1. Forget the sales – cheer on the Royals

Get Bracknell, Tuesday 31 December 2002
FORGET the January Sales – who needs to spend New Year’s day trawling round Reading town centre shopping?

2. Turning back to a darker Christmas

Get Bracknell, Monday 30 December 2002
THERE were some little gems hidden away among the mostly cheerless festive TV specials.

3. SEVEN YEARS FOR RAPIST SNARED BY DNA SAMPLE

Get Bracknell, Wednesday 25 December 2002
A BRACKNELL man has been jailed for seven years for raping a woman near Iver station in August.

4. GIVING TREE APPEAL IS A RECORD BREAKER

Get Bracknell, Wednesday 25 December 2002
BY ZOE COLVILE

KIND-hearted readers have helped make this year's Times series' Giving Tree Appeal a record-breaking success.

5. MOTORCYCLIST DIED AFTER LOSING CONTROL

Get Bracknell, Wednesday 25 December 2002
A NOVICE motorcyclist from Bracknell died when he lost control of his bike, hit a curb and smashed head first into a tree, an inquest heard.

6. PARK FLIES THE FLAG FOR BRACKNELL

Get Bracknell, Wednesday 25 December 2002
BRACKNELL'S Pope's Meadow has been awarded the prestigious Green Flag Park Award for being one of the country's most outstanding open spaces.

7. What’s on for the children

Get Bracknell, Tuesday 24 December 2002
check out the Christmas Magic at Legoland in Windsor. This magical event will delight children and there’s plenty for grown-ups too.

8. In AWE of prize pupils

Get Bracknell, Monday 23 December 2002
CELEBRATING - Back row; Dean Wallace, Paul Salem, Chris Mason, Mark Hopkins, Tom Williams, Simon Bracey, Sam Carter and John Young. Middle row; Nick Clement, Graeme Stevenson, Stuart Williams, Graeme Watson, Paul Williams, Marc Wigley, Richard Aulsberry, Richard Musson, Scott Kemp and Craig Brown. Front row; Chris Waters, director Frank Winter, managing director Bill Haight, apprentice committee chairman Roger Hopkinson and Graham Atkinson

9. Mary's story made immaculate telly

Get Bracknell, Monday 23 December 2002
SON OF GOD – The BBC's interpretation of the virgin birth

10. Chamber aims at ethnic firms

Get Bracknell, Friday 20 December 2002
PLedge from Khan Juna