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Norovirus update: three more wards shut

THREE more wards have been shut to new admissions at the Royal Berkshire Hospital after further outbreaks of the winter vomiting bug norovirus.

Rabbi in call for Holocaust Day change

RACE relations chiefs have been warned that Reading's future Holocaust Memorial Day vigils must be refocused on the horrors of the Nazi Final Solution.

Hospital parking 'very important'

PATIENTS and visitors are being driven round the bend by a shortage of parking spaces at the Royal Berkshire Hospital's congested multi-storey car park.

Norovirus scare: Hospital wards to re-open

THE Royal Berkshire Hospital is poised to re-open three wards to new admissions after containing the spread of an outbreak of the winter vomiting bug norovirus.

Race is on for £100,000 Accelerator Appeal

THE Chronicle has launched a groundbreaking campaign to improve cancer patients' life chances with the next generation of high-tech machinery to battle the deadly disease.

Garden plan grows bigger

CAMPAIGNERS have launched an appeal to transform a notorious group of derelict "eyesore" buildings into a flourishing community garden.

Race chief retires - but job is not finished yet

A RETIRING race relations chief who has spent more than two decades standing up for Reading's ethnic minorities in the battle against prejudice and discrimination says his work is far from over.

MP blasts Thames Water

READING West MP Alok Sharma has angrily accused Thames Water of "moving the goal posts" by trying to change proposed council planning policy to restrict housing density on the Bath Road Reservoir site in Reading.

Woman hurt in mugging

A YOUNG woman suffered back injuries when a gangly thug mugged her and sent her sprawling to the pavement.

Pensioners escape sheltered housing blaze

TERRIFIED pensioners were led to safety when fire broke out at a block of retirement flats yesterday (Wednesday).

Blaze tears through family bedroom

A FAMILY are picking through the remains of a blackened and charred bedroom tonight (Sunday) after a fire tore through their east Reading home.

UPDATE: Road closed after two car smash

POLICE have closed a section of Oxford Road in west Reading this afternoon (Sunday) after a car crash.

Cars set alight in Thatcham Station

FIREFIGHTERS are treating an early morning double car blaze in Thatcham Station carpark as suspected arson.

Driver cut from van after head on collision

A VAN driver had to be cut from his vehicle after a head on collision on a country road today (Saturday).

Celebrity foot reader to visit Reading

BUDDING holistic therapists can tread the path of a celebrity foot reader when she strides into Reading in the spring.

Arsonists strike at goods depot

POLICE are hunting arsonists who staged a double attack at a goods depot in the early hours of today (Saturday).

'Choose Well' to ease pressure on health services

HOSPITAL bosses are warning people to think carefully before dialling 999 or visiting A & E to ease pressure on overstretched emergency services over the New Year Bank Holiday.

Three men escape late night flat fire

THREE men escaped serious injury after a late night flat fire.

Pensioner dies after car crash

POLICE have launched an investigation after an elderly motorist died soon after his car left the road in Caversham today (Thursday).

Hospital boss returns to work

ROYAL Berkshire Hospital chief executive Ed Donald is back at work.