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Digital Stop Smoking App made Freely Available to Reading Residents

  • New smoke free app launched in Reading to help residents quit
  • App launch comes as smoking rates in Reading fall below 10% for the first time
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Lift off for Reading loves reading challenge

  • Fun space-themed reading challenge for children and adults launches at Reading libraries Saturday 23 May
  • A host of other activities also on offer at libraries throughout the holiday season
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Public electric vehicle charging points to be installed across Reading

  • Around 2,600 public EV charging stations to be delivered in residential streets which lack off-street parking
  • At least nine in 10 households without a driveway will be within 100 metres of an EV charger
  • The £866k government-funded scheme aims to boost the transition to electric vehicles to help reduce carbon emissions and improve air quality in the borough