Berkshire News (Duplicate)

  • Brand-new jewellery brand to open shop in The Oracle

    A brand-new jewellery shop is opening in The Oracle this month. Jewells Official was established with the hope of creating a global jewellery brand in just six months.

  • Popular bar chain closes Reading Town Centre location

    A popular Reading bar has closed it's doors to customers for good. The All Bar One chain, owned by Mitchells & Butlers, has been serving customers for 30 years and the branch in the High Street was open for decades.

  • TK Maxx announces opening date of new Reading store

    TK Maxx has announced the opening of it's new store in Reading Town Centre. After years in Broad Street Mall, the clothing store has announced that it will be closing on Monday, May 19.

  • Police spotted in Reading park following police incident

    A police cordon was spotted at a recreation ground in Reading following a suspected incident in the early hours. According to residents, police arrived at the scene at Beresford Road recreation ground at around 6am on Saturday, May 17.

  • 'Bruce Willis of Reading' to have bucket list wishes granted

    A terminally ill crane operator, hailed as the "Bruce Willis of Reading," is set to have his bucket list wishes granted. Glen Edwards, known for his daring rescue of a workman from a burning high-rise building, has been given the devastating news that his spine cancer has grown.

  • Thames Water begin next stage in sinkhole repair after residents' 'frustration'

    Thames Water have begun the next stage of the repair process after ‘frustration’ from residents over the delay. The sinkhole appeared in the middle of Kidmore Road at 8am on Sunday, January 12, due to a water leak.

  • Waterpark owner ‘invited children to swim in deep water’ – inquest

    A waterpark owner caused danger by “inviting” children to swim in deep water, a lawyer representing the family of a drowned 11-year-old girl has told her inquest. Kyra Hill died after getting into difficulty in a designated swimming area at Liquid Leisure near Windsor, Berkshire, on August 6 2022.

  • Sunday Times Rich List reveals richest people in the Southeast

    The 76-page special edition of The Sunday Times Magazine reveals the largest fall in the billionaire count in the guide’s 37-year history, from a peak of 177 in 2022 to 156 this year. The number of billionaires has dropped for three successive years – this year's decline is the sharpest yet.

  • Rob Couhig aiming to utilise Reading location for 'exciting' stadium plans

    New Reading owner Rob Couhig has revealed that he is hoping to utilise the town's location in the 'hub of the IT community' to make some 'exciting' upgrades to the Select Car Leasing Stadium. Couhig finally completed his long-awaited takeover on Wednesday, having originally tried to purchase the club back in August 2024. Keen to increase the club's revenue streams, the new Royals chief believes that the club can become good partners with the IT community, the Thames Valley famously dubbed the UK's Silicon Valley. Supporters are keen to see the squad progress on the field, but have been calling for improvements to the stadium for months, the much-loved home of the club since 1998 beginning to show its age during Dai Yongge's miserable reign. "I’m glad you brought up the stadium," Couhig said to the media on Wednesday. "There' will be some things happening over the next three months with the stadium that I think will be very, very much exciting to the fans, very much part of how we see ourselves getting fixated into the future. The world is changing, whether we want it to or not. We're not going to go back to the great halcyon days of Reading 25 to 30 years ago, we want the best days of Reading being in the next five or 10 years, because after that what can you do? "One of the attractions about Reading is where it's situated, right there in the hub of the

  • F1 personality Guenther Steiner brings UK tour to Reading

    Formula 1 personality Guenther Steiner is bringing his new UK tour to Reading. The former Haas F1 team principal, who became a household name after appearing in the hit Netflix series Drive to Survive, is embarking on a new tour called Unfiltered Live.