1. No tickets – and very little chance of refund

One of the thousands of Reading Festival-goers whose tickets never turned up may not get a refund after an online ticket company went bust.

2. King of the Green

The Raj Tandoori in Emmer Green has been in business for 13 years now and it seems it’s something of a well-kept secret in the area – around 95 per cent of the restaurant’s custom comes from local residents, who return time and time again.

3. Hop to it

If you were given a kit to design your own traditional English pub, you couldn’t come up with much better than The Frog & Wicket.

4. Cheering most talented 15 to the final

The town’s finest strutted their stuff at Broad Street Mall yesterday to prove that Reading really Has Got Talent.

5. What's on in Berkshire

6. Festival boss vows to make 2009 safer

A ‘spotter’ in the crowd to notice potential surges, increasing the spill-out area of the main stage and ensuring a one-way entry/exit system for the toilets are among safety issues Reading Festival boss Melvin Benn has vowed to address.

7. Watch how Pop Britannia ruled

Pop Britannia started life as a BBC4 series, but it’s made its way on to BBC2 so that the rest of the country can be exposed to how British pop music took over the world.

8. X Factor star’s advice for our talent hopefuls

As the semi-finalists of Has Reading Got Talent? tomorrow fight for a place in Saturday’s final, one former X Factor hopeful knows just how they feel.

9. Hairy Bakers clock up more food miles

The Hairy Bikers have carved out a reputation as two of the most entertaining and watchable chefs on television.

10. Music and mayhem

This year’s 20th Reading Festival went with a bang – quite literally.