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• Last updated: 17 Mar 2010 15:00

  Surf safe

  PARENTS and internet users can get tips on web safety at free sessions next week.

• Published: 17 Mar 2010 09:45

  Biker badly hurt in rush hour smash

  A MOTORCYCLIST is in hospital after a collision with a car in Berkeley Avenue, Coley, this morning.

• Published: 17 Mar 2010 09:00

  Man dies after train collision

  A MAN died last night after being hit by a train.

• Published: 17 Mar 2010 09:00

  Turning up the volume

  BERKSHIRE'S top talent has spoken out against the likely closure of BBC 6 Music.

• Last updated: 17 Mar 2010 09:00

  It's Playtime!

  THURSDAY night at the Sacred Cow Promotions' launch party at Play, formerly Plug N Play, was nothing if not cool.

• Last updated: 16 Mar 2010 18:00

  LIVE - Reading v QPR

  FULL TIME. Reading 1 QPR 0

• Published: 16 Mar 2010 18:00

  Inside Job at Theatre Royal Windsor

  THERE are twists and turns aplenty in this three actor play featuring Stephen McGann from Emmerdale and Chris Ellison from The Bill.

• Published: 16 Mar 2010 17:27

  Missing girl may be in Reading

  POLICE believe a girl from Hampshire missing since yesterday afternoon may be in Reading.

• Published: 16 Mar 2010 10:17

  Injury-hit Bracknell bounce back

  BRACKNELL RFC head coach Ken Hopkins was delighted with the manner of his makeshift side's 28-12 win over Tring last Saturday.

• Last updated: 16 Mar 2010 09:00

  Folk music: Emily & Hazel Askew

  Emily and Hazel Askew, a young duo making waves on the folk scene with their energetic brand of English folk music, will be playing at Readifolk club on Sunday, March 28.

• Published: 16 Mar 2010 09:00

  Folk music: Emily & Hazel Askew

  Emily and Hazel Askew, a young duo making waves on the folk scene with their energetic brand of English folk music, will be playing at Readifolk club on Sunday, March 28.

• Last updated: 15 Mar 2010 20:11

  Four vehicle smash brings traffic chaos

  A FOUR vehicle pileup closed the Theale by-pass tonight causing major hold-ups throughout the area.

• Published: 15 Mar 2010 16:52

  Village post office hit in early morning raid

  RAIDERS have made off with cash and cigarettes from the village sub post office in Purley.

• Published: 15 Mar 2010 15:00

  For Pete's Sake

  TO most people, Pete Doherty is just a regular fixture in the tabloid press, but to his many near-fanatical fans he will always be best loved for his music - and rightly so.

• Published: 15 Mar 2010 14:22

  Man jailed over assaults on girls

  A MAN who sexually assaulted three girls in Reading over a nine-year period has been jailed.

• Published: 15 Mar 2010 13:00

  Nominations for a postie hero

  BERKSHIRE residents can nominate their local postie as a community hero - and put themselves in the running for the delivery of a £1,000 holiday.

• Published: 15 Mar 2010 09:00

  Gerry Cottle's Circus

  ONE of the biggest names in circus entertainment is bringing his show to Reading this week.

• 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: 14 Mar 2010 11:00

  MPs get their running shoes on

  THE hard slog of the election campaign will surely take it out of MPs - but not as much as sprinting a mile round Westminster.

• 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.