Elderly 'had no dignity' inquest hears
Published: Wed, 23rd Apr 8:00AM
CARE home residents were left in their own waste, had no dignity and went without food for days at a time, an inquest heard.
A care inspector told how her jaw dropped when she entered Roselawns Nursing home for the first time, while another described it as “the worst care environment I have seen in 30 years”.
Published: Fri, 4th Jul 12:00PM
IT WAS a record-breaking year for the weekend’s 29th Hurst Horse Show & Country Fair.
Being Human gets a full series 
Published: Thu, 24th Apr 8:30AM
The nature of my job is such that I get a lot of press releases through every day. Depressingly most of them are dross. There are a shocking number that are misspelled, misaddressed (no, I'm not a man, or the Editor), or downright misguided (why would I care that it's national Alfalfa Sprout week?). Of course there are useful press releases that come through - well written ones that make your job easier but, alas, they are the minority.
Published: Thu, 10th Apr 8:00AM
A GROUP of young eastern European professionals received the red carpet treatment during a visit to the Reading area.
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Petition to save wildlife haven goes to Parliament
A PETITION opposing a plan to build 7,500 new homes across a picturesque wildlife haven has been presented to parliament.
‘It is disgraceful... everywhere we go we are treated like dogs’
TRAVELLERS who moved onto council owned land last week have claimed that they are treated like dogs after being served with an eviction notice.
See this week's Reading Chronicle for your chance to £1000 worth of bets in our fantastic Taylor's Racing Service tipsters competition.
Husband sent to prison after wife dies of starvation
A RETIRED dustman who allowed his wife to starve to death in squalor has been sent to prison.
So much to consider before the development takes flight
The battle to prevent the 7,500-home Kennet Valley Park minitown being built on the flood plain is only part of the story as Chronicle reporter Alex Gore discovered when he went to meet wildlife experts fearful for the future of the area's rare birds. He met Colin Wilson and John Lerpiniere from the Berkshire Ornithological Club and Chris Giles, a member of the Whitchurch Camera Club, at the Cunning Man in Burghfield on Friday.
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Star Wars: The Force Unleashed
You've got to feel a bit sorry for George Lucas. Having hit the jackpot with the original Star Wars trilogy and then Indiana Jones, pretty much anything he'd try to do afterwards was always going to have to be utterly brilliant to stop the moaning fanboys. Instead he gave us the Ewok movies, the prequels and then – my personal frothing at the mouth moment – The Clone Wars film. The Star Wars franchise is like a horse being flogged to within an inch of its life. But there is still life in the beast yet – at least if you're a gamer.
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