22 May 2013 Last updated at 10:37 ET

Bid to extend Crossrail to ReadingDemolition of bridge

A call to extend Crossrail into Reading is made to the Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin.

A soldier saying goodbye to a loved one at Victoria station, London, as he leaves for the frontWWI heroes project needs volunteers

The Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead is going to launch an interactive World War I website of its memorials and fallen heroes.

Plea for care home to be kept open

Relatives of elderly residents in a Berkshire care home threatened with closure call on the council to keep it open during a public consultation.

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Is European festival fever a threat? Mud and mayhem or sun and sangria? Benicassim and Reading Festival

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