News

• Approximately 400kg of illegal meat was seized from two Reading food businesses in April
• Stock included 172 sheep heads and two large bags of smokies cutlets, illegal under UK law
• Costs of £6,000 ordered to be paid by the business owners

• Water Fest returns for its 35th year on 8 June 2024, in partnership with the Kennet and Avon Canal Trust

Residents in Reading can access free support with no waiting list for common mental health challenges.

• Countdown to Rivermead pools' opening date
• 25-metre pool and teaching and diving pool set to open - culmination of £40 million Council investment in leisure facilities
• New facilities include splashpad fun zone for younger residents

• South Oxfordshire District Council licensed taxi driver pleaded guilty at Reading Magistrates Court in April
• He was ordered to pay over £1,400 in financial penalties and had eight penalty points added to his driving licence

• Council reiterates planning protections for Southcote Farm after the land was recently offered for auction
• Site is located on floodplain and absorbs water which would otherwise impact on other parts of Reading

• Children's Festival continues with more than two fun-packed weeks of events and activities until Sunday 2 June 2024.
• Celebrating everything sporty with the Paris Olympics and Euro 2024 football tournament on over the summer.

• Council objects to recent Government planning consultation on brownfield development
• If adopted, national policies would automatically override the Council’s own local planning guidelines where arbitrary housing targets are not met

• Twenty-three Reading schools have signed up for Walk to School Week
• Families are being encouraged to walk, cycle, scoot or ‘park and stride’ to school

• The proposed new Administration for Municipal Year 2024-2025 has now been selected
• All appointments are set to be ratified at next week's Annual General Meeting at Reading Town Hall

• Five exciting designs for residents to choose from.
• Investment of £458,000 in the new accessible Victoria Park George Street play area, part of £1m Council investment in play facilities for children.

• Applications are now open for financial support for low-income households in Reading as part of the latest local Household Support Fund scheme
• Cost-of-living vouchers will follow in the summer for families in receipt of free school meals and care leavers