1. TNT in driving seat at motor awards

Theale-based express delivery giant TNT has been given a ringing endorsement from the British transport industry after picking up two top honours.

2. 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.

3. A medieval knight and cross-dressing nuns set the scene for filming

A knight from medieval times crashing into a 2009 pub to find cross-dressing nuns and binge-drinkers is hardly a scene you would expect to see in Wokingham.

4. Five-turbine project

A plan for six wind turbines near Arborfield has been cut to five so they will not interfere with the radar at Heathrow Airport.

5. Council must join Reading for bridge bid

Wokingham will not secure the funds for a third bridge crossing the Thames unless it joins a £300 million traffic project in Reading, according to transport bosses in the town.

6. Player profile: Tony Robinson

7. Still a Coppell fan

Dagenham and Redbridge manager John Still has praised Steve Coppell on the eve of the Daggers’ Carling Cup first round clash with Reading.

8. Hunt crowns debut with late winner

Noel Hunt netted a dramatic late winner as Reading edged out Dagenham and Redbridge and eased into the second round of the Carling Cup last night.

9. Marsh takes over Gensians’ reins

Gavin Marsh will captain Redingensians for their second season in South West Division 1.

10. Half of businesses plan to cut jobs next quarter

More than half of businesses in the Thames Valley plan to make job cuts in the wake of the credit crunch, according to new research.