Trains hit by gas cylinder fire

Train services around Reading resume after they are disrupted by a fire involving a gas cylinder.

Two hurt in 4×4 bus shelter crash

A mother and her 12-year-old son are injured when a 4×4 vehicle crashes into a bus stop.

Thousands lose Vodafone service

Vodafone customers across southern England lose mobile service after an exchange centre was broken into.

Council pays £40k for road claims

Wokingham council paid out an average of 40,000 a year in compensation for potholes, the BBC learns.

Charge over homeless man’s murder

A 35-year-old is charged with murder after a homeless man was found stabbed to death.

Burglars smash hole in building

Burglars smash a hole in the wall of an industrial unit before escaping with computer networking equipment.

Pair charged in burglary inquiry

A man and woman are charged over a string of more than 20 burglaries across Berkshire, Surrey and Hampshire.

Police start cyber-bully scheme

Police are to begin using a social networking website to tackle the problem of “cyber bullying”.

Homeless man was stabbed

A homeless man who was stabbed to death on a footpath in Reading is identified by police.

Complaints about police increase

Complaints against officers from Thames Valley Police rose by 23% last year, a watchdog reveals.

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