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Berkshire school children take part in 'time capsule' roof
Primary school children have been decorating tiles for their school's roof replacement Sutton Primary School in Wokingham Road, east Reading has added to its 123-year history by creating a "live time capsule" project which started in March 2025, is part of Reading Council's ongoing programme of works to upgrade old Victorian school Head of Alfred Sutton Primary School, Robert Howell said the children have loved being part of the project, "it means their names will forever be enshrined in the history" which he said "is a lovely thing". Children and teachers decorated and signed their own roof tile which will be placed alongside 65,000 other tiles expected to be used in the included pictures of children's hobbies, pets and computer game others wrote to future pupils asking questions, such as whether they have flying cars or if people now lived on Mars. The project which is due to be completed early next year involves replacing the roof, guttering, windows and doors as well insulating to reduce energy Howell said: "The children have loved being part of a live time capsule event where their pictures and messages will be part of the roof and revealed in possibly 100-years-time when they need replacing again."With a Victorian building there is a constant maintenance schedule."He explained that the project is "huge" for the school and the main hall which the roof covers has been subject to "some leakage". The roof replacement is part of Reading's School Fabric Condition Programme funded by the Department for Education's Schools Condition Rachel Eden, lead councillor for education and public health, said the replacement of the building roof is a "major project which is vital for the school and its pupils".She said: ""Reading is lucky that our heritage includes several Victorian school buildings but it does mean the council needs to keep up a programme of improvements." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
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Volunteers rescue badger after Braintree slurry pit fall
A badger had to be rescued after it fell into a slurry pit at a sewage works and was unable to escape. Volunteers from the North East Essex Badger Group were called to the site in the Braintree area at about 08:00 BST on slurry was so deep the female was unable to stand up and was "slumping down in exhaustion" on their arrival 15 minutes later. Group chairman Renee Hockley-Byam said it was hauled out with a grasper, "growling and not at all happy" and it "managed to slip out and escape". "Ideally, we'd have cleaned it up before we released, but it didn't want to be cleaned up and off it shot to its sett," she said. "Fingers crossed it's OK." The sewage works is next to a badger sett and the animals regularly forage for insects in the compound overnight. Mrs Hockley-Byam said: "It's not uncommon for badgers to fall into slurry pits, but this is a first for us."Most badger groups around the country have dealt with it one time or another - it's a known hazard."The group's volunteers have previously visited the sewage works to reunite a lost cub with its parents, but "that call-out was a lot less smelly", she added. Follow Essex news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
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Calls for crossing at 'dangerous' four-way Reading junction
More than 1,700 people have signed a petition calling for work to start on a pedestrian crossing at busy currently none where Peppard Road meets Henley Road, Westfield Road and Prospect street close to the Last Crumb pub in behind the petition say that they are "playing Russian roulette with their safety" every time they cross the road. Reading Borough Council agreed to add it to its "requests for traffic management measures list" in 2018 but work won't start until funding becomes available. Kay Goldsmith, one of the petttion's founders said: "There's four roads going into one junction with almost no time to cross the road. You have to look four ways every time you're trying to cross."It's very scary, it's dangerous and you often end up having to sprint to get out of the way of fast oncoming traffic because people here are often in a rush."It's one of the main entry points from Oxfordshire and one of the main exit points from Reading and when you're travelling at school time people are going really fast up and down this road and not looking out for you."The crossing is 100 meters from Queen Anne's School and has been the subject of calls for changes previously from local MP Matt Rodda. Reading Borough Council said in a statement "A request to install controlled pedestrian crossings at the Peppard Road junction has previously been accepted by the Council's Traffic Management Sub-Committee and is listed as a priority."However, the scheme sits alongside other requests for traffic management measures around the borough that are awaiting funding. "Once secured, traffic impact modelling and a detailed investigation would need to be carried out to ensure the feasibility of the scheme."This is a complex junction and any scheme is likely to be costly due to the need to redesign and replace signalling equipment, carry out highway layout alterations and maintain temporary traffic management throughout the works, which are likely to be lengthy." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
