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• Advice includes meal planning, food storage and how to find recipes for your leftovers
• Residents who stopped food recycling are encouraged to restart by ordering new caddies and food bins for free
• Reading's recycling rate has risen from 34% to 50% since food recycling was introduced

• Conservation work on the Mainwand Lion starts today.
• The work is expected to take around 8 weeks.

• Collaborative effort saw residents choose the tree best suited to their road
• By the end of March 387 trees will have been planted in Reading since November
• Tree planting strategy will see 3,000 trees planted on Council land by 2030

• Annual rough sleeping count figures released
• 25 of 36 had no connection to Reading - new support aims to reconnect them with hometowns
• Increase in specialist staffing will help support the most vulnerable in society

• Reading is one of 44 local authorities across the country to successfully bid
• Reading awarded £327k to create an interactive education programme in primary and secondary schools to raise awareness about air quality

• Development plans include much needed affordable homes and sheltered housing for over 55s
• Former swimming pool site will also provide for adults who need support with their mental health
• Part of Council's investment of over £110m in 400 new affordable homes from 2021 to 2026

• 73% in favour of removing the historic cycle ban along the station subway
• Councillors will now decide on Thursday whether to revoke the ban
• Refurbishment works to begin in the Spring

• Today's Express, Duke Street, Reading had its licence revoked in February 2023
• The decision follows a series of serious breaches and despite repeated warnings by the Council’s licensing team

RESIDENTS, businesses and organisations across Reading need to keep accelerating action on climate change if the town is to meet its net zero carbon target by 2030.

• Invitation to local communities in Reading for applications to host their own street parties in May
• The Council is again waiving the usual street closure fee to encourage communities to apply

• Six exciting designs to choose from
• Investment of £200,000 in the new Coley Recreation Ground play area