1. Crisis: Government to blame

Wokingham's MP John Redwood has pointed the blame for the current economic crisis squarely at the feet of the Government.

2. Reading says Keep Trade Local

3. Branches are ‘not a danger’, man told

A Homeowner who says he and his family’s lives are at risk from overhanging branches is furious after being told they are not a big enough health risk to be cut down.

4. Delight as school gets £31m rebuild green light

The news a Woodley school will be rebuilt has been welcomed by its headteacher.

5. Clamping leaves bad taste in diner’s mouth

A diner had to fork out £330 to free his friend’s car from clampers, who he claims said they were removing the car to protect it from drunken vandals.

6. Council must pay up on time to small firms

Pressure is growing for councils and banks to pull out all the stops to help small businesses survive the credit crunch.

7. Josephine’s model ambition

A budding model could be heading for stardom as she bids to get on to a television series.

8. Winnersh drug arrest hearing

A drug user who took heroin to “help him sleep” has been referred to a drugs rehabilitation programme after being arrested in a raid on a Winnersh home.

9. School must improve

A primary school has been given a Notice to Improve after Ofsted inspectors branded it inadequate.

10. Town slips to fourth position in new quality of life survey

The town been knocked off its top spot for the best quality of life in Great Britain, but is still one of the healthiest and wealthiest places to live.