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Girl in play area

Residents invited to vote on favourite design for new play area at Coley Recreation Ground

  • Six exciting designs to choose from
  • Investment of £200,000 in the new Coley Recreation Ground play area
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Four of Reading’s treasured monuments get a spring clean for 2023

  • Four Reading monuments will benefit from conservation work thanks to Reading’s High Street Heritage Action Zone project.
  • Work starts from today (Monday 13 February).
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New Council Budget Delivers in Face of Inflationary Pressures

  • New budget proposals deliver on major investments in better facilities and protect the frontline despite £8.7 million of inflationary pressures this year
  • An additional £4.4 million built in to care for vulnerable and elderly residents
  • Proposed Council Tax increase for 2023-24 is 2.99%, with an additional 2% Adult Social Care precept.
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Yellow Box Junction Enforcement to Begin on Kings Road Junctions

  • Enforcement of the first two yellow box junctions in Reading begins on Monday February 20
  • Warnings, rather than PCN's, will be issued for the first offence at each junction
  • Illegal blocking of yellow box junctions causes delays and contributes to poor air quality for local residents
Work experience students

A taste of work for local students at Reading Council

  • Nine students are on work experience with the Council from King's Academy Prospect and John Madejski Academy (JMA)
  • The students will get a varied taster of the world of local government work.
Feb half-term

Fun-packed half-term in store for families this February

  • Free and low-cost events and creative activities across Reading during the February half-term
RBC Disabled Services Website

New Dedicated Disabled Services Section Created on Council Website

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.

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YoYo Sniffs Out 20,000 illegal and counterfeit cigarettes

  • Detection dog YoYo helped sniff out over 20,000 illegal and counterfeit cigarettes
  • Inspection took place along the Oxford Road last week
The People's Pantry, Friar Street, Reading, 1943, showing the bomb damage from 10 February. A number of men sift through the rubble.

Reading remembers the People’s Pantry bombing 80 years on

  • 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 
Bath Road - Castle Hill Artist Impression

Have your say on plans for Bath Road and Castle Hill walking and cycling improvements

  • 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.
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Public Consultation Begins on Opening Up Station Subway to Cyclists

  • 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
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Reading Hosts Ukraine Benefit Concert One Year On

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.