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UNCOVERED: 2 - The Untold Story

PM says special educational needs ‘raised with me more than any other issue’

Sir Keir Starmer made his comments during a visit to a school breakfast club in Reading.

Evening Standard

Police make arrest after boy injured in attack at Reading college

Student in hospital but injuries not thought life-threatening, Thames Valley officers say

The Guardian - UK

One arrested after boy injured in Reading college assault

A boy has been taken to hospital for treatment, police say

The Independent UK

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Changes to the BBC’s Written Archives Centre threaten open research – and might infringe on the broadcaster’s charter

The BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is housed in an unassuming bungalow on the outskirts of Reading, 40 miles west of London. It holds one of the greatest document collections of British and global history from the past century.

The Conversation

Labour’s housing hypocrisy: councils serve almost 200 households with no-fault eviction notices

Exclusive: firms run by five of the party’s councils have used legal loophole in England to serve section 21 notices

The Guardian - UK

Police appeal for help finding missing woman and young girl near Reading

The missing woman has been identified as Sally-Jean. She was last seen with the child, named Ava, in Tilehurst, near Reading, on August 25. The pair were

The Fashion Central

Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits

In the lobby of the YMCA in Reading, Pennsylvania, stands a row of vending machines – but one machine is different from the rest.

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Watch: we asked people at Reading Festival to finish these iconic metal lyrics and it didn’t go well

“Exit light, enter plight”, apparently

Metal Hammer

Watch: we asked people at Reading 2025 what the most metal thing they’ve ever done at a festival was

From hellacious moshpits to getting piercings in a tent, artists and attendees at Reading festival tell us some of their most metal tales

Metal Hammer

Reading and Leeds festival review – Chappell Roan slays and Bring Me the Horizon power the circle pits

Thousands of post-GCSE teens join acts from pop-poet Antony Szmierek to rap megastar Travis Scott, before Hozier blazes and Wunderhorse go off like a rocket

The Guardian - UK

The Kooks frontman, Luke Pritchard, says Reading set felt like a ‘homecoming’

The Brighton-formed band is known for their hit songs Naive, She Moves In Her Own Way, and Junk Of The Heart (Happy).

Evening Standard

Chappell Roan at Reading Festival review: simply femininomenal

4/5 The singer delivered a high-camp, high-kicking dance party for her Reading Festival set

Evening Standard

The Golf Club That Has Moved Twice And Changed Name Three Times In 127 Years

When Reading Golf Club moved home in April 2021 to the former Caversham Heath course, it took on its latest name of 'The Caversham, Home of Reading Golf Club'...

Golf Monthly

Best commuter towns: four areas within 45 minutes of London with house prices from £350,000

Keen to move but not keen on the journey? Here are top towns within 45 minutes of London

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Gordon Ramsay 'signs whopper deal to appear in Burger King advert'

Hell's Kitchen star Gordon Ramsay is said to have signed a six-figure whopper of a deal to appear in a Burger King advert, after he was spotted filming outside one of the eatery's restaurants in Reading, Berkshire, last week.

The Guardian - UK

Recalling a reading initiative that went awry

Letters: Readers respond to a feature about the controversial Initial Teaching Alphabet, which was adopted by some schools in the 1960s but had a lasting impact

The Independent UK

BMW worker was fired after bosses authorised secret filming over back pain

Mohamed Kerita, who worked in the firm’s manufacturing factory, suffered with back pain from 2017, the tribunal in Reading heard

Evening Standard

Jamie Gittens: Chelsea confirm £55m signing of Borussia Dortmund winger

Reading-born winger returns to English football after four years in Germany

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Tributes paid to elderly sisters killed in collision while on ‘morning walk’

The women, aged 70 and 68, died after colliding with the car on Peppard Road in Caversham, Reading at around 7.55am on Friday.

The Independent UK

Man arrested after 15-year-old girl who was missing for a year is found in his apartment

A 15-year-old girl who went missing last year from Reading, Pennsylvania, was found in High Point, North Carolina.

The Conversation

Oscar Wilde’s The Ballad of Reading Gaol is a work of art activism beloved by Banksy

In 2021, Banksy revealed a mural of Oscar Wilde, clad in prisoner garb, making an escape from the abandoned Reading jail. The artist claimed that he would donate profits from the sale of the stencil he used to create the work (a projected £10 million) to set up an arts…

Evening Standard

The Elizabeth Line: room rents up by almost 40 per cent in three years since launch

The average price of a room along the line has risen from £628 to £839 per month since 2021, according to new data from SpareRoom

The Independent UK

Festival packing list 2025: What to bring to Reading & Leeds, Creamfields and more

From tents and camping chairs to dry shampoo, SPF and wellies, tick off this list while you pack

Evening Standard

William suggests enforced career breaks to protect NHS workers’ mental health

The Prince of Wales visited the Oasis Health and Wellbeing Centre and garden in Reading, used by staff from the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust.

The Independent UK

Signalling failure causes major disruption for commuters

Great Western Railway (GWR) said its services between London Paddington and Reading are suspended because of the fault in Twyford, Berkshire.

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