51. Jobs top priority at business hustings

Employment for young people and loan charges from banks were at the top of the agenda in Reading this week.

52. City Woman: Still living my dream

When beauty salon owner Emily Shepherd was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis last year, it turned her world upside down.

53. Lace up your trainers and Race for Life

With spring in the air, Race for Life in Reading is urging people to get their trainers out and start getting ready for this year’s fundraising event.

54. Have a ball raising money for Robbie

Robbie the Robot fundraisers can get dizzy with excitement next weekend if they bid for a chance to do some ‘sphering’ for charity.

55. Have a ball to support Robbie the Robot appeal

Robbie the Robot fundraisers can get dizzy with excitement this weekend if they bid for a chance to do some ‘sphering’ for charity.

56. The wonderful world of beer

The perfect formula for the perfect beer takes practice to get right – and the perfect formula for the perfect beer festival may just have hit the mark in its 16th year.

57. Heston Blumenthal to spice up hospital food

Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal has promised to ‘sex up’ cottage pies at Royal Berkshire Hospital to encourage elderly patients to eat more.

58. Beer we go for 2010 CAMRA festival

All hail the ale! And ciders, perries and wines, too, as the 16th Reading CAMRA Beer and Cider Festival gets under way.

59. Late-night raid leads police to Class A drugs

60. Are you brave enough to abseil The Blade?

Jump at the chance of getting roped in to abseil down Reading’s tallest building for the hospital robot appeal.