1. Lisa Snowdon: It’s strictly come shopping!

Model and TV presenter Lisa Snowdon invited everyone in Reading to strictly come shopping when she opened the Spring Fashion Weekend.

2. Veterinary Advice - Put your pup on the social circuit

Preventing the development of behavioural problems is a vital part of caring for your puppy.

3. Gardening - pick up a real page turner

The weather is simply too wet to get outside at the moment because even when the rain stops the ground remains waterlogged.

4. Anna’s porridge prize is oat-ally amazing

5. Gardening: Enliven festive displays

The truth is that the one of the most reliable ingredients of the Christmas dinner is the Brussels sprout.

6. Merry Christmas and a pest-free new year!

It is a busy time of year but if you can spare an hour or two for the garden it will pay dividends.

7. Former Mayor defends NHS cancer treatment

Comments by South East MEP Daniel Hannan have fuelled the debate in the United States about the comparative state of health care on either side of the Atlantic.

8. Making sure lawn chore pays off

The word ‘lawn’ rhymes with ‘yawn’ – and that always seems rather appropriate to me.

9. Reading in Bloom 2009 awards ceremony

The gardeners who do their blooming best for Reading got their reward on Monday night.

10. Garden offers a final flower show before winter

The garden is winding down towards winter but there is still quite a lot of life before it finally becomes dormant.