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Council to Seek Development Partner to Deliver Exciting Minster Quarter Ambitions

  • Council set to seek a development partner for the transformation of the Minster Quarter
  • Development will see hundreds of new homes built, including affordable housing, as part of a thriving new town centre community
  • New growth will bring new jobs and new opportunities for local residents
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City Fibre to Face Questions on Disruption

  • City Fibre Directors will be questioned by Councillors this week about traffic disruption in Reading
  • Session follows major disruption along the Oxford Road and Caversham during City Fibre works
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Reading Libraries to host Aida the Storytime Drag Queen in July

  • Interactive storytelling aims to promote diversity and acceptance.
  • The free Story Hour sessions will be on offer on 25 and 26 July.
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Successful Reading Abbey Revealed looks to protect the future of the Abbey Quarter

  • Reading Abbey Revealed Project seeks to continue work with conservation specialists to ensure site is protected and preserved for the foreseeable future
  • Evaluation report going before the Council’s Housing, Neighbourhoods and Leisure Committee on Wednesday 29 June
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Council reveals £20 million bid to revitalise Hexagon and Central Library

  • Council to submit £20 million bid for Government ‘Levelling Up’ funding
  • Opportunity to revitalise and breathe new life into Reading's cultural and learning offer
  • Proposals to transform the Hexagon and build a new Central Library
CYP Mental Wellbeing Project

Have your say on arts and culture projects to help improve young people’s mental wellbeing

  • Cultural projects planned to improve wellbeing for young people aged 0-25
  • Children of all ages and their families, teachers, and family workers encouraged to register their interest
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Reading and Düsseldorf Celebrate 75 Years of Friendship

  • Reading will welcome The Lord Mayor of Düsseldorf, Oberbürgermeister Stephan Keller, and representatives from Düsseldorf City Council
  • The Mayor and the Oberbürgermeister will re-affirm the friendship link at a Civic meeting on Sunday afternoon
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Reading pays tribute to veterans on Armed Forces Day

  • Free family-friendly event on 25 June in the Forbury Gardens and town centre between 11am to 4.30pm.
  • Musical performances, craft workshops and activities throughout the day
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Reading Celebrates Clean Air Day 2022

  • Reading marks Clean Air Day 2022
  • Celebration at the Crescent Road School Street in east Reading
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Reading’s Community Alcohol Partnership wins two national awards for tackling underage drinking

  • Readings Community Alcohol Partnership co-ordinator, Tessa Brunsden, received the CAP+ of the Year Award, and the Award for Innovation 
  • Reading's CAP was set up in January 2015 as a partnership between Reading Borough Council, local police, retailers, schools and neighbourhood groups and health providers
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Artists announced for next stage of heritage funding for projects celebrating Oxford Road

  • Two £9k grants awarded to local art groups
  • Cultural projects include an after-school programme and community newspaper
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Reading Remembers Two Years After The Forbury

  • Next Monday marks the two-year anniversary of the attacks at Forbury Gardens
  • A minute's silence and flower laying ceremony will take place at Forbury Gardens from 7pm