‘Talk with children about sad realities of life’

A FRIEND of murdered schoolboy Olly Stephens has urged parents to normalise “uncomfortable conversations” with their children. Demi Urquhart spoke about the reality of being a teenager in today’s world and the online pressures young people face in...

Boy wins Junior Bake Off contest

A BOY from Emmer Green was crowned the winner of Junior Bake Off. Austin Edwards was awarded Britain’s best young baker on the Channel 4 show which aired on Friday last week. In the final episode, he won over the judges Ravneet Gill and Liam Charles...

School tournament trophy signed by soccer supremo

FOOTBALL manager Harry Redknapp has inscribed a personalised note on a trophy that will be competed for by pupils in memory of a child at their school who died from a brain tumour. For the past two year’s Highdown School in Emmer Green has...

Views on play area

RESIDENTS in Emmer Green have been invited to respond to a consultation on a proposed new playground. Reading Borough Council has pledged to spend £350,000 on the site, which is at the junction of Kidmore End Road and Grove Road. and has...

New kit for Abbey rugby women’s sides

READING Abbey Rugby Club Women and U18 Girls sides have a new sponsor. The deal with WindowWorx, a window supply and installation firm, has meant the sides have a new home and away kit and post protectors for the first team pitch at the ground in...

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Pub staff in miracle escape as car hits wall

Pub staff in miracle escape as car hits wall

THE landlord of a pub in Henley said it was “miraculous” that his staff escaped without serious injuries after a car crashed into the kitchen wall in the middle of dinner service. At around 6.45pm on Sunday, a car left Remenham Lane and ploughed...

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