1. Countdown begins for The Automatic

The Automatic warm up for their ShockWaves NME Awards Tour appearance in Reading next week with a live appearance at HMV in the Oracle.

2. Understrength Moles lose out in derby

Finchampstead 1 - 0 Binfield (Hellenic League Division 1 East)

So Finch have got their own back for last season’s double by securing home and away wins over local rivals Binfield but like the Boxing Day clash the Moles have only themselves to blame.

3. ‘Can I have some Rocket with that?’

Richard Wellings plays guard for the highly successful Altlantis Reading Rockets basketball team. Currently riding high in the league, Richard took a night off from training when food monthly sent him to sample what’s on offer foodwise at our top spa in the area, Nirvana Spa. Was it a slam dunk taste wise and health wise?

4. Improving Moles hold League leaders!

Badsot Lea 1-1 Binfield (Hellenic League Division 1 East)

Binfield pulled off a major upset, reducing Badshot Lea’s lead to four points at the top of the table, with an impressive display in a 1-1 draw on Saturday.

5. Exclusive interview with newly crowned double Michelin starred chef John Campbell

If Heston Blumenthal is the Picasso of the food world, John Campbell is Damien Hirst.

6. Ascot to spend £10m on revamp

RACECOURSE bosses at Ascot are being forced to plough £10 million into refurbishing its grandstand following complaints from punters about poor viewing.

7. 230 attacks on staff at Broadmoor

MORE than 4,000 attacks on staff were recorded in England’s three high security hospitals, including Broadmoor in Crowthorne, in the last three years, figures show.

8. Severance (15)

YOU can sum up Severance by describing its opening scene; two semi-naked Eastern Europeans forced to tie their bras together to escape a pit made by a group of deranged killers. Or, in a word, brilliant.

9. Thug says sorry

THE teenage thug seen on a public website smashing a window at Easthampstead Park School has apologised for his actions.

10. Manics bring Tigers

Manic Street Preachers will bring the curtain down on their 2007 UK tour with a date at Reading’s Hexagon on Saturday, June 9.