Councillors were recommended to approve the plan but decided to defer the decision to give residents more time to comment.

Parents who want to homeschool their children face having to get permission from their local council, if their child is at risk of harm, according to plans in the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill ...

Aspiring rapper Kelyan Bokassa was fatally injured on a route 472 bus in Woolwich Church Street, close to the Woolwich Ferry, just before 2.30pm on Tuesday, in what police called a “horrendous” crime.

The Met Office has issued a snow warning across Berkshire as temperatures are expected to drop. A yellow weather warning is in place for most of the South including Reading, Bracknell and Wokingham in ...

Sir Sadiq Khan’s £24 million scheme to cut London’s Tube and train fares on Fridays to boost passenger numbers made “no noticeable difference” to demand, Transport for London (TfL) said. The Mayor of ...

Manchester United defender Harry Maguire has been disqualified from driving for 56 days and ordered to pay £1,052 after he admitted driving at 85mph in a 50mph limit. The 31-year-old was caught ...

Kallum Pickering, chief economist at brokerage Peel Hunt, said: “If bond yields rise further, Reeves may be forced to make the economically damaging decision of further increasing taxes or cutting ...

Police have given an update on a murder investigation after a series of shocking violent attacks within days of each other in Reading.

TWO men have been arrested and released on bail after a fight broke out between roughly 15 people. At about 1.50am on Wednesday, January 1, police received a report of a brawl involving around 10 to ...

The bodies’ recovery comes as Israel and Hamas are considering a ceasefire deal that would free the hostages and halt the fighting in Gaza.

Department for Transport figures show as of January 1 there were 73,334 public electric vehicle charging devices.

The bodies of Yosef Al Zaydani and his son Hamzah were recovered in an operation, defence minister Israel Katz said.