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Page last updated at 16:24 GMT, Thursday, 26 November 2009

Oliver Cromwell's boots
Cromwell's boots sold for £3,800
A pair of boots believed to have belonged to Oliver Cromwell sell for £3,800 at auction in Berkshire to a private bidder.
Cromwell's boots up for auction
Trafalgar flag sells for £384,000
Scrapyard Spitfire fetches £1.7m

hand writing Balls attacks Tory school claims
Schools with links to a radical Islamic group received cash from a nursery fund, not an anti-extremist scheme, Labour says.

Alworths shop front Doors open at former Woolworths
A year to the day Woolworths went bust, a new store opens in Berkshire where the familiar name once stood.

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Credit card being cut up Debt or no debt
Legal challenges to the enforcement of bank debts

Bookies staff threatened with gun
Staff at a bookmakers in Berkshire are threatened with a handgun as robbers make off with cash and scratch cards.

Woman struck in lorry crash dies
A 69-year-old female pedestrian dies when she is hit by a lorry close to a roundabout on a Berkshire road.
Man admits 1987 rape attempt
A 44-year-old man pleads guilty to attempting to rape a woman after forcing his way into her home 22 years ago.

Residents have say on flood plans
Residents living near the Thames add their thoughts to a flood defence consultation to help protect their homes.
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