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A street sign on Reading’s Oxford Road has triumphed in the national Sign and Wrap Awards 2025

• South Oxfordshire driver to pay over £1,000 after operating illegally in Reading 
• Driver is also subject to 6-month driving ban from April 2025

• Shared 140m long footpath and cycleway links Beresford Road with new housing and shops
• New facility will go on to link with Richfield Avenue scheme and provide better access to school and leisure centre

• An entertaining evening of quizzing, bidding and eating at Reading Town Hall on 15 May.
• Proceeds will go to the Mayor of Reading’s chosen charities, Reading Community Learning Centre and Reading Prostate Cancer Support

• Families can have their bikes checked for free at five different community hubs and the town centre
• Dr Bike team will check and tune-up cycles and undertake free minor repairs.

• Members of the public are invited to a special service to mark the 80^th anniversary of VE Day at the Reading Minster, 8 May, 7pm.

• £636,449 worth of grants awarded to Reading's voluntary and community groups by the Council last year
• Reading's 'third sector' helps the Council reach residents and communities through a range of projects, activities and volunteering and participation opportunities

• Government funding of £1.3m announced for eight more zero-emission buses to run on Reading – Calcot route
• Funding on top of £4.7m already secured for fleet of 24 electric buses on routes 17 and 21
• Investment supports Council’s aims of encouraging public transport use, reducing carbon emissions and improving air quality

• TfL driver caught by undercover licensing officers during Reading Festival 2024
• Partnership operation by Reading and South Oxfordshire Councils to detect illegal activity 
• Full financial penalties totalled £736

• Cemetery Arch has been closed to the public for safety reasons
• Further works were identified during planned conservation improvements to the historic archway
• Council is working to provide an alternative entrance to the cemetery

• Marriages and civil partnerships available
• Newly opened Register Office with entrance on Bridge Street
• Ceremonial rooms still available at Town Hall

• Type 2 diabetes discovered by Council staff member during routine health check
• Workplace health checks available through the NHS and are a fast, simple way of identifying lifestyle changes which may be needed to improve health and wellbeing.