The parish of St Agnes with St Paul and St Barnabas in south Reading is planning to build a new church centre and a new health centre at St Paul’s on Whitley Wood Lane in south Reading. You can learn more about this development at public drop-in sessions at St Paul’s today, Monday 12 August, and Saturday 17 August.
Reading has two mobile library routes that serve the south of the town every three weeks.
There will be two drop-in sessions at St Paul’s Church on Whitley Wood Lane for neighbours who want to learn more about the new church centre and health centre proposed for the site.
There were eight new planning applications in south Reading this week. They may be discussed at one of the next Reading Borough Council planning applications committees.
There were 11 new planning applications in south Reading this week. They may be discussed at one of the next Reading Borough Council planning applications committees.
The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) has invited local community groups to contribute to a survey so they can better understand public perception of their service and the roles within it.
By Gillie Tunley and Brenda Sandilands.
Gordon Bird as Elwood P Dowd in ‘Harvey’ at the Shinfield Players Theatre. Photo: Eilish Phillips
The Shinfield Players are staging the charming Harvey, written by Mary Coyle Chase and deftly directed by Maggie Smith. Members of the audience may remember the original version, a huge Broadway success, and the 1950 film version starring James Stewart as the amiable Elwood P Dowd.
The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) is looking for people aged 12-16 who would like to have a go at being a firefighter at the Whitley Wood firestation on Wednesday 22 May, ahead of the next Young Firefighters training course which starts this September.
The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) is running three have a go events this spring and summer aimed at encouraging more women to consider careers in firefighting.
By Gillian Tunley and Brenda Sandilands.
Photo (c) Lizzy Lam
The Shinfield Players Theatre are presenting John Buchan’s and Alfred Hitchcock’s classic thriller The 39 Steps this week in a highly comedic adaptation by Patrick Barlow (from an original concept by Simon Corble and Nobby Dimon) involving four stellar actors playing over 130 roles in over 50 locations, phew!
These planning applications may be discussed at one of the next Reading Borough Council planning applications committees.
These planning applications may be discussed at one of the next Reading Borough Council planning applications committees.
207 Whitley Wood Lane
Reading
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82 Whitley Wood Lane
Reading
RG2 8PP
65 Whitley Wood Lane
Reading
RG2 8PW
155-159 Whitley Wood Lane
Reading
RG2 8PW
The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS) has invited 12-16 year olds to Whitley Wood Fire Station on Wednesday 13 June at 7.30pm to try out the young firefighters scheme.
The installation of the ‘Whitley Wood Album’, a set of three public artworks by Bruce Williams, was celebrated by the children of the Geoffrey Field Junior School in Whitley and the Reading mayor Rose Williams on 11 May.
177-179 Whitley Wood Lane
Reading
RG2 8PW
65 Whitley Wood Lane
Reading
RG2 8PW
