Adam Hewitt

Stories by Adam Hewitt

Below are recent stories by Adam Hewitt

• Last updated: 18 Mar 2010 16:30

  Funding cut at Reading University - but boost for TVU

  READING University is facing among the biggest cut in funding in the country.

• Last updated: 18 Mar 2010 11:00

  New bus fares, tickets and zones announced

  A SHAKE-UP of bus fares and zones will be great news for some passengers - but leave others worse off.

• Last updated: 17 Mar 2010 17:00

  Brown refuses to apologise for Wilson snub

  ROB Wilson is still waiting for an apology from the Prime Minister over a breach of protocol during his visit to Reading earlier this month.

• Published: 17 Mar 2010 16:00

  Votes at 16, say campaigners

  WOULD more people vote if they got into the habit earlier?

• Published: 17 Mar 2010 16:00

  The yellow peril of politics

  IT WOULD turn enough heads under the sea, but this yellow submarine has been dropping jaws all over west Reading.

• Published: 16 Mar 2010 10:00

  Exhibition opens Saturday

  A BURST of colour awaits visitors to a new exhibition at Earley's Peacock Gallery.

• Published: 15 Mar 2010 10:00

  Autism unit for primary school

  EDUCATION chiefs are expected to give the final go-ahead to a specialist autism unit at a primary school at their meeting tonight.

• Last updated: 14 Mar 2010 17:00

  Job cuts at university

  MORE jobs are to go at Reading University as its staff union accuses it of "taking a wrecking ball to the sciences".

• Published: 12 Mar 2010 09:00

  Laying foundations for new pre-school

  TEACHERS, parents and politicians have launched a £100,000 fundraising drive to give pre-schoolers a decent home.

• Last updated: 11 Mar 2010 18:00

  Sparkling new campus for trainee teachers

  TRAINEE teachers will move back to their original home at a cloistered campus in the heart of Reading - 22 years after they left.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 15:00

  Hedge fun

  CONSERVATIONISTS had a woody good time when they competed in the thorny sport of hedge-laying.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 15:00

  Homes emptier for longer

  THE recession has slowed down efforts to tackle Reading's glut of empty homes.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 10:00

  A tricky solution to overcrowding

  LARGE families are living in overcrowded council homes because of a severe shortage of houses with enough bedrooms.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 10:00

  Top cats

  PURRFECTLY-GROOMED cats had something to miaow about as they showed off their good breeding.

• Last updated: 11 Mar 2010 10:00

  Bee-come a beekeeper

  BEEKEEPERS keen to introduce more people to their hobby are giving expert guidance at an open day later this month.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 08:00

  Where have the bus stop signs gone?

  DISAPPEARING real-time information displays at bus shelters have been confusing passengers.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 13:00

  Bus ticket overhaul

  READING Buses is finalising a shake-up of its fares and planning to abolish its zone-based tickets and make life simpler for passengers.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 13:00

  Job help at children's centre

  EMPLOYMENT advice sessions have been set up at a children's centre to make jobseeking easier for busy parents.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 09:00

  All change at Junction 11

  TRAFFIC flows at Junction 11 have shifted again this week as the massive project heads into its final phase.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 09:00

  Rival claims it leads race for roads cash

  READING and Cambridge's duel for transport cash has taken a new turn with the Government scrappage of the Transport Innovation Fund (TiF).

• Published: 6 Mar 2010 10:00

  No limits for city bid support

  LEADING politicians in Reading have welcomed Gordon Brown's backing for the bid for city status.

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 15:00

  Rat-run hauliers fall into LEZ trap

  TRANSPORT bosses say hauliers should stop using Reading as a rat-run rather than moaning about the planned Low Emissions Zone.

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 11:00

  'Dragon' restaurateurs unveil next big idea

  THE business brains behind some of the area's best-known restaurants want to open a new one on the site of a run-down car showroom.

• Published: 4 Mar 2010 09:00

  Angling for a Jolly future

  REGULAR service was resumed when familiar customers were welcomed back at their old local to find landlord John Westendorp still behind the bar.

• Last updated: 3 Mar 2010 16:00

  Jon Hartley to face no-confidence vote

  READING'S education leader faces a no confidence motion in a row over schools' homophobic bullying strategies.

• Published: 3 Mar 2010 12:00

  Raising a pint to community pubs

  LIB Dem Parliamentary hopeful Gareth Epps has signed up to a pubgoer's manifesto and pledged to back beer drinkers.

• Last updated: 2 Mar 2010 16:00

  'Brown does not wish to face the electorate'

  READING East MP Rob Wilson accused Gordon Brown of failing to meet real people and answer their questions during his visit to Reading on Monday.

• Published: 2 Mar 2010 12:00

  Prime Minister backs city bid

  PRIME Minister Gordon Brown has backed Reading's bid for city status.

• Published: 1 Mar 2010 19:00

  Doors thrown open at the Jolly Anglers

  PUBGOERS could finally raise a pint when their boozer reopened today (Monday).

• Last updated: 1 Mar 2010 11:55

  Gordon Brown demands more of police

  PRIME Minister Gordon Brown was in Reading this morning to tell police chiefs that their officers must spend more time on the beat.