11. Abseil Bracknell & Wokingham Colllege for charity

Bracknell & Wokingham College will host a charity abseil for the first time in June.

12. Reading Beer and Cider Festival will be biggest ever

This year’s Reading Beer and Cider Festival promises to be the biggest yet with an unbeatable range of ales plus some new attractions.

13. Controversial comic Doug Stanhope comes to Reading

Doug Stanhope is angry, rude, drunk and he doesn't like Britain very much - but he's also extremely funny, if you like that sort of thing.

14. Asbestos ‘time bomb’ claims another victim

A couple say they are disappointed a happy, optimistic man never got the chance to “stick two fingers up” at the company which made him work with the asbestos which would kill him many years later.

15. Restaurant review: Barts Grill & Restaurant

16. Royal Berks battles c-diff bug

Levels of diarrhoea-inducing bacteria at Royal Berkshire Hospital have failed targets which could see the trust face action from a watchdog if it is not brought under control.

17. Dying paedophile sentenced to 15 years

A child abuser with cancer will die in jail after he was sentenced to 15 years in prison for a catalogue of offences.

18. Six years for knife attack thug

A 26-year-old Binfield man who stabbed a man in Bracknell town centre and asked his girlfriend to lie for him in court has been sentenced to six-and-a-half years in jail.

19. Chef denies race assault on taxi driver

A promising young chef working at a restaurant tipped for a Michelin star has admitted hurling racist insults at taxi drivers during a row over a fare.

20. Ex-bank manager jailed for bribery

A former bank manager who tried to bribe witnesses ahead of a trial has been sentenced to more than a year in prison.