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Reading Council have teamed up with Reading Buses, Ed Hawkins Professor of Climate Science at the University of Reading, and Reading Football Club at the official team squad photo to kick-off the Council’s climate change awareness month in November.

• Residents come together to enhance an area of land next to the Holiday Inn in South Reading
• Further enhancements with a bench and trees are planned

• Final reminder canvass letters will be sent out by the Council to households this week
• Letters are the last phase of the Council’s drive to get as many people as possible on the electoral register, before the November 30 deadline

• Thames & Chilterns Gold Award for Caversham Court Gardens
• Henley Road Cemetery receives Silver Gilt Award

• Proposals to ensure developers need to apply for planning permissions so that local communities can have their say
• Council wants to ensure all developments go through the correct democratic planning process
• If agreed, 'Article 4 Direction' would come into effect in parts of Reading on November 15

• East Reading’s first school street set to extend to afternoons from 7 November
• Appeal for more volunteer school street marshals

• Award recognises the work of local Pubwatch schemes and their efforts to provide safe drinking environments for customers and staff.
• Reading Pubwatch was recognised for the range of new initiatives launched over the past twelve months

• Joint investigation by Reading Trading Standards and Thames Valley Police secures successful conviction of rogue trader operating across Southeast
• Vulnerable and elderly residents who were targeted received compensation for work carried out to their properties

• Food waste collections have seen overall recycling rates rise from 32% to 50%
• Proportion of grey bin waste made up of food has fallen from 41% to 23%
• Tips offered to help residents recycle even more

• First annual awards celebrating lifelong learning sills and Reading’s Adult Learners
• Awards for those who have overcome adversity, demonstrated outstanding professional skills, and more