A JEALOUS young man who forced his girlfriend to give him the password to her Facebook account by beating her with a hammer, wept in the dock (Thur) as he was jailed. The court heard how Oscar Blackall became so obsessed about knowing what his girlfriend
THERE were three RDAA clubs out on the venues with Prestcold A.C. fishing the Beat 4B stretch of the River Kennet, writes Alan Hughes. The river continued its good silver fish form of late and Geoff Eley took top spot with perch and roach to weigh
GARRARD Street has today been reopened following a major scaffolding collapse at the start of the month. It has been closed for two weeks since the incident, which left three people injured. READ MORE: Scaffolding collapse: Demolition works
A COUNCIL bid for funding to build new homes in Reading has been approved by Homes England. The £3.96m grant will allow Reading Borough Council to develop plans for a residential scheme in the Wensley Road area of Coley. READ MORE: Reading's
SULHAMSTEAD boosted their Division 3a survival hopes with a 37-run victory at Finchampstead 3rds, writes Richard Ashton. Marc Thompson (62), Jamie Seward (55) and Al MacEwan (41) were all among the runs as Sully posted 198-7, Liam Bulteel the pick
YOUNG Bulmershe gymnast Mollie Haswell delivered an outstanding performance at the Womens Artisitic National Compulsory grades finals, finishing in silver position all round at Compulsory Grade Four, with an impressive score of 62.425 and sixth place
BERKSHIRE is set for yet another deluge as heavy rain moves across much of the county tomorrow. After a dismal day on Wednesday, Friday’s forecast sees more wet weather coming our way. The persistent rain is due to move east and arrive about
READING Racers had to admit second best as the Isle of Wight Wizards beat them 23-13 in their latest Midland & Southern Development League match. In heat one, Wizards' 15-year-old National League star Chad Wirtzfeld led from the start, while behind
A MAN has died near the Southcote Lock after police and air ambulance rushed to the scene last night. The man is known to be in his 30s and died on the scene. There was a large police presence in Circuit Lane, Southcote yesterday evening (August
PATRICK Wilmore won the Herbie Sternberg Trophy at West Berks, awarded for the five best scores in the nine-hole Liddiard Cup qualifiers played from April to July. Wilmore made 11 appearances and achieved the 19 points required for qualification
WOODLEY United picked up a first Hellenic League Division One East victory of the season with a pulsating 4-3 win at home to new boys Marlow United on Tuesday night. Chris Hurst put the visitors in front on 10 minutes, only for Teddy Thomas to level
COMMUTERS faced delays earlier today thanks to animals wandering onto the railway tracks in West Berkshire. National Rail tweeted: '#Midgham - Animals on the railway between Newbury and Reading means trains have to run at reduced speed on all lines
FOLLOWING Reading FC's first league game against Sheffield Wednesday, I was asked about a change to the Laws of the Game regarding goal kicks. Previously, the ball had to be kicked outside the penalty area before it was in play. That meant it
