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THE Council’s website now hosts a dedicated webpage dedicated to information on services for disabled residents, created following feedback from Reading’s disabled community.

• Detection dog YoYo helped sniff out over 20,000 illegal and counterfeit cigarettes
• Inspection took place along the Oxford Road last week

• Mayor of Reading, Cllr Rachel Eden, will lead a short service and lay a wreath to pay tribute the people who lost their lives, on Friday 10 February
• Berkshire Record Office has digitised original records from the day, Reading Libraries are hosting an exhibition of documents and photographs on the aftermath of the bombing raid 

• Proposed improvements to cycling and walking links on Bath Road between Berkeley Avenue and Castle Hill, running over the IDR to Castle Street.
• Public consultation on the scheme’s traffic restriction proposals launching on 2 February to 23 February.

• Consultation on removing the cycling ban along the subway under Reading Station begins today
• Council to begin refurbishment works on the underpass in the spring

ONE year on from the invasion of Ukraine, Reading will come together later this month to host a benefit concert at Reading Town Hall, with all proceeds going to communities affected.

• Next stage of cultural projects celebrating Oxford Road announced
• The Council has awarded three £4k grants, to the Alliance for Cohesion and Racial Equality (ACRE), Change Grow Live, and Real Time Video

• Changes introduced this year mean residents voting at a polling station in the May local elections will need to show photo ID, or apply for a Voter Authority Certificate 
• Alternative is to apply to the Council for a postal or proxy vote

• Earn points for walking, running, cycling, bus or train travel.
• Participate in weekly draws to earn even more points.
• Points can be redeemed for high street stores, restaurants and supermarket vouchers – or donated to charity.
• To start, download the free Innovation Valley Rewards App.

• Reading awarded £19.1 million in 'Levelling Up' funding to revitalise the Hexagon Theatre and build a modern new Central Library
• New Hexagon space will allow for flexible performance and community use
• Brand new modern library will be built next to the Council's Civic Offices on Bridge Street

• Annual civic commemoration will be held on Wednesday 25 January 2023
• Following the global Holocaust Memorial Day theme for 2023 of ‘Ordinary People’
• The free event will feature a mix of live elements, including speakers, choral performances, and candle lighting and memorial ceremony

• Closing the 'opportunity gap' between communities remains a key priority for the Council
• Plan is outlined in a new Tackling Inequality Strategy, with two pilots running in south Reading in year one