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Private Hire operator fined after advertising uninsured airport taxi transfers on Facebook
- Unlicensed airport transfers promoted on Facebook without a private hire operator’s licence
- Ordered to pay £1,418, including penalties, victim surcharge, and prosecution costs
Council Acquires 16 Brand New Homes for Residents
- 16 homes on new development will be made available to those on Reading's housing register
- The homes form part of the Council's wider new build programme
- Wider programme includes 30 Council properties at Dwyer Road, where work began last week
Reading Festival Takes Centre Stage Again
- Everything you need to know about Reading Festival 2025
- Information on traffic, parking, temporary traffic management changes, getting to the site, residents hotline number, advice on personal safety and what is being done to make this year's event the most sustainable yet
Prospect Park Crowned Reading’s Favourite in Public Vote
- Prospect Park beat Caversham Court in to 2nd place
- Arthur Newbery Park, Palmer Park and Forbury Gardens finished 3rd to 5th respectively
- Vote saw over 500 residents choose ahead of last week's Love Parks Week
Lost Library Book Travels from Reading to Paris….. and Back Again
A TRAVEL GUIDE book borrowed from Battle Library has made its own unexpected journey after being found on the Paris Métro and swiftly returned to Reading.
New Emmer Green Playground Open For Play
- Investment of £350,000 in new play area
Heavy Fine for Oxford Road Business for Unauthorised Extension
- Oxford Road business fined by courts for failure to remove an unauthorised extension which required planning permission
- Business repeatedly ignored Council warnings and enforcement notices
Overnight road closures on A33 Relief Road
- Series of overnight road closures required as phase five of the South Reading Bus Rapid Transit scheme nears completion
- Diversion and traffic management will be in place as closures take place between August and October
- The scheme will deliver improved bus services and a new cycle and pedestrian bridge
Primary school pupils create time-capsule roof
- Pupils from Alfred Sutton Primary School decorate tiles used in major roof replacement works
- Project forms part of the Council’s programme of upgrading old Victorian school buildings
Union Street business prosecuted after vape sale to 14-year-old
- Reading Accessories ownerfined after failing a test purchase exercise by Trading Standards
- 14-year-old volunteer sold vape with maximum nicotine content
Have Your Say on a New Public Space Protection Order in Reading
- New Public Space Protection Order being consulted on for Reading
- PSPO would give the Police and Council greater powers to tackle key issues concerning residents
- Have your say at www.reading.gov.uk/PSPOsurvey by 7 September