• Food Waste Action Week encourages people to buy loose fruit and veg to cut back on waste
• Residents of Reading are currently recycling 555 tonnes of food waste each month
• Council asking residents if they can recycle even more of their food waste

• Ash dieback disease has been found at Clayfield Copse
• Council will need to fell affected trees for public safety
• All removed trees will be replaced to allow Clayfield Copse to thrive

• Residents are being offered four weekends to hold community summer street parties with no road closure fees
• Opportunity to come together to mark 80^th anniversaries of VE Day and VJ Day

• Reading’s renowned half marathon returns on Sunday 23 March
• Residents encouraged to check for road closures and to plan ahead if travelling on race day

Reading’s transformation from a town known for beer, bulbs and biscuits, to one famous for digital industries is being marked at a new Reading Museum exhibition which opens to the public on Tuesday 18 March 2025.