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Water vole (Image: British Waterways)
A record number of sightings of water voles - one of the UK's fastest declining mammals - were reported this year in Berkshire.

A meeting marking the 10th anniversary of a Reading's declaration to promote racial equality gets under way.

Privacy, dignity and staff friendliness are major factors in hospital patients making a speedy recovery, an NHS study shows.

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Shot Briton 'liked Amarillo song'
The parents of a Berkshire man shot dead in Amarillo, Texas, say he only went there because he liked the Tony Christie song.

Drop in illegal cigarette sales
The number of retailers caught out illegally selling cigarettes to under 18-year-olds in Reading drops, new figures reveal.

Rifleman's name put on memorial
A soldier killed in an explosion while on patrol in southern Afghanistan has his name added to Berkshire war memorial.

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