1. Cage fighting stays to boost centre coffers

Calls for cage fighting were dismissed at a council meeting following a brawl earlier this month.

2. Council must pay up on time to small firms

Pressure is growing for councils and banks to pull out all the stops to help small businesses survive the credit crunch.

3. ‘More money’ plea to handle foreign school pupils boom

Teaching in the borough has had to adapt quickly to the sharp rise in the number of pupils who speak English as a second language.

4. No ‘knee-jerk’ to Baby P fury

A “knee-jerk” reaction to the Baby P tragedy will not save lives, according to the councillor in charge of the borough’s social services department.

5. Waitrose launches probe as union accuses it of breaching work rules

Waitrose has launched an investigation after learning that low-paid migrant workers are allegedly pulling double shifts in its warehouses with just a few hours’ kip in the car in between.

6. Untaxed cars towed away

Motorists driving untaxed vehicles around a Bracknell estate felt the full arm of the law at the weekend.

7. Keep Trade Local: calls for fund to save businesses

A business group is campaigning for the Government to create a £1 billion “Small Business Survival Fund” it says could save hundreds of firms from going bust.

8. Deaf DJ? That’s sound with me

It may not seem the most obvious profession for someone who is profoundly deaf, but Spencer Collins, 34, deaf since birth, has made a name for himself as DJ Harcor.

9. Town’s 5,000-year heritage

10. Keen to compete with other green growers

Dazzling dahlias, lovely lilies and magnificent magnolias were on show as a horticultural society’s members showed off their green-fingered skills.