1. £20,000 grant allocated to help give carers break

2. Beam me up, I can play young Scotty

SIMON PEGG’S career has gone stellar since Shaun of the Dead shot him to fame.

3. Improvement with school OFSTED

THE threat of being placed on special measures has passed for a Bracknell school after inspectors noted improvements.

4. Join Adrian on ‘depraved journey’

‘A depraved journey of lust/lunacy and murder’ – I quote from the press release – doesn’t sound like a recipe for laughs.

5. Keeping up with the Jones’s

Sounds recently reported that Reading’s own Jones Radio were to fly the Atlantic and take New York by storm. Well, we were half right.

6. Getting better all the time

Reading band Glamour For Better will enjoy the benefit of a major push from the likes of iTunes, Bebo and MySpace when they launch their debut album next month.

7. Big names to make you laugh

STAND-UPS will take the stage at a central Reading venue for a weekend of unadulterated comedy.

8. High spirits for Hallowe'en

As the nights draw in and the shadows lengthen, Basildon Park in Berkshire prepares to swing open its gates and beckon visitors through to a week of hair-raising family fun, in celebration of the spookiest night of the year.

9. A sprinkling of Stardust

Despite its starry cast Stardust has so far received a cool reception.

The story is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman, with a screenplay written by Matthew Vaughn and Jonathan Ross’s wife, Jane Goldman.

10. Top two in action at Chinnor

Table-toppers Bracknell could go two points clear at the top of South West 1 tomorrow if they can win at second placed Chinnor.