Strap on those high heels, reach for that dream gown and dust off that tuxedo for a night of glitz and glamour at the
Penta Hotel Reading on Saturday 2nd October 2010.

King’s Meadow Swimming Baths Campaign have organised THE SAVE THE SWIMMING POOL CHARITY BALL.

The Ball will start at 7.00pm, will feature a Three Course Dinner and a dance to the popular Reading band Tequila Mockingbird.

Tickets £45.00 Black Tie

For more information or to book tickets, please …

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Celebrate the final days of summer with the sweet summer sounds of the Smith Spranger Sessions.  Their subtly slapdash music offers the perfect antidote to bland, personality free and highly produced music that pervades our daily lives.

With an emphasis on the recreational rather than rehearsal, the band aims to enjoy themselves and have some fun.  This quickly rubs off on the audience as they join in on well loved songs spanning the decades; the Stones …

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Rebecca Wood and her friend, Grace Beaumont, both in their early 20s are in the process trying to establish a youth centre in Caversham Park Village.

They have identified that there’s little for under 18′s in the area to do after school hours. Currently a lot of local kids ranging in age from 10 early 20s hang around the local shops and fields with nothing to entertain them or no where they can go without being …

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It’s nice to see people back in the gardens of The Gardeners’ Arms, in Emmer Green. They reopened at 5pm today (29th July), doing a special offer on food – no use to me as my tea was already on, but a good idea. I popped in for a quick half – the Speckled Hen isn’t ready this evening, but the IPA was as good as Greene King IPA gets (and better than it usually …

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It’s that time of year again and Raaj (Reading Real Ale and Jazz) makes a welcome return to Christchurch Meadows, Caversham, Reading. The venue is located a convenient 5 minutes walk from Reading station but if you prefer to drive there is car parking available across the road from the festival.

The festival is on Thursday, Friday and Saturday 15-17th July 2010. Full details of the performers, opening times, ticket and other useful information can be …

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Be warned: if someone phones you up, out of the blue, and tells you that they are a computer support company and that your computer is infected with viruses, just hang up. Don’t let them talk you into visiting their website, certainly don’t let them load anything onto your PC, and don’t pay them any money.

There is a company ringing people up in the Caversham area. When you reply they tell you, in broken English …

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A True Food community co-operative shop has opened in Grove Road, Emmer Green (opposite the entrance to Emmer Green primary school).

The opening times can be found here: http://www.truefood.coop/node/2156.

The shop offers a huge range of organic wholefoods, fresh fruit and vegetables and eco-friendly household products. True Food Co-op is a not-for-profit organisation based in Reading, Berkshire and serves the surrounding areas in Berkshire. The home page for True Food Co-Op is here.

Emmer Green school has created a wonderful new natural garden.

Photos and video are available from the school website.

Please click here.

The predicted threat from the Liberal Democrats actually translated to the current Conservative MP, Rob Wilson, strengthening his majority to 7,605 and retaining his seat.

However,  Liberal Democrat candidate Gareth Epps did succeed in pushing Labour down into 3rd place despite them having been close behind Rob Wilson in 2005.

Full results for Reading East can be found here.

Congratulations to Rob.

You have until 10pm to cast your vote in the UK General Election. The constituency for Caversham is Reading East.

Don’t forget.

Your vote could count as last time round the current MP, Rob Wilson, only had a small majority.