1. 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.

2. Suicide after sickness fears

A man may have hanged himself because he thought he had hepatitis, an inquest heard.

3. High cost of chidren’s 70 languages

The council will lobby the Government for more money to pay for resources to cope with the 70 foreign languages spoken in the borough’s schools.

4. Silence of village social club fuels doubts over future

A village social club which has been “dragging its heels” over renewing the lease faces closure unless it can prove it is financially viable.

5. 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.

6. Warning after distraction burglary

Elderly people across the area have been warned to be on their guard after bogus builders targeted a home of a woman in Sunningdale.

7. Debt centre expands in downturn

The credit crunch has sent calls to a debt counselling service rocketing by nearly 50 per cent this year.

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. Busy Barack ‘so hard to contact’

10. Train staff get better security