1. Beam me up, I can play young Scotty

SIMON PEGG’S career has gone stellar since Shaun of the Dead shot him to fame.

2. Join Adrian on ‘depraved journey’

‘A depraved journey of lust/lunacy and murder’ – I quote from the press release – doesn’t sound like a recipe for laughs.

3. Keeping up with the Jones’s

Sounds recently reported that Reading’s own Jones Radio were to fly the Atlantic and take New York by storm. Well, we were half right.

4. Getting better all the time

Reading band Glamour For Better will enjoy the benefit of a major push from the likes of iTunes, Bebo and MySpace when they launch their debut album next month.

5. A sprinkling of Stardust

Despite its starry cast Stardust has so far received a cool reception.

The story is based on the novel by Neil Gaiman, with a screenplay written by Matthew Vaughn and Jonathan Ross’s wife, Jane Goldman.

6. Big names to make you laugh

STAND-UPS will take the stage at a central Reading venue for a weekend of unadulterated comedy.

7. High spirits for Hallowe'en

As the nights draw in and the shadows lengthen, Basildon Park in Berkshire prepares to swing open its gates and beckon visitors through to a week of hair-raising family fun, in celebration of the spookiest night of the year.

8. Great Hollands Community Day

The Great Hollands Community day took place yesterday, we've got interviews with the event organiser PCSO Carl Francis, as well as Mayor Gill Birch and Easthampstead Park Head Gordon Cunningham. Picture galleries will also be available this afternoon, and see this week's Bracknell Standard for the full write-up.

9. Great Hollands gears up for Community Day

GREAT Hollands is gearing up for an action-packed half-term next month with its first ‘Community Day’ set to go ahead on Wednesday, October 24.

10. For one night only

Ever since Led Zeppelin announced their reunion for the Ahmet Ertegun tribute concert at London’s O2 next month, I’ve harboured hopes that the rock legends would stay together long enough to headline Reading in 2008.