News

• Proposed new Deputy Leader of the Council and Mayoral nomination announced for the new Municipal Year
• All appointments to be ratified at the Council’s AGM on Wednesday May 24 at Reading Town Hall

• The Armoured Heart sculpture is a symbol of peace and hope which stands against knife crime
• Young people from Starting Point charity worked with local artist Stuart Melrose on the project
• Sculpture will be followed by an ongoing educational outreach programme to challenge knife culture

Gaia created from NASA imagery comes to Reading this summer and an exciting programme of events has just been announced.

• The first new station in Reading since Reading West opened on 1 July 1906
• Now due to open on 27 May

• Council has objected to TfL proposals to withdraw the current one-day travelcard for Reading residents travelling into London
• Withdrawal of the ticket would result in a 31% increase for an off-peak return from Reading to Paddington with zones 1-6 Tube travel

Residents, who have an interest in sustainable fashion, are being invited to take part in a borough wide event to design and showcase their own piece of sustainable fashion.

• Scammer previously jailed for selling fake car service history books has been fined over £150,000 following Proceeds of Crime investigation

• Residents will need to bring photo ID with them in order to vote at their local polling station next Thursday
• If a voter turns up at a polling station without an acceptable ID, they will be asked to return home to collect it before they can be issued with a ballot paper

• Residents will see a change to their waste collection days in the three Bank Holiday weeks coming up
• Collection days, including the changes, can be looked up on the Council's online bin calendar
• Day changes include garden waste collections, for which new subscriptions are available now

• Free and low-cost events and activities happening across the borough to celebrate the Coronation
• 39 street parties organised by residents and local communities 

• Deadline to apply for free Voter ID is now just one week away
• National changes introduced this year mean residents voting at a polling station will have to show an acceptable form of photographic ID to vote 
• The deadline for applying for a postal vote is tonight at 5pm

• Reading landlord will have to pay £22,861 financial penalty after operating a house of multiple occupation without a licence 
• Financial penalties of up to £30,000 can be issued by the Council, as an alternative to prosecution