1. There’s a cunning plan afoot

FORMER Blackadder star Tony Robinson will be in the spotlight when he comes to Reading next month.

2. Reader outrage prompts petition

RESIDENTS and commuters have responded to a story in last week’s Standard with such force that a petition has been launched to tackle over-zealous restrictions in a supermarket car park. 

3. Club’s licence extension application ‘outrageous’

4. Looks great, tastes better

EDWINNS brasserie is housed in a quaint, picturesque building on the edge of Windsor Great Park.

5. We're in market for produce

A passion for local produce and a desire to ‘think green’ is behind the newest farmers market to open in the area.

6. Sounds predicts a riot

One of the most exciting new bands in the country are about to take Reading by storm.

7. Innocent are real smoothies

IF, LIKE me, you sometimes struggle to get your five a day (fruit and veg), getting a few pointers from the experts on how to make the task easier to swallow can only be a good thing.

8. No Connection

Ian Collins of talkSPORT Radio called No Connections "Staggeringly Unsigned!!".

See what all the fuss is about, we've got a couple of tracks, biography and a list of notable achievements as long as your arm for this Reading based band.

9. Girls show how it’s done...

POPULAR comedienne Lucy Porter will bring her new show to theatres near Reading this weekend and next month.

10. Halford looks to banish the upset of debut

GREG HALFORD is determined to put his debut nightmare at Spurs behind him and win his place back in the Reading side before the end of the season.