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BBC News
21-05-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Plan to add 70 homes to Reading golf course development
A plan to add 70 homes to a development at an old golf course on the outskirts of Reading has been this year, plans surfaced for an extension to the Emmer Green Drive development off Kidmore End Road in Green Drive is currently under construction, and once complete will provide 223 new the land acquisitions company Fairfax has submitted a plan to add an extra 70 homes to the development, bringing the total number of homes to 293. An illustrative master plan shows one paved road connecting it to the rest of the development, with a footpath link also being the main development is situated entirely within Reading Borough Council's jurisdiction, the extension would be built across the county border in the application for outline permission has been submitted to South Oxfordshire District Council's planning gives the applicants flexibility to determine the precise details of the development in follow-up planning that, the applicant said it was committed to making 40% of the homes affordable. You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
Otago Daily Times
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Otago Daily Times
St Clair dominant force at awards night
St Clair scooped three awards for a standout year at the Bowls Dunedin awards last night. They were named club of the year after what was described as their best season in decades. St Clair won multiple centre titles, are home to countless Dunedin players and won the men's interclub sevens title, which gained them a berth in the national finals. Off the green, they worked hard hosting events for their community and ran a successful twilight bowls programme that attracted new players. It was being part of that work that led to Lyndon Broadley being acknowledged as greenkeeper of the year. Broadley started greenkeeping in 2010 with Caversham before joining St Clair and still helps in a supervisory role at Caversham. He has arguably transformed St Clair into the best green in Dunedin. Jordan McEwan was recognised as men's development player of the year. The St Clair bowler won the centre junior singles, was part of the team that won the interclub sevens title and was a member of Dunedin teams at national championships. It was a tight race for men's and women's bowler of the year. Taieri bowler Beth Brown was named the best women's bowler. She won the open pairs and open triples and was third equal in the open singles and champion of champions singles. Kaikorai bowler Nigel Birkbeck was named men's bowler of the year. He won the open triples and champion of champion pairs and was third equal in the champion of champions singles. Kerrin Wheeler — helped by father and director Colin — was named open disability player of the year. The North East Valley bowler was part of the Parajacks side who beat Australia at the transtasman series this year and he won bronze at the national open disability singles and pairs. He is a member of the New Zealand high performance squad. Cyril Gilfedder (North East Valley) was recognised as umpire of the year, after clocking up more than 107 hours. Gilfedder umpired 14 events at the centre throughout the 2024-25 season and made contributions to the centre and clubs. He supported fellow umpires and players and has been president of the local association for the past two years. Kelsey Bennett (Brighton/St Kilda) was named female development player of the year. She won the champion of champions mixed pairs for St Kilda and champion of champion triples for Brighton. She was also a key in the Dunedin women's development side.
BBC News
09-05-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Caversham sinkhole still not repaired after four months
A sinkhole that opened up in January has still has not been fixed leaving residents "fed up" and "frustrated".Part of Kidmore Road, in Caversham, Berkshire, collapsed after a pipe burst, leading to its said there had been a lack of communication from Thames Water over the matter.A spokesperson from Thames Water apologised to those affected, saying it was "working with the local authorities to complete the work as quickly as possible", adding it had held meetings with residents and sent them letters. Dean Piacenti lives just meters from the hole and said the "uncertainty is horrible"."As an individual you feel like you can't do anything, that it is beyond your control," he said."It's out of our hands... the sinkhole just sits there, nothing happens."The road is closed permanently, drivers constantly pull up and turn around."We just want to hear that it is going to be fixed and finished quickly.""I feel cross, frustrated and defeated by the situation, we are in the dark about when anything is going to change." Resident Malcolm Pemble said: "I feel fed up, it is taking too long and we don't know what is happening."There has been a lack of communication from Thames Water..."People want to know when will it be finished, understandably they want their road back." Louise Lee, who lives close to the sinkhole, said: "It's very frustrating"Since January our water pressure hasn't worked properly - it did come on briefly and now it's not working again."There is very little communication, Thames Water communicate with us via letters and we've had about three letters over four months."It's been very difficult contacting them to get answers, we have just been going round in circles." A Thames Water spokesperson said: "We have worked with the local authority and specialist teams to carry out ground surveys before we start to make the repairs. "We would like to assure our customers we are working with the local authority to complete the work as quickly and safely as possible. "During this time, we have had customer representatives in the area, have held residents' meetings and have provided written updates to those in the affected area. "We will continue to keep the local MP, residents and councillors informed of our progress and apologise to those impacted." You can follow BBC Berkshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
BBC News
07-05-2025
- BBC News
VE Day postbox topper stolen from Caversham, knitting group says
VE Day post box topper stolen, knitters say The topper was placed in Hemdean Road in Caversham on Saturday A postbox topper created to celebrate the 80th anniversary of VE Day has been stolen, a group of knitters have said. Sarah Roy, from the group which meets at Caversham's Weller Centre, said it had taken members about a month to create the feature, which included a woollen Sir Winston Churchill. She told BBC Radio Berkshire it had been placed on the postbox outside Warings Bakery in Hemdean Road on Saturday but she noticed it had disappeared on Tuesday. Mrs Roy said had she reported the disappearance to police but had yet to receive a response.
