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In this week's column, Jason Brock, the leader of Reading Borough Council, highlights three pieces of good news in the council's quest to get to net…

The Abbey Ruins and other Reading landmarks have been illuminated blue and red to raise awareness about the effects of climate change on our planet.

Matt Rodda helping the school VOLUNTEERS are creating a sensory garden for school children and a local MP gave a helping hand last week. Last Tuesday, Reading East MP Matt Rodda visited Redlands Primary School to help turn the current playground into a more natural, sensory garden space. Mr Rodda joined ten parent volunteers as well as Naomi German, gardener and founder of Erleigh Road Community Garden, volunteers from Reading Climate Action Network and local landscape gardener Chris Cox. The volunteer team behind the sensory garden hope to turn the brick and tarmac playground into a...

Climate emergency demonstration with councillors Tony Page and Jason Brock Two years since Reading Borough Council’s (RBC) climate emergency declaration, what has been achieved? The climate emergency declaration committed the council to play ‘as full a role as possible’ and ‘lead by example’ in achieving a carbon neutral Reading by 2030. The Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS) spoke to three climate campaigning groups to find out their view on the council’s record since the declaration in February 2019. And we spoke to RBC lead member for Environment Cllr Tony Page to...