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Survivor of fatal fire left ‘not wanting to live’ and will not forgive arsonist

Joel Richards spoke about surviving a fire at Rowe Court in Reading last year, as the arsonist was jailed on Friday.

The Independent UK

Arsonist who killed two neighbours apologises in court and refers to Quran

Hakeem Kigundu, 32, who started a fatal fire at Rowe Court in Reading, Berkshire, on December 15 last year, spoke at Reading Crown Court on Friday.

The Independent UK

Murderer facing eviction set fire to his block of flats ‘intending to kill as many neighbours as possible’

Richard Burgess, 46, and Neil Morris, 45, both died in the blaze in Reading, Hampshire

The Independent UK

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Arsonist’s chilling voicenote outlining plan to kill neighbours read in court

Hakeem Kigundu, 32, admitted setting fire to Rowe Court in Reading, Berkshire, on December 15 last year.

The Independent UK

Arctic Monkeys’ Alex Turner: ‘I’m comfortable with the idea that things don’t have to be a pop song’

The most influential frontman of his generation is also the least at ease with it. He discusses abandoning rock norms, singing from the gut and treading the fine line between cryptic and gooey on new album The Car

The Guardian - UK

Rail services at Paddington station hit by severe disruption

The problem has also delayed trains travelling from Reading and Heathrow Airport.

The Independent UK

Paddington commuters hit by more transport misery after chaos on Queen’s funeral day

Engineers are scrambling to fix power lines but commuters have been hit by ongoing disruption following funeral day meltdown

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Queen’s funeral: Huge queues at Waterloo for trains to Reading due to major Paddington disruption

A long queue was seen stretching through the station just after 5pm as mourners returned home from central London

Evening Standard

Queen's funeral travel chaos as three London rail services go down

The Heathrow Express, the Elizabeth Line and Great Western Rail services from Reading and London Paddington have been cancelled due to faulty overhead power lines at Hayes and Harlington

Daily Mirror

Disruption for tens of thousands of passengers as Paddington rail station closes on day of Queen’s funeral

Craig Spencer walked to Paddington after queuing for 11 hours to pay his respects – and found all trains home to South Wales cancelled

The Independent UK

Mourners prevented from attending Queen’s funeral by rail disruption

Damage to overhead electric wires blocks train lines between Paddington and Reading

The Guardian - UK

Mourners to miss Queen’s funeral as rail lines to Paddington blocked

All lines between Paddington in west London and Reading in Berkshire are blocked because of damage to overhead electric wires.

The Independent UK

Teen severely burned after being hit by 'exploding aerosol can' at Reading Festival

WARNING: GRAPHIC PHOTOS. Leone Cook, from Maidstone, Kent, was left screaming in pain after what is thought to be an aerosol can exploded in front of the 18-year-old as Reading Festival descended into chaos with tents being set alight

Daily Mirror

Thomas & Friends introducing show's first autistic character Bruno the Brake Car

The new role of Bruno the Brake Car will be voiced by nine-year-old autistic actor Elliott Garcia from Reading, who the National Autistic Society helped cast

Daily Mirror

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The Independent UK

Reading and Leeds 2023 festival tickets have been released: Here’s how to get yours

The festivals’ boss let slip that previous headliners will be returning for 2023

Evening Standard

Reading Festival review: forget the arsonists, this was an absolute firecracker of a festival

It was the perfect post-exam results weekend

The Independent UK

Reading and Leeds festival-goers call out people ‘ruining’ the weekend by setting tents on fire

‘What in the Woodstock happened,’ one user commented on a video of tents going up in flames

The Guardian - UK

Reading festival review – vibrant pop takeover leaves rock in the shade

Dominated by the likes of PinkPantheress, Little Simz and Megan Thee Stallion, it’s left to Arctic Monkeys and Wolf Alice to remind revellers of Reading’s still-beating rock heart

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The Guardian - UK

Reading festival final day marred by violence and tent burning

Videos show several tents set on fire on Sunday, and police say about 50 people ejected from site after disorder

The Independent UK

Reading and Leeds festival-goers call out people ‘ruining’ the weekend by setting tents on fire

‘What in the Woodstock happened,’ one user commented on a video of tents going up in flames

Manchester Evening News

"What the f*** boys": Arctic Monkeys fans 'fuming' as BBC asked not to show Reading performance live

The band are back on stage in Leeds tonight

The Independent UK

Reading Festival review, day two: Arctic Monkeys draw huge crowds for swaggering UK return

Wolf Alice shine while Bring Me The Horizon are overshadowed by special guest Ed Sheeran

Leeds Live

Arctic Monkeys stage time and set list for Leeds Festival 2022

Arctic Monkeys are back at Leeds festival after four long years

The Independent UK

‘The worst’: Halsey says she played Leeds Festival show with ‘terrible food poisoning’

Singer said her condition during the set was the ‘worst in recent memory’

Leeds Live

Is Stormzy at Leeds Festival 2022? Rumours rapper could return after surprise Reading Fest appearance with Dave

Stormzy appeared alongside fellow rapper Dave to perform Clash during his headline set on Friday night at Reading Festival

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