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new printed bin calendar stuck to the front of a fridge door
15th May 2025

New bin collection schedule starts Monday 9 June

Bin collection days are changing across Reading from Monday 9 June 2025. You can check your new schedule online, in the post or by using the Scrapp app.
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The image shows a vibrant outdoor riverside scene with numerous colourful striped deck chairs arranged on a grassy area beside a river or waterway.
23rd June 2025

Water Fest 2025

Water Fest is back for its 36th year - a celebration of the Kennet and Avon Canal on 28 June.

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aerial view of Reading suburb
17th June 2025

Your Coley and Your Southcote

So many wonderful unique communities make up the town of Reading. Your Coley and Your Southcote are the final communities in our series to be featured and include Southcote Library, Holy Brook Nook, the mini Police at Southcote Primary, Royal Berkshire Archives, bench with a view and lots more.

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A worker in a high-visibility vest is installing a circular plaque on a stone wall. The plaque reads: 'JANE AUSTEN 1775–1817 Novelist went to school here 1785–1786.' The worker's face is blurred, and there is scaffolding in the foreground.
12th June 2025

Commemorative plaque added to mark Jane Austen's former school

A plaque has been installed on the Abbey Gateway to honour Jane Austen. It is part of 250th anniversary celebrations of the novelist's birth.

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