1. ‘Laidback attitude made our holiday’

The Portuguese seaside town of Lagos is full of piri-piri restaurants, bars and sunshine all served in the most relaxed surroundings.

2. Matt scoops talent final £1,000 prize

An office worker who reckons he “doesn’t exactly have stage presence” has won the final of Bracknell’s Got Talent.

3. How To Lose Friends and Alienate People

4. How to lose friends and alienate people

British comedy actor Simon Pegg stars as Sidney Young, a sharp-tongued journalist who ends up in the States writing for New York’s glossy mag, Sparks.

5. Now showing:

An overview of the latest cinema listings, including Igor, Mirrors and Nights in Rodanthe. 

6. How To Lose Friends and Alienate People (15)

How To Lose Friends and Alienate People is the first feature film British comedy hero Simon Pegg has starred in that he hasn’t also had a hand in writing. And it shows.

7. September's Food Monthly

Get your copy of September's Food Monthly free inside Friday's Reading Post

8. Mum-of-7 who sleeps on sofa has op delayed

A mum-of-seven who does not have a bed of her own has been refused a larger home because there are not any big enough in the borough.

9. Star misses out on Mercury prize

Former Reading schoolgirl Laura Marling lost out on the Nationwide Mercury Prize to Manchester five-piece Elbow.

10. Talent is hot to trot as auditions go on

Irish dancers, opera singers, guitarists, rappers and street dancers were just some of the acts auditioning for Has Reading Got Talent? on Saturday.