1. Raising awareness to accept skin condition

It is the condition which turned Michael Jackson’s skin white and a Coley mum would like everyone to understand more about it.

2. Supreme Sardines

There was a time in this food-phobic nation of ours when the only sardines to be had were released from a tin with a special key.

3. Good show by Roadrunners in Thames Run

Reading Roadrunners members Paul Roberson and Belinda Tull both excelled at  the Thames Run at Wallingford last weekend.

4. Richard joins Boyes Turner

Law firm Boyes Turner has added to its industrial disease group with the hire of Richard Wargent.

5. It’s euonymus – suburban plants are all the rage

Read Linda's latest column and leave your gardening questions in a comment for her to answer.

6. Mystery of the hole in the ground

7. Go wild for free and delicious food

As prices of everyday items soar in the supermarkets and food riots over rice shortages become a reality, perhaps everyone should learn to forage for food.

8. Salad days

Salad picked fresh from the garden is one of the pleasures of summer.

9. In this week's 24Seven

This week Linda Serck, host of BBC Radio Berkshire's The Session, bring her indepth knowledge of the local music scene to 24Seven in the first of her new exclusive columns.

10. Time to sow seeds – and slug it out with slimy pests