News

• Council and Brighter Futures for Children encouraging parents to think about online safety this summer
• Webpage signs parents to helpful resources to minimise risk as children's online time set to increase

• Council reiterates zero tolerance on abuse or attacks on staff after two parking attendants were assaulted last week
• Police appeal for witnesses is ongoing 

• Improvements to a number of Reading's major roads will begin on Monday
• 12 main roads to be improved, with another 27 being resurfaced after the Reading Festival
• Work forms part of new £8m highways investment, following completed £9m programme which resurfaced over 500 roads

• Junction will be closed from Monday 24 July until Monday 7 August
• Essential repairs will resolve current risks to all road users
• Whilst roads are closed for this, the Council will also resurface part of St Mary's Butts and Oxford Road

• Man illegally using an organisational blue badge issued to care home he worked for has been fined £7,000 
• Reading Council working in partnership with Wokingham Borough Council and officers from NSL Parking Services

• The annual canvass to make sure as many residents as possible are registered to vote begins this week
• Thousands of households across Reading will receive letters through the post to confirm their details are up to date

• £13.7 million project to revitalise the town’s much-loved and popular Hexagon Theatre
• Official appointment of the internationally renowned professional team

• Commonwealth Conference on Youth Work delegates visited the Armoured Heart on Monday
• Sculpture is a symbol for peace in Reading and has provided young people with the opportunity to learn more about the dangers of knife crime

• From Monday 17 July, Reading will boast a brand-new Leisure Centre at Rivermead

• Visitors to the new centre can look forward to 6-court sports hall and a 120-station gym with 3 studios, new soft play and café.

• The Norcot by-election will take place on Thursday August 3
• Residents must be registered by July 18 to vote and those wanting to vote in their local polling station will again need to bring photo ID 
• People can register for a postal or proxy vote instead

• Reading Borough Council won the Diversity and Inclusion category at the national LGC Awards
• The Council's Highways team then won the Best Council Services Team at the MJ Awards

• 37 affordable Council homes are set to be officially opened tomorrow
• The North Street development forms part of Council plans to build 400 new affordable homes
• New homes have received positive feedback from tenants set to move in