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Collections still on hold

Collections still on hold

17/01/22

GARDEN waste collections in Caversham and Emmer Green remain suspended due to staff absences caused by coronavirus. Reading Borough Council paused green bin collections on December 13 in order to prioritise food waste and recycling. It had hoped to ...

Elephant hawk moth

Elephant hawk moth

04/07/22

John Manners, from Emmer Green,, says: “I took this photograph of a colour-co-ordinated elephant hawk-moth (Deilephila elpenor) resting among Calibrachoa on our patio.”

Pre-schoolers on (Easter) parade

Pre-schoolers on (Easter) parade

02/04/18

CHILDREN at Emmer Green Pre-school wore homemade hats for their traditional Easter bonnet parade. The three- and four-year-olds had made the headwear, which featured paper bunny ears, nests of chicks and cotton wool sheep. The children paraded ...

Teenager wins national photography award

Teenager wins national photography award

23/04/18

A TEENAGER has won a national photography award with pictures of her boyfriend. Ruby May Sutton, 18, of Grove Road, Emmer Green, took the Friend of the Year category at the British Institute of Professional Photography Awards. Her entry ...

Boy fighting cancer given surprise treat

Boy fighting cancer given surprise treat

27/12/19

A BOY whose cancer is feared to have returned for a third time enjoyed an evening playing computer games with his friends in a custom-built bus. Charlie Ilsley, 12, of Buckingham Drive, Emmer Green, was given the all-clear for the ...

Charlie continues cancer treatment

Charlie continues cancer treatment

24/01/20

A BOY battling cancer for a third time has undergone more treatment in Germany. Charlie Ilsley, 12, of Buckingham Drive, Emmer Green, was having his second round of dendritic immunotherapy treatment in Cologne this week. This ...

Plan for 245 homes ‘speculative and badly thought-out’

Plan for 245 homes ‘speculative and badly thought-out’

07/05/18

A PUBLIC inquiry into plans for 245 homes on the edge of Emmer Green will have to be reconvened. The move came on the first day that planning inspector Nick Palmer began taking evidence on an appeal by Gladman Homes, which ...

Sat-nav blamed for ambulance delay

Sat-nav blamed for ambulance delay

08/04/19

AN ambulance was delayed getting to a rugby player who had suffered a broken leg after it went along a restricted road by mistake. The driver got stuck when using Chalkhouse Green Lane en route to Abbey Rugby Club in ...

Developer fails in last-ditch bid for 245 homes

Developer fails in last-ditch bid for 245 homes

11/02/19

A DEVELOPER’S last-ditch bid to get permission for 245 new homes on farmland has failed. Gladman Homes asked the High Court to overturn a planning inspector’s decision to uphold South Oxfordshire District Council’s ...

Running for fun

Running for fun

07/08/17

Emmer Green Pre-School held its annual sports day on July 4. The three- and four-year-olds took part in races including egg and spoon, obstacle and relay, watched by their proud families who cheered them on. There ...

Council tax set to rise

13/02/17

RESIDENTS of Caversham, Emmer Green and other parts of Reading borough are facing a 4.99 per cent increase in council tax from April 1. The borough council is expected to approve the rise, blaming “unprecedented” ...

Olympic sprinter shares tips with students

Olympic sprinter shares tips with students

22/03/13

We speak to Team GB sprinter Abi Oyepitan as she spends an afternoon training pupils at Highdown School in Emmer Green.

MP: protect green belt land from developers

MP: protect green belt land from developers

31/10/22

MATT RODDA says government plans to relax planning laws could unleash a wave of development on the edge of Emmer Green. The Reading East MP called for green land to be protected from development in order to ...

MP slams tech firms over harmful content

MP slams tech firms over harmful content

24/01/22

AN MP has called for social media companies to be made to remove harmful content following the murder of an Emmer Green boy whose killers had posted images of knives on social media. Olly Stephens, 13, was ...

MP fights plan for homes by boundary

MP fights plan for homes by boundary

12/09/22

PLANS for two houses near Bugs Bottom fields in Emmer Green would set a precedent for further development, according to Matt Rodda. The Reading East MP has opposed plans by Wayne Courtnage to demolish two ...

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