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Carols in gardens

A CAROLS evening will be held at Caversham Court Gardens on Monday, December 15 from 7.30pm. The choir of St Peter’s Church in The Warren will sing traditional Christmas carols and there will be a performance from the Salvation Army band. The gardens...

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Primary given green light to take more pupils after appeal

A SCHOOL in Caversham has been given the green light to increase its pupil numbers after winning an appeal. The Heights Primary School has been granted permission from Reading Borough Council to increase the number of pupils in its year group. The...

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Developer payment could triple

A DEVELOPER has been asked to triple the amount it would pay to Reading Borough Council if a plan to add 70 more homes to a former golf course gets approved. The Emmer Green Drive development was approved by Reading Borough councillors in 2022 and...

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Reindeer and ‘reverse Santa’ to bring festive cheer to shoppers

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Rowing training centre approved

PLANS to modernise British Rowing’s training centre in Caversham have been approved. British Rowing submitted the plan to “improve and modernise” Sherriff’s Boathouse at the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake and build a new boathouse on the site in the...

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Mother to give talk about online safety

THE MOTHER of a teenager who was fatally stabbed in Emmer Green will talk about a trust that was set up in his memory. It will take place at St Barnabas’s Church in Grove Road on Wednesday, November 19 at 7.30pm. Amanda Stephens’s son Olly was...

‘Nerdy’ comedian in confessional but biting mood as she comes ‘home’

A COMEDIAN who used to live in Henley is returning to perform. Bella Hull is on the bill for the next Honk! live comedy night with her latest show Piggie before she takes it to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The 25-year-old, who now lives in North...