1. Garden birds hard hit by cold snap

After the un-seasonally mild autumn, the RSPB is warning that we won’t be the only ones getting a shock as 'winter' finally arrives with a vengeance.

2. Travel: Skiing Salzburg

If you are the sort of skier who likes to conquer every run on the piste map by day three, a two-resort break will ensure you can make fresh tracks each morning.

3. Christmas in Caversham

Award-winning shops, cafés and restaurants in Caversham are throwing open their doors for a special late night opening event in the run-up to Christmas.

4. Don't miss food monthly Christmas special

Don't miss your copy of this month's festive food monthly free inside today's Reading Post.

5. Go Organic: Christmas gifts for gardeners

The Sunday supplements are full of gardening gift guides which can only mean Christmas is just around the corner.

6. Rural Reading. Good Smews for twitchers

You can tell that winter is officially here as all the winter birds have arrived.

7. Gardening: Much promise from winter veg patch

Usually at this time of year after clearing away spent crops in my vegetable patch there is not much left but bare earth.

8. Russell Grant’s horoscopes December 5 to 11

9. Alternative Christmas dishes from Reading Hilton

Dan Smith isn’t fazed by Christmas catering. As the new Executive Chef at the Hilton in Reading, he’s used to cooking sumptuous feasts for large numbers.

10. Talking Copas turkey

The Copas family raises turkeys just for Christmas and have been doing so for more than 50 years.