The Metropolitan Police saw the largest drop in officers in the latest year, down 1,022 from 34,315 to 33,293.

An all-female choir from Earley, Reading, was voted most congenial at an international competition in France. The Barberettes, an all-female vocal ensemble, competed at the International Choir ...

Ed Walker’s high-class filly Scenic has been retired after suffering a setback, her owners Wathnan Racing have announced. The daughter of Lope De Vega had made a fine start to her five-year-old ...

An upcoming series of MasterChef which was filmed last year before allegations against Gregg Wallace and John Torode were upheld will be broadcast on BBC One and BBC iPlayer from August 6. A decision ...

Glass recycling that is picked up from outside your home is finally set to be introduced throughout Reading next year.

The Jockey Club has thrown its support behind proposals from intended new chair Lord Allen to make the British Horseracing Authority’s board fully independent in future. Allen was due to take up the ...

Two people have died and two people have been seriously injured in a shooting incident in Co Fermanagh. Police said the incident happened in the Drummeer Road area of Maguiresbridge, and that officers ...

Tributes to a “hugely talented” Scottish ice hockey player who died in a suspected fall from a hotel balcony in Ibiza are continuing to pour in, with teammates opting to retire his shirt number for ...

As the world commiserates the death of one of the most ‘legendary rockers of all time’, we at the Reading Chronicle remember when he visited ...

Cheered on by Mrs Cox’s parents and sister, MP Kim Leadbeater, the group gathered at Princess Mary Athletics Stadium, in Cleckheaton, ...

A PSNI spokesperson said: “The Chief Constable, Jon Boutcher, held a private meeting with Mr Eugene Thompson, the brother of ...

Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba has denied reports he plans to announce his resignation over a historic defeat of his ruling party in a weekend election, saying instead he wanted to make sure a ...