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  Published: 19 Mar 2010 09:00

  Leader: A final toast to Berkshire Brewery

  THE closure of the Berkshire Brewery is not just the end of an era, it marks the completion of several chapters of the town's history.

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  Published: 11 Mar 2010 17:00

  Letter: Sentencing and sensibility

  JIM Alston has done well in campaigning for a review on sentencing following the death of his son Bobby in a motorcycle accident.

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  Last updated: 11 Mar 2010 09:00 (1)

  Taxpayer-funded designer handbags at dawn

  THE nearer we get to the end of the phoney war and the commencement of genuine electoral hostilities so the stench of hypocrisy intensifies.

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  Published: 11 Mar 2010 09:00 (1)

  Leader: Great souls, even greater sacrifices

  SACRIFICE has been called the passion of great souls.

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  Published: 25th February, 2010 09:00am

  Leader: Peace talks needed at Civic Centre

  by Newsdesk

  THESE days even Sinn Fein and the DUP negotiate from opposite sides of the same table rather than posturing from separate rooms.

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  Last updated: 12 Feb 2010 13:00

  Leader: Speaking up for all the languages in our schools

  READING found itself making the national headlines again this past week.

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  Published: 4 Feb 2010 11:00 (6)

  Leader: Handcart for Mr Salter!

  BEING a Member of Parliament involves being all things to all men, and women.

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  Published: 21 Jan 2010 09:00

  Leader: Devastation has thawed our hearts

  THE trials and tribulations of Berkshire's big freeze have been put into perspective over the past nine days by the earthquake which tore asunder the very existence of the...

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  Published: 14 Jan 2010 09:00

  Leader: A snowflake's chance on the highways from hell

  THERE has been one topic of conversation this week, apart from the weather itself, and that is the state of our roads and pavements in the wake of the heaviest snowfalls and deepest...

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  Last updated: 20th March, 2010 11:00am

  For Pete's sake

  by Reading Rocks Steady

  PETE Doherty may still look like a sad scarecrow in need of dialysis, but his icon status is cemented for me after Thursday's fantastic show.

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  Last updated: 25 Feb 2010 09:00

  Martin Salter's Westminster Diary, February 25, 2010

  On Sunday we heard the 'shock horror' allegations that the Prime Minister occasionally loses his rag with his civil servants.

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  Last updated: 24 Feb 2010 16:24

  It's non-party time

  IT'S not often I wished I lived in Wokingham. But last week I did.