Reading Chronicle: READING FC is now up for sale, the Chronicle understands, as a flurry of MPs have called for a change in ownership. There are said to have been three parties in talks with the current owner Dai Yongge about buying the club, with the Chinese businessman valuing the club in the region of £70million, according to sports magazine The Athletic.

It comes after the Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said there needs to be “more focus” on football club ownership as he was questioned about the Royals’ well-documented financial decline.

Read full story in this week's edition (Thursday, October 5).

Also in this week's paper:

  • A STOP-AND-SEARCH order was put in place across Reading after a man in his twenties suffered serious injuries in a shooting.
  • DOZENS of Wilkos workers are now facing unemployment after the Reading branch closed on Tuesday
  • ROYAL Berkshire Hospital officials are warning patients with less serious medical issues to ‘find help elsewhere’ or face a long wait at the hospital’s emergency department.
  • CELEBRATIONS took place in Reading to mark the centenary of the historic Reading Bridge
  • A HUGE update has been given on a project to build a new hospital for Reading as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was grilled on delays to the government’s hospital building programme
  • POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a group of teenagers were seen threatening a man at knifepoint inside a McDonald’s restaurant
  • QUESTIONS have been raised over council involvement in the creation of a drone ‘superhighway’ set to take flight in the skies over Reading.
  • A CINEMA and restaurants at the prime shopping centre in Reading could be knocked down if transformation plans are given the go-ahead.
  • A FAMILY-RUN fish and chip shop in Tilehurst could soon sell beer, wine and cider for customers to enjoy

And much more.

Woodley and Earley Chronicle 

Reading Chronicle: THE eviction of travellers from parks in Woodley in August is a model for how to deal with unauthorised encampments, Wokingham Borough Council has said.

Some 10 caravans and “associated vehicles” pitched up at Woodford Park in Woodley, before moving on to nearby Ashenbury Park. By September 4, the Travellers had left. Now a report by Wokingham Borough Council has praised its staff for moving the Travellers on.

Read full story in this week's edition (Thursday 5).

Also in this week's paper:

  • WOKINGHAM Borough Council is unveiling plans to revamp a key stretch of the A329 Reading Road
  • A LOCAL bank is to be shuttered this week after a spate of closures. Natwest, situated on Crockhamwell Road in Woodley, will close by the end of the week.
  • A PETITION seeking government funding to reopen three state-of-the-art cancer centres has received overwhelming support following pressures on waiting lists for NHS patients.

And much more.

You will also find a four-page puzzle supplement in each paper this week to keep your brain active.