Here are five of the top stories you may have missed this week.
1. Four Reading streets targeted by burglars in 24 hours
FOUR streets in a Reading neighbourhood were burgled in around 24 hours, according to police.
Homes in Calcot and Thatcham were targetted by criminals stealing a Ford transit van and iPhone.
Officers are investigating a number of thefts in Reading.
Between 9pm on May 21 and 7.30am on May 23, thieves stole a Ford transit van containing numerous tools and a iphone 12 in Burbidge Close, Calcot.
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2. Platinum Jubilee street part near Reading will be over half a mile long
Berkshire and Oxfordshire are to be joined by a kilometre long Platinum Jubilee street party.
More than 500 tables will run continuously from Goring to Streatley over the River Thames, closing the between June 5.
Over 3,400 local residents have reserved seats and the GAP Festival team are in the process of allocating them.
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3. Reading man beat daughter with belt after meeting with boy
WARNING: Some details in this report are distressing
A father-of-four beat his daughter with a belt buckle twice in two days after learning she had met a boy in town.
The 49-year-old south Reading man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was spared jail despite the “appalling” injuries his child suffered.
A judge told the father that he should be “ashamed” of himself after Reading Crown Court heard of his brutal lashings.
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4. Neighbours complain about noise from new Caversham school
Neighbours living near a new school in Caversham have complained about noise throughout the day disturbing them.
The Heights Primary School opened at Mapledurham Playing Fields in September last year.
Since then, neighbours have raised issues that they say never existed before.
Specifically, they have complained about noise coming from the school throughout the day.
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5. Elizabeth Line is opening, but not finished - here's why
The Elizabeth line will open on Tuesday, but Reading commuters will not see all of its benefits for another year.
For all the fanfare surrounding London’s newest train route, you would be forgiven for thinking it was finished – albeit four years later than originally planned.
Travelers boarding at Reading, Maidenhead and Slough will soon have access to more modern, less crowded trains, and some will have faster commutes, but a seamless transition into central or east London will still take until ‘no later than May 2023’, according to Crossrail.
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