Harris loses conviction appeal bid
October 31, 2014 by BBC News - Berkshire
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Entertainer Rolf Harris, from Bray, loses the first round of a legal challenge against his conviction for indecent assaults.
Wedding guest jailed over head stamp
October 31, 2014 by BBC News - Berkshire
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A “violent” criminal, who cracked a man’s skull at a wedding with an alcohol-fuelled stamp to the head, is jailed.
Crash teen ‘put smiles on faces’
October 31, 2014 by BBC News - Berkshire
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A Reading teenager who died after being hit by a car in High Wycombe “put a smile on those around him”, his family says.
Golf club to be closed by council
October 31, 2014 by BBC News - Berkshire
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Wokingham Borough Council’s executive decides to close Hurst Golf Course at Dinton Pasture Country Park because it is running at a financial loss.
Two arrested in care home probe
October 30, 2014 by BBC News - Berkshire
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Two people from Reading are arrested as part of a police investigation into a care home in Oxfordshire.
‘Too big’ flats to be demolished
October 30, 2014 by BBC News - Berkshire
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A block of flats in Berkshire is to be demolished after it was built larger than was permitted by planners.
Actor’s father honoured on memorial
October 30, 2014 by BBC News - Berkshire
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The father of Pink Panther actor David Niven is to be remembered on a memorial to a World War One hero.
Living wage concerns at royal shop
October 30, 2014 by BBC News - Berkshire
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Campaigners for a living wage have raised concerns over workers’ pay in a farm shop on the Queen’s Windsor Castle estate.
Women’s hostel 1989 rape investigated
October 30, 2014 by BBC News - Berkshire
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Thames Valley Police investigates a report of rape at a women-only bail hostel in Reading from 1989.
Man arrested after motorway death
October 29, 2014 by BBC News - Berkshire
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A man is arrested after the death of a man who is believed to have been thrown from a car on the M4.