ELEVEN-A-SIDE adult football at grass roots level in this country is dying on its feet. The number of clubs has dropped dramatically because not enough people want to play, One of the cures it was hoped would halt or even reverse this decline
READING FC manager Jose Gomes paid tribute to the club's fans after a successful Easter weekend left Royals on the brink of Skybet Championship survival. Having picked up a point at play-off chasing Bristol City on Good Friday, Reading backed it
A PRIMARY school is holding its second annual Scarecrow Trail on Sunday, April 28. Run by the Heights Primary School's Parent, Teachers and Friends Association (PTFA), the event will run from 10am to 7pm, and the whole community is invited to come
Campaigners are continuing their battle to save a playground in east Reading after a petition was rejected by the council last month. Alice Carter and John Hoggett have set up a Facebook group ‘Save ERAPA’ in their ongoing battle for failing equipment
ROB Corney rewrote the Reading Roadrunners record books yet again when he finished fifth at the prestigious Brighton Marathon. The 30-year-old Woodley racer took an amazing eight minutes and 15 seconds off his own personal best time and the club
POLICE are warning residents about a number of burglaries which have recently taken place in the Oxford Road and Coley neighbourhoods. An unknown offender smashed a downstairs window of a house in Brunswick Hill on April 22, stealing a handbag,
DECLAN Kidney said it was 'job done' for London Irish after their 46-7 Good Friday win at Richmond secured the Greene King Ipa Championship with a game to spare. Exiles ran in eight tries at a sun-kissed Athletic Ground, ensuring an immediate return
Reading FC Women made it three wins and three clean sheets from as many Super League games as Rachel Furness grabbed the decisive goal in their 1-0 win over Brighton & Hove Albion at Madejski Stadium. The Royals midfielder popped up with the
MARLOW United wrapped up the Premier Division title with a 2-0 victory at Burghfield followed by a 4-2 success at home to Woodley United Royals, writes Richard Ashton. Felix Prudden and Josh Fox got the first-half goals against Burghfield which
A POLICE officer from the Reading Neighbourhood has been presented with an award to recognise his services to the night time economy. PC Simon Wheeler was presented with the Malcolm Eidmans Award by the Chair of National Pubwatch, Steve Baker and
BERKSHIRE completed a T20 double over Wiltshire at North Maidenhead CC on a sun-kissed Easter Sunday to retain the Marlborough Cup, winning the first game by 18 runs and the second by 72 runs, writes Dave Wright. In the first, the Minor Counties
A MAN horrifically pinned his ex-girlfriend’s mother to the pavement, before savaging her with a meat cleaver after she threw him out of her home, a jury heard. Luke Mackrory brutally attacked Nicola Murnane with the weapon in the broad daylight
A NEW bathroom and tile showroom is set to partner with a local charity. Easy Bathrooms launched in Boulton Road, Reading, on April 1, following months of planning and renovation work. The company has now announced that it will donate 5 per cent
OFFICERS working for West Berkshire Council (WBC) received gifts and hospitality last year worth over £500. Several companies with contracts with the council offered gifts to officers, including two rugby tickets worth £300. WBC’s constitution
A FEMALE passenger of a BMW remains in a critical condition in hospital after a serious road crash. At around 3.30pm on Sunday April, 21 there was a collision between a white BMW 320 and a silver Audi A3 at the junction of the A329 and A33.
A third of candidates for the 2019 local elections in Berkshire are female, figures show. Only 173 women are standing in the upcoming elections in Berkshire compared to 396 men. West Berkshire Council has the lowest percentage of female candidates
A COMMITTED teacher from Waingels College in Woodley will be taking on the London Marathon for the second year in a row. Reahgan Quartermaine, 37, will be running for national disability charity Sense this weekend. Mr Quartermaine completed his
A TIMBER lodge home to a shepherd has been saved after council officers wanted to knock it down. The lodge at Bushnells Green Farm, on Chapel Row near Stanford Dingley, was originally supposed to be temporary while the main farmhouse was built.
FOLLOWING the recent destruction of a grassroots football club, Reading FC have stepped in to help. Rotherfield United, which is based in Bishopswood Sports Ground, was targeted by an unknown vandal/vandals when a car was driven over the pitches
A GENEROUS company recently helped to raise money for Helen and Douglas House from a Woodley charity shop. The Invesco graduates raised £2,759 for the children's hospice as part of a challenge which saw them take over four different Helen and Douglas
