FEW, if any regular readers, will have failed to notice that in the last few weeks the print media industry has been calling on the public to help fight off new challenges to press freedom in the UK.
THE average age of trains on Britain's railways is the oldest in at least 15 years, an investigation has found.
WITH Christmas out of the way, and the New Year just around the corner, Public Health England is warning that eight out of 10 middle aged people in south-east England either weigh too much, drink too much or don’t exercise enough.
THE Watership Down author Richard Adams, who was from Newbury, has died aged 96.
A FIRE CREW from the Caversham Road station was called to the Oracle Centre this afternoon (Tuesday) to free two children and two adults from a lift that had become stuck.
READING Buses will be introducing a new all-night route in January.
AN exploding fridge caused major damage to a home in Tilehurst this morning (December 27).
TWO day old Matilda McGlone arrived home in South Oxfordshire this morning after becoming the first Christmas Day baby this year at the Royal Berkshire Hospital.
THE internet was used as a gateway in the Thames Valley for offenders to commit 151 sex crimes against children last year. The youngest victim was eight, according to figures from Thames Valley Police.
FANS of pop superstar George Michael have been gathering throughout the day at his home in Goring to lay tributes.
