Today we ran a petition to call on Sir Stuart Rose to reconsider the closure of the Caversham branch of Marks & Spencer Simply Food in St Martin’s precinct. Thanks to the hundreds (yes hundreds!) of you that were able to brave the cold weather to pop down and sign it. I even had to [...]
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It seems attempts by the government to introduce yet another tax in the form of bin taxes have spectacularly backfired. They asked five local-authorities to pilot the unpopular scheme from April, before an expected nationwide rollout, however Environment Minister Jane Kennedy admitted “No local authorities have expressed an interest in piloting a scheme at this [...]
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We will be conducting a street surgery around The Willows area this Saturday. Keep a lookout and feel free to ask us any questions.
Cllr Tom Stanway, myself, European Parliament candidateTherese Coffey meet with a local PCSO after a street surgery we held in December.
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Last night while watching the Inauguration coverage on CNN, they showed off a new technology called Photosynth. They asked people to take photos of the moment when Obama took the oath and email them in. The software then stitched hundreds of the photos together to create an amazing photograph which you can zoom into and [...]
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“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.” – Martin Luther King Jr. August 1963
Today we have seen the first black president being sworn in to the highest [...]
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Tonight the Lead Councillor for Children’s Services on Reading Borough Council resigned in the wake of the Joint Area Review (JAR) that stated that safeguarding is “inadequate”.
Sitting on both the Education & Children’s Services Scrutiny Panel and Parenting Panel, I have always tried to rise above political arguments, as I firmly believe sitting on both [...]
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By popular demand, the photos and prices of the pints are shown below:
HaHa Bar - Stella ÂŁ3.40
Slug and Lettuce - Stella ÂŁ3.30
Sun Inn - Kronenbourg ÂŁ3.00
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Over the break between Christmas and New Years, I went with a few friends to sample pubs around Reading. We went to three chain pubs and one traditional pub. Shockingly only the traditional one actually managed to pour a proper pint.
Guidance from the British Beer and Pub Association recommends:
1. A measure of a beer served [...]
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Some sad news today that Marks & Spencer is to close the Caversham branch of Simply Food.
When it first opened in August 2006 it was a welcome addition to St Martin’s Precinct, helping to brighten up the area, as well as bring people to the local shops.
On Monday the Reading branch of Adams closed its [...]
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Happy New Year to all my residents.
Apologies for lack of posts over the past few weeks, it’s been a pretty busy time. My New Years resolution is to attempt to do at least two posts a week.
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