WE have rounded up some of this week’s most read stories, just in case you missed them.
1. Social worker nightmare in drunken abusive father case
A SOCIAL worker missed meetings with a family and made significant factual mistakes, due to a “chaotic” and short-staffed children’s services department.
In a recently revealed investigation, the local government ombudsman catalogued the errors made and detailed what the family has gone through over the past five years.
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2.Listed building to be demolished so builders can get access
DEVELOPERS will knock down part of a listed building in Streatley so builders can get access to build a six-car garage.
The owners of West Streatley House, on the high street, are planning to knock down a side extension and rebuild it with more “in-keeping” bricks.
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3. Coronavirus: more cases diagnosed in Reading
Official figures show that two more cases of coronavirus have been recorded in Reading.
Public Health England figures show that 545 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Wednesday (May 13) in Reading, up from 543 the same time on Tuesday.
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4. Reading's 'hidden gems': Top 5 parks to visit after lockdown - according to TripAdviser
PARK visits and outdoor adventures - they seem like a lifetime ago.
But the chaos coronavirus has brought will come to an end eventually - lockdown will be lifted and we will be able to safely venture outside again.
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5. Reading school receives more than £40k in ex-pupil's will
AN EX-pupil has donated in her will more than £40,000 to her old school in Reading.
Miss Julie Ann Bromley, who attended the Kendrick School, Reading, in the 1940's, passed away last year and left a total of £42,000 in her will to the school.
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