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Reading private school unveils plan to take on GCSE pupils

Currently, Crosfields School teaches students from preschool up until Year 8

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Reading crack and heroin dealer jailed

Melvyn Applewhaite was caught with crack and heroin, and a sweep of properties turfed out drugs and cash worth more than £6,500

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Huge cost of policing Trump visit and Royal Wedding revealed

The two major events cost Thames Valley Police millions of pounds

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Fox manages to flee drowning at water treatment plant in Wokingham

The animal made a splash, but was able to leave of its own volition

Pictures from the Christmas lights switch on at The Lexicon

Thousands of shoppers and townspeople came out to watch the lights switch on in Bracknell town centre

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Spectacular fire and light show sees Bracknell Christmas lights switched on

Crowds of people could be seen in the streets as fireworks lit up the sky and the lights illuminated The Lexicon

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Reading man jailed for dealing cocaine and cannabis

Roheel Afzal was found with cocaine, cannabis and money at his home in West Reading

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Puppies left to die after being dumped in a bin bag in Reading

The RSPCA is investigating after a passerby found the abandoned pups in a park

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Four men jailed after £1 million of cocaine found in Reading

The four men were running a major cocaine dealing operation in Reading and Oxford

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Potential buyer for Arthur Hill Pool takes a look round the building

The sale of the pool is highly controversial, as campaigners have unsuccessfully urged the council to retain the building for community use

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Police called to 'firearm' incident near Reading supermarket

An eyewitness said police in "full riot gear" were sent to the operation near the River Thames

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Crack and heroin dealer jailed for peddling drugs in Newbury

Michael Dollo, from London, was caught plying his wares in the Berkshire town back in 2016