Stay updated with breaking news from Caversham Road. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Sixty-five years ago, the Caribbean novelist Samuel Selvon penned his classic tale The Lonely Londoners, about new arrivals from the West Indies dreaming of opportunities in the ‘mother country’. For journalist Yvonne Singh, this work holds a special poignancy as her father was one of those who arrived in Postwar Britain to build a new life, only to find the reality much more difficult than expected…
WE have rounded up some of Reading's most shocking, exciting and important stories from the past week.
An Itsu will replace Pizza Hut at a shopping centre in south Reading, while more than 130 flats have been approved at two different developments in…
Mobile company Three’s offices by the River Thames will be converted into more than 100 flats after the council approved the plans this week.
Gavin Thomas A man with a history of violence left his victim with a punctured lung after attacking him on the roof of a car dealership. Gavin Thomas, 30, was jailed following his guilty plea to causing Lee Anthony Yhnell grievous bodily harm on Ebbw Vale’s Beaufort Road. He was sent to prison for 30 months. Thomas, of Tredegar Road, Ebbw Vale, had previous convictions for GBH, causing actual bodily harm, battery and witness intimidation. Matthew Greaves Gunman Matthew Greaves brought terror to a Gwent town when he brandished an air rifle, shot it into the air and threatened to ki...