The third Reading Contemporary Art Fair promises all art lovers an exceptional selection of the finest contemporary art from stunning landscapes to beautiful sculpture.

Over 80 artists and galleries are brought together for this one weekend, exhibiting fine art, prints, photography and sculpture with prices from £40 to £4,000, putting collectable contemporary art well within reach.

The Fair will be held on 28th & 29th April 2012 just over Caversham Bridge at Rivermead Leisure Complex. Tickets are …

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Barry Weston was born in Reading and played youth rugby at Abbey RFC during the decade of 1981- 1991, when he left to become a marine. His death in Helmand Province  on Tuesday 30 August whilst on active duty will be grieved by all those who knew him and his family.

He played in one of the most successful youth teams Abbey produced, playing predominately at no.10. Youth leagues and national competitions did not exist …

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The Fox and Hounds in Gosbrook Road has been taken over by the owners of the Two Bridges Brewery in Caversham,  Kevin and Kerri Durkan. They will also be moving the brewery to the pub.

They have redecorated the pub which includes some memorabealia of The Beatles because as many know Lennon and McCartney played at the pub when they were teenagers in 1960, before forming the Beatles.

The Durkans have said that they will have selection …

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Thames Valley police has warned local schools that there has recently been a number of attempted abductions in the Caversham area, with at least one being near the Albert Road park.

A man, said to be driving a green Nissan car, attempted to lure young boys into his car. No further details are currently available.

We ask everyone to be particularly vigilant, warn their children and report anything suspicious to the police.

Victory to the residents of Reading.

Thanks to the complaints, campaigning by sites such as Caversham Info, the local press and very importantly, the refusal by most to actually pay the ludicrous charge, Reading Borough Council has been forced to scrap the very unpopular charge it introduced to collect green waste.

We obtained from the Council the sales material from when the green bins were sold and there were clear statements which gave the impression that if …

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Abbey RFC has a Colts team, 4 seniors teams and is know to occasionally field a veterans team, so there is a team for every level. New players are always welcome.

From 7 July training will be every Tuesday and Thursday, starting at 7.30pm prompt. Players can arrive earlier to warm up or play some touch rugby.

This season for the 3rd and 4th teams will also feature a structured training programme which will cater for fitness, …

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There is to be pop quiz at the Milestone Centre, Caversham Park Village on 3rd June 2011.

It starts at 7.30pm and everyone is welcome. The entry cost is £3 per team with a trophy for the winning team.

This year there will be five artists at Queen Anne’s showing their work as part of the West Berkshire and North Hampshire Open Studios 2011 event http://www.open-studios.org.uk/. An exciting visual arts exhibtion, which takes place in studios and galleries across the west berkshire county. Our exhibition is number 83, in this years catalogue: http://www.open-studios.org.uk/2011/pages/exhibition.php?entryID=533 On show will be, paintings in a variety of media, printmaking, photography, jewellery, textiles and leather handbags. Aswell as work by …

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The popular Caversham butchers, Jennings, which opened in 1922 has been nominated for an award in the Reading Retail Awards in the category of ‘a shop you can’t live without’. Other fun categories are: favourite coffee shop; the lovely lunch; and service with a smile.

The nomination read, “the staff are always smiling and welcoming an old-fashioned but modern, high-class butchers shop. They always make you welcome, are chatty and sell the best meat and poultry …

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I have just received the following response from Pete Thompson, Streetcare Support Manager, Reading Borough Council – 0118 9372558 Pete.Thompson@reading.gov.uk.

Councils have a Duty to collect Household Waste under Section 45 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (EPA). However, charges for the collection of Garden Waste are permitted under the EPA Section 45.3.(a), through the Controlled Waste Regulations 1992, Section 4 (Schedule 2, Section 3).  UK Legislation can be accessed http://www.legislation.gov.

In relation to the other services …

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