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Hugh Fort

Hugh Fort

I'm a reporter of 13 years experience around the Berkshire area. I'm particularly interested in politics, planning, crime and Reading FC content.

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Reading store which employed illegal worker and sold fake fags and Champagne loses booze licence

Reading Borough Council's Licensing Committee overruled the explanations of the store's owner...

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West Reading home badly smoke damaged after fire breaks out in bathroom

A faulty extractor fan is thought to be the cause...

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Driver has lucky escape after car overturns in Sonning Common

The driver was unhurt after the crash...

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More than 400 homes in Reading are empty

Figures obtained by the Lib Dems show there are more than 450 empty homes in Reading...

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Live updates as Oxford Road store faces losing booze licence

Ariana News is up in front of the council's Licensing Committee....

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Reading West Station improvements to go ahead despite funding worries

Network Rail is set to carry out the first phase of the project...

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Firefighters battle suspected arson at derelict office in Lower Earley

Firefighters think someone got in and set a fire in the empty office...

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Man taken to hospital after car overturns in crash in Caversham

Two cars were involved in the incident in Hemdean Road...

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Theale parents ask why £7million new school offer has been refused

More than 100 people turned up to a meeting to grill parish councillors...

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Reading team feel the wrath of Paxman after 'lowest ever score' on University Challenge

The celebrity team from Reading got zero points...

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Firefighters tackle burning moped dumped in bushes in Reading

Firefighters had to use an extension to stretch their hoses across Cintra Park...

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Oxford Road off licence could be banned from selling alcohol after employing illegal worker

Ariana Stores is the latest in front of the licensing committee...

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Pay and display parking could come to more Reading town centre roads

The council wants to get rid of time restricted parking as it doesn't have enough officers to enforce it...

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RSPCA reveals extent of illegal puppy breeding in Berkshire as Government promises crackdown

The charity had its busiest year ever dealing with the issue...

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Underground explosion in Reading sends manhole covers flying

A fuse blew under the ground...

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CCTV released after elderly woman's purse stolen in Bracknell Lexicon

Police say the 78-year-old was targeted in the Tiger store...

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Caversham bus service campaigners given hope after bosses hint at compromise

Questions marks still remain over whether or not the 22 will run on Sundays...

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Post Office in Reading could be lost after shop loses licence for employing illegal workers

Premier Stores in Whitley Street had a host of licence breaches...

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Live updates as Reading shop could lose booze licence over illegal workers

Premier stores will have its alcohol licence reviewed by councillors...

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Staff evacuated from Reading town centre office after car fire

Smoke from the burning car started coming into the Network Rail office...

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Reading saw more rain in December than October and November combined

Experts at the University of Reading said December was wet and dull...

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Reading shop faces losing booze licence after employing illegal workers

Reading Borough Council could revoke the licence after numerous breaches...

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Prime Minister Theresa May heads to Wokingham to meet first-time buyers

The Government scrapped the duty for homes worth less than £300,000 in the autumn Budget...

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Berkshire could be hit by 60mph winds as Storm Eleanor arrives

The Met Office has issued a yellow weather warning...

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Reading offices could be converted into more than 130 flats

Studious Construction (Reading) Ltd wants to convert the offices in East Street into homes...

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