School debating teams have impressed at a competition, each delivering speeches on chosen topics. Schools from as far apart as Banbury, Newbury, Maidenhead, and Reading participated in the Rotary ...

Reading had a very important abbey in the past, but did it have a castle, and if so where?" There is little convincing archaeological evidence, but through accounts in chronicles it is clear that ...

A teenager will be remembered later by the rugby teams he played for. Olly Stephens was 13 when he was fatally stabbed in January 2021 by two schoolboys after a dispute on social media. Every year, ...

Reading School has announced the first phase of its plans to celebrate its 900th anniversary throughout 2025. The state-funded grammar school, which was first founded in 1125 as the school of Reading ...

Olly played for both Reading and Reading Abbey under-14s. Reading Abbey's club chair, Sam Wallis-Robinson, said the event gave people the "opportunity to reflect". She said: "It is an amazing ...