1. Paul Clerehugh's perfect Christmas cake

Making a Christmas cake can be a disaster but it doesn’t need to be that way.

If you want to make the perfect cake here’s the answer.

2. Local football round-up

Bracknell Town suffered a second consecutive 2-0 away defeat, this time at the hands of Abingdon United, but Binfield posted a win, albeit after extra-time.

3. Thorpe: These are exciting times at Irish

High-flying London Irish expect to welcome back Pacific Islanders Seilala Mapusua and Sailosi Tagicakibau for Sunday’s Guinness Premiership trip to bottom club Bristol (3pm).

4. Local Rugby Round-Up

Reading's lively scrum-half Simon Dyson is expected to return from a six-week absence for the short South West Division 2 East trip to league newcomers Wallingford (2pm).

5. Friday business profile - Bravanark

Philip VandenBerg has gone from treating injuries in the Army to endeavouring to prevent them happening in the workplace.

He gave Paul Robins the lowdown on his health and safety consultancy

6. Station work still in the early stages

A facelift for Wokingham railway station is on the cards, but talks are still in the early stages.

7. Don't miss your Christmas food monthly

Don't miss your copy of our award winning supplement food monthly which is free with Friday's Evening Post.

8. Partridge in a Pear Salad

This is a good seasonal dish – all the ingredients in this week’s recipe are at their best and readily available.

9. North Leigh 2 Bracknell Town 0

Bracknell Town fell to another away defeat as Byron Walton’s misfiring side failed to find the back of the net once again.

10. Woodley Town 3 Binfield 0