workshop or your kids just enjoyed   themselves wandering amongst cabinets of curiosities, we want to hear the very best tales of your museum trips. Email your nomination, telling us why your favourite family friendly museum should win, to award@kidsinmuseums.org.uk or post nomination before December 2 to Family Friendly Museum Award, Kids in Museums, 49-51 East Road, London,   N1 6AH. Here are some families’ favourites so [...]

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  A4 Bath Road crossing campaign after boy hit by car

  November 29, 2011

  The mother of a four-year-old boy who was hit by a car is campaigning to change a new road crossing in Reading. Vicki Diamond’s son Alex ran out in front of a car on the A4 Bath Road on his way to school last Wednesday. He saw the green man on the opposite side of the new puffin crossing, but did not see his side was still red. Parents want the old pelican crossing back. West Berkshire council said it [...]

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  Broadmoor Hospital book tops the wish lists

  November 28, 2011

  Among the Scandinavian crime stories, celebrity biographies and cookery books this Christmas is a bestseller with an unlikely source: the county archives, Berkshire Record Office in Reading. The Record Office, which is partly funded by Bracknell Forest Council, has put together a number of short stories in a free ebook titled Broadmoor Revealed: Victorian Crime and the Lunatic Asylum, and it seems that the public’s fascination with the hospital knows no bounds. The ebook has been on Amazon’s list of [...]

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  Now new Royal Kate has housing development named after her in the village where she grew up

  November 28, 2011

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  3munkees Present: Bollywood Style Activities, Film and Dancing in aid of Red Balloon Learner Centres

  November 23, 2011

  Thursday 24th November / 7.30pm – 11pm £15 per ticket, includes drinks on arrival, entertainment, film (Bride & Prejudice) & dance class! Venue: The Forbury Hotel, Reading. Our last event for Red Balloon was a Saturday Night Fever Fancy Dress film night at The Forbury, we were very lucky to have X-Factor finalist Danyl Johnson come along to support the event, all photos on our facebook page. AMOUNT RAISED via Saturday Night Fever: £315.55   Red Balloon’s aim is the recovery [...]

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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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