The Local Newspaper

A 49-year-old man was convicted today of child abuse when he was a teacher at private boys' boarding school in Thatcham in the 80s.

A man accused of being a spotter told a jury how he happened to be walking through a car park near a notorious drug dealers’ haunt in Orts Road when police carried out a raid on the area.

The Crown said they were ‘River man’ and ‘Alley man’ looking out for police as part of the Orts Road drugs gang.

Tree lovers ‘apple-y’ wielded their secateurs under the watchful eye of an expert.

Thames Water customers are being urged to save water to protect a Pangbourne river from drying up.

Police officers and staff could be made redundant as a result of budget cuts agreed last week – although the chief of Thames Valley Police (TVP) has pledged to protect neighbourhood officers.

A ‘precious’ hotel landmark has packed its trunk overnight.

A child has been taken to hospital with head injuries after he was involved in a collision with a car in King's Road yesterday afternoon.

A 24-year-old man from Earley has been arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving after a child was killed after trying to cross King's Road yesterday afternoon.

A woman whose husband was fined after driving in a bus lane to avoid an unpopular width restriction in Tilehurst says they had no chance of winning their appeal as the process was ‘biased’.

Reading manager Brian McDermott is not ‘Russian’ to leave the Royals after rejecting the advances of Premier League side Wolves.

Fast food fans were shocked to see the Burger King restaurant, in Friar Street, closed on Monday morning.

The firefighters’ union has condemned the decision by Royal Berkshire Fire Authority to freeze its council tax precept this year.

The three main parties voted together last night to deliver a council tax freeeze for people in Reading for another year.

A child who was hit by a car in King's Road yesterday has died.

Hundreds of people visited an exhibition to find out about one of the most anticipated developments in the town centre since The Oracle.

The jury at the inquest of cadet Nicholas 'Nik' Rice has reached a verdict of accidental death.

It was the result that no-one saw coming as novice flippers Specsavers battered the opposition to win the 2012 Reading charity pancake race.

Three travellers have been charged with hare coursing after they were arrested at a farm in Mortimer yesterday.

A children's hospice charity has cooked up a campaign to get people to invite friends round to supper to celebrate its 30th anniversary.