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Britain’s relentless rain shows climate predictions playing out as expected

Large parts of the UK are experiencing relentless rainfall, with some places seeing rain for 41 consecutive days and counting. In Reading, in the south east of England, our university’s official rain gauge has recorded precipitation on 31 consecutive days – unprecedented in records stretching all the way back to…

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Britain will turn a corner in 2026, vows Starmer

The Prime Minister told members of the public that people will begin to feel the difference in their pockets.

Evening Standard

Train passengers face delays due to Christmas Eve staff shortages

Great Western Railway services have been disrupted due to a shortage of train staff

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Reading and Leeds Festival announces Charli xcx among headliners for 2026

Next year’s line up features all British and Irish artists, and tickets are already on sale

Evening Standard

Reading and Leeds 2026: Charli XCX, Raye and Florence and the Machine among festival headliners

Fontaines D.C., Dave and Chase & Status are also among the headline acts at the iconic twin festival next August

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Charli xcx among huge headliners announced for Reading and Leeds 2026

Reading and Leeds will have all British and Irish headline acts next year.

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Reading and Leeds festival confirms 2026 headliners

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PM says special educational needs ‘raised with me more than any other issue’

Sir Keir Starmer made his comments during a visit to a school breakfast club in Reading.

Evening Standard

Police make arrest after boy injured in attack at Reading college

Student in hospital but injuries not thought life-threatening, Thames Valley officers say

The Guardian - UK

One arrested after boy injured in Reading college assault

A boy has been taken to hospital for treatment, police say

The Independent UK

Changes to the BBC’s Written Archives Centre threaten open research – and might infringe on the broadcaster’s charter

The BBC’s Written Archives Centre (WAC) is housed in an unassuming bungalow on the outskirts of Reading, 40 miles west of London. It holds one of the greatest document collections of British and global history from the past century.

The Conversation

Labour’s housing hypocrisy: councils serve almost 200 households with no-fault eviction notices

Exclusive: firms run by five of the party’s councils have used legal loophole in England to serve section 21 notices

The Guardian - UK

Police appeal for help finding missing woman and young girl near Reading

The missing woman has been identified as Sally-Jean. She was last seen with the child, named Ava, in Tilehurst, near Reading, on August 25. The pair were

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Harm-reduction vending machines offer free naloxone, pregnancy tests and hygiene kits

In the lobby of the YMCA in Reading, Pennsylvania, stands a row of vending machines – but one machine is different from the rest.

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Watch: we asked people at Reading Festival to finish these iconic metal lyrics and it didn’t go well

“Exit light, enter plight”, apparently

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Watch: we asked people at Reading 2025 what the most metal thing they’ve ever done at a festival was

From hellacious moshpits to getting piercings in a tent, artists and attendees at Reading festival tell us some of their most metal tales

The Guardian - UK

Reading and Leeds festival review – Chappell Roan slays and Bring Me the Horizon power the circle pits

Thousands of post-GCSE teens join acts from pop-poet Antony Szmierek to rap megastar Travis Scott, before Hozier blazes and Wunderhorse go off like a rocket

Evening Standard

The Kooks frontman, Luke Pritchard, says Reading set felt like a ‘homecoming’

The Brighton-formed band is known for their hit songs Naive, She Moves In Her Own Way, and Junk Of The Heart (Happy).

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Evening Standard

Chappell Roan at Reading Festival review: simply femininomenal

4/5 The singer delivered a high-camp, high-kicking dance party for her Reading Festival set

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The Golf Club That Has Moved Twice And Changed Name Three Times In 127 Years

When Reading Golf Club moved home in April 2021 to the former Caversham Heath course, it took on its latest name of 'The Caversham, Home of Reading Golf Club'...

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Best commuter towns: four areas within 45 minutes of London with house prices from £350,000

Keen to move but not keen on the journey? Here are top towns within 45 minutes of London

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Gordon Ramsay 'signs whopper deal to appear in Burger King advert'

Hell's Kitchen star Gordon Ramsay is said to have signed a six-figure whopper of a deal to appear in a Burger King advert, after he was spotted filming outside one of the eatery's restaurants in Reading, Berkshire, last week.

The Guardian - UK

Recalling a reading initiative that went awry

Letters: Readers respond to a feature about the controversial Initial Teaching Alphabet, which was adopted by some schools in the 1960s but had a lasting impact

The Independent UK

BMW worker was fired after bosses authorised secret filming over back pain

Mohamed Kerita, who worked in the firm’s manufacturing factory, suffered with back pain from 2017, the tribunal in Reading heard

Evening Standard

Jamie Gittens: Chelsea confirm £55m signing of Borussia Dortmund winger

Reading-born winger returns to English football after four years in Germany

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