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• Published: 14 Mar 2010 14:00

  A restaurant with a view...

  BOULTERS Restaurant & Bar has been called the 'Jewel of the Thames' and it is easy to see why the moment you step foot inside.

• Published: 12 Mar 2010 09:00

  Music: Portico Quartet

  A BAND who formed thanks to a spontaneous purchase at WOMAD in 2004 are playing in Bracknell this week.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 16:16

  Reading hero mourned on return to UK

  CROWDS lined the streets of Wootton Basset this afternoon to pay their respects to fallen Reading army hero Coporal Richard Green

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 11:00

  Swinging Watchdog host

  FORGET Sinatra, Watchdog host Nicky Campbell and ex-Holby City star Mark Moraghan are bringing swing back to Reading.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 11:00

  Swinging Watchdog host

  FORGET Sinatra, Watchdog host Nicky Campbell and ex-Holby City star Mark Moraghan are bringing swing back to Reading.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 10:34

  Bonus in store for John Lewis partners

  PARTNERS at Waitrose and John Lewis in Reading began the day with the news that this year's bonus is to be 15% of their annual salary, equal to almost eight weeks pay.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 10:00

  Twins club plans nearly new sale

  READING & District Twins Plus Club is holding a nearly new sale at Emmer Green's St Barnabas Church Hall in St Barnabas Road.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 10:00

  Sunday action for clean-up team

  THE BTCV Biodiversity Action Team will be taking part in this year's RESCUE event in Prospect Park on Sunday.

• Published: 11 Mar 2010 09:00

  Author talk: William Fiennes

  WILLIAM Fiennes will be talking about his best-selling book The Music Room at The Watermill Book Club tomorrow (Friday).

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 15:16

  Four held after arson attacks

  POLICE have arrested four teenagers in connection with a spate of arsons in Calcot and Theale.

• Published: 10 Mar 2010 15:14

  Spring set fair for Arborfield school

  THE Coombes CE Primary School at Arborfield holds its Spring Fair on Saturday from 11am-2pm.

• Last updated: 9 Mar 2010 17:55

  Fresh power cut misery for Whitley Wood families

  MORE than 1,200 homes in the Whitley Wood area of south Reading were without power this evening after a network fault caused a major breakdown.

• Last updated: 9 Mar 2010 14:08

  Man held after garden centre raid

  POLICE have arrested a man in connection with a late night raid on a Hungerford garden centre.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 14:00

  Review: Iolanthe at Salvation Army, Castle Street

  THE Salvation Army generously made their splendid hall available to Reading Operatic Society for their production of Iolanthe.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 12:00

  Gensians after league and cup treble

  RUGBY ROUND-UP: Gensians eye Maids treble, Green Machine aim to spoil Pats party while Abbey look to home comforts

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 10:41

  Police release image of suspected sex attacker

  THIS is an E-Fit image of a man wanted in connection with the sexual assault of a teenage girl in Tilehurst shortly before the morning rush hour.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 09:55

  Drug dealer behind bars

  A DRUG dealer caught smuggling heroin in his underwear has been jailed for more than two years.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 09:00

  Reading & District Sunday League fixtures and results

  All this weekend's fixtures and referees, plus a round-up of last Sunday's results.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 09:00

  Reading League fixtures & results

  All this weekend's fixtures and referees, plus a round-up of all last Saturday's results.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 09:00

  Schoolgirl hurt in car crash

  A 12-YEAR-OLD girl was knocked down by a car on her way to school this morning.

• Published: 9 Mar 2010 09:00

  Gig: Moonlight's Back In Style

  FORGET Sinatra, Watchdog host Nicky Campbell and ex-Holby City star Mark Moraghan are bringing swing back to Reading.

• Published: 8 Mar 2010 15:54

  Man dies after suffering serious head injuries

  A 24-YEAR-OLD man has died from serious head injuries five days after he was found lying in the road at a busy town centre roundabout

• Published: 8 Mar 2010 10:01

  Firefighters remove ring from man's finger

  FIREFIGHTERS needed a steady hand as they meticulously removed a ring from a man's finger.

• Published: 8 Mar 2010 09:00

  Booth bemoans suicidal start

  LONDON Irish head coach Toby Booth did his best to look to the positives after his side were hammered 35-19 by reigning Guinness Premiership champions Leicester on Saturday.

• Published: 7 Mar 2010 09:00

  Gig: Jill Sobule

  A CULT American singer-songwriter with a Hollywood soundtrack and performances with Neil Diamond and Neil Young under her tiny belt will stop over at the Crooked Billet in Stoke Row on Tuesday.

• Published: 7 Mar 2010 09:00

  Levi Roots' spicy mackerel with green bananas

  THE Reggae Reggae Sauce creator shares a recipe with Chronicle readers.

• Published: 6 Mar 2010 09:00

  Women trapped in burning car

  TWO women were burned when the car they were sat in ignited into a "fireball".

• Published: 6 Mar 2010 09:00

  You won't be left Hungary

  A GROF Feje. Or if you live in the village of Sunninghill, you may know it better as The Dukes Head, a pub in Upper Village Road that was taken over in September last year by Krisztina Jando, Andras Rajk and their daughter, Reka, from Budapest.

• Published: 5 Mar 2010 15:55

  Passerby heroes rescue woman from freezing river

  A WOMAN was rescued from the River Kennet in Reading by two passers-by after she fell into the freezing water this morning.

• Published: 5 Mar 2010 12:50

  Hodgson makes welcome return

  PAUL Hodgson has eased the London Irish scrum-half problems after being named in the Exiles' side to face Leaicester tomorrow.