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News Archive - Week Beginning 17th May 2009
Crime
Reading neighbourhood police have singled out Caversham as a problem area
with regards anti-social behaviour, with the issue of mini-motos being
singled out in particular. The police have initiated an ‘Acceptable
Behaviour Contract’ (ABC) scheme to deal with anti-social behaviour
problems across Reading, with an accompanying system of red and yellow
cards. (Reading Evening Post 21/05/09 pp1,5)
According to the May update on local crime from PCSO Rob Dunford,
burglary is down across Caversham, but officers are urging householders to
be wary to ensure that the dip is not a “one-off”. (Reading
Chronicle 21/05/09 p38)
Police are hunting ‘an animal-hating killer’ after two cats
were found dead in the Derby Road area of Caversham – one with a
bullet-style wound through the head. Both cats had had their tails cut off.
(Reading Chronicle 21/05/09 p3)
Environment
A letter for Bob O’Neill of the King’s Meadow Campaign (KMC),
which aims to redevelop the open air swimming baths at the site, urges
Conservative Councillor Jeanette Skeats and Labour Councillor Graeme
Hoskins, as the lead councillors for sport and leisure on the RBC, to
provide the substantive detail for their allegations that the KMC plans are
financially seriously flawed. (Reading Evening Post 21/05/09 p6)
Planning
Reading East Conservative MP Rob Wilson and Henley Conservative MP John
Howell have contacted South Oxfordshire District Council as part of its
consultation on preferred development options to say that they want more
done to protect the surrounding countryside from urban sprawl and traffic
congestion. The MPs are calling for a ‘Green Belt buffer’ north
of Reading, to stop the two towns from sprawling into one. (Reading
Chronicle 21/05/09 p14)
Politics
Mapledurham Conservative Councillor Fred Pugh has become the new Mayor of
Reading, replacing the former Mayor, Liberal Democrat councillor Peter
Beard. (Reading Evening Post 22/05/09 p3)
Public Safety
The first person to catch swine flu in Reading is said to be a Caversham
resident. The man, who has not been named, is recovering at home after
contracting mild symptoms of the virus on his return from the United States.
(Reading Evening Post 19/05/09 p4)
Schools
Queen Anne’s School has won first prize in a national chemistry
festival, beating teams from 15 other schools from around Reading at
Saleters’ Festivals of Chemistry at the University of Reading.
(Reading Evening Post 22/05/09 p10)
Shops
A letter from Bob O’Neill welcomes the return of Iceland to St
Martin’s Precinct later this year, saying that the retailer seems to
have responded to “word on the street… …by re-instating
their presence in this popular location”. (Reading Chronicle 21/05/09
p19)
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