WE have rounded up some of this week’s most read stories, just in case you missed them.
1. Fast-food latest: Burger King, KFC, Papa Johns, Pizza Hut and Dominos open for business in UK
We have now passed the three week mark in lockdown and fast food cravings are really starting to kick in.
With most restaurants and food chains being closed as a result of the covid-19 pandemic, it can be hard to know where to get your fast food fix.
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2. Japanese knotweed heatmap tracks hotspots in Reading, Wokingham and Bracknell
HOTSPOTS for invasive Japanese knotweed have been tracked across the county as it enters its peak growing phase.
Gardeners in Berkshire have been warned to look out for red asparagus-like shoots expected to appear throughout April.
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3. Parents in Reading paid £37,000 in school fines for unauthorised holidays and truanting
Parents whose children were off school without permission were forced to cough up more than £37,000 in fines in the past two years.
Reading Borough schools issued 746 ‘fixed penalty notices’ (FPN) to parents of children missing school from 2017 to 2019.
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4. Waste management company Biffa slammed for rubbish pile-up on Wokingham Road
A HUGE pile-up of waste has prompted complaints slamming one waste management company for not collecting rubbish from a series of shops on Wokingham Road.
Refuse collection firm Biffa has not picked up rubbish from the grocery shops since Friday, according to one shop owner, despite repeated calls to the company, which calls itself ‘number one for business waste’.
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5. Ricky Gervais on growing up in Reading and clapping for the NHS
COMEDIAN and actor Ricky Gervais has spoken out about his humble upbringing in Reading.
Speaking to The Sun, the popular After Life star explained how he was born in Battle Hospital, Reading, in the 60s.
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