Summary

  • A new cycle-route through Reading is due to get the green light by the council.

  • Average council tax bills in Windsor and Maidenhead will rise from April.

  • A road in Windsor remains closed after part of a Grade II listed building collapsed.

  • Cloudy with outbreaks of rain today.

  1. That's all for todaypublished at 18:00 GMT 16 January 2017

    Toby Wadey
    BBC South

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  2. Evening headlinespublished at 17:55 GMT 16 January 2017

    Toby Wadey
    BBC South

    • Average council tax bills in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead will rise by £36 a year from April.
    • Plans to build new, expansive cycle-routes through Reading are expected to get the green light by Reading Borough Council this evening.
    • A new education funding formula will result in cuts at Berkshire schools, teachers’ unions have claimed.
    • A road in Windsor remains closed after part of a Grade II listed building collapsed.
  3. Consultation on town plan beginspublished at 17:49 GMT 16 January 2017

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  4. Road remains closed after building collapsepublished at 17:40 GMT 16 January 2017

    Tara Maxwell
    BBC Radio Berkshire newsreader

    A Windsor road remains closed today after part of a Grade II listed building collapsed on Friday. 

    St Albans Street is closed between Castle Hill and Church Lane. 

    The building is said to be the former home of Nell Gwynn, the 17th century mistress of King Charles II.

    The damaged building in St Albans StreetImage source, Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
  5. Broken down car causes M4 delayspublished at 17:31 GMT 16 January 2017

    Delays on M4 because of broken down car
  6. Unions claim Berkshire schools will miss out under new funding formulapublished at 17:08 GMT 16 January 2017

    Toby Wadey
    BBC South

    A new education funding formula proposed by the government will result in cuts, teachers' unions have claimed. 

    An alliance of six unions representing school staff have published a "league table", external of England's 533 parliamentary constituencies, showing that schools in each one stand to lose out under the plan.

    They say these Berkshire locations will lose the following amounts as a result of the proposals:

    • Maidenhead - £377 per pupil
    • Slough - £574 per pupil
    • Windsor - £349 per pupil
    • Reading East - £403 per pupil
    • Reading West - £382 per pupil
    • Newbury - £423 per pupil
    • Bracknell - £206 per pupil

    The government said the formula would end a "postcode lottery" in school funding.

    Read more here. 

  7. Reading under-18s in 4-0 win over Southamptonpublished at 16:36 GMT 16 January 2017

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  8. Council tax rise to fund rising social care costspublished at 15:55 GMT 16 January 2017

    Tara Maxwell
    BBC Radio Berkshire newsreader

    Average council tax bills in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead will rise by £36 a year from April. 

    The authority's putting rates up by just under 4% to help cover steep rises in the costs of providing services for older residents. 

    David Coppinger, the councillor in charge of finances, told BBC Radio Berkshire that demand for these services is continuing to grow. 

    He added: "The pressure from adult social care is likely to increase." 

  9. Lord Alfred Dubs to speak at Holocaust eventpublished at 15:28 GMT 16 January 2017

    Lord Alfred Dubs will be the keynote speaker at this year's Reading Holocaust Memorial Evening.

    The 84-year-old arrived in the UK in 1939 after fleeing the persecution of Jews in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

    The annual event will be held on 25 January at the town's Civic Offices. 

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  10. New cycle routes in Reading set for the go-aheadpublished at 15:13 GMT 16 January 2017

    Plans to build new, expansive cycle-routes through Reading are expected to get the green light by Reading Borough Council this evening.

    It'll end up fitting into an ambitious cross-Berkshire cycle route that spans the county. 

    Media caption,

    Chris Butler is Reading Borough Council's Strategic Transport Programme Manager

  11. All I want for Christmas...is a Stephen Fry Gnomepublished at 14:54 GMT 16 January 2017

    Earlier BBC Radio Berkshire's Sarah Walker was asking for your memories of building 3D models for a school project.

    Steve from Spencers Wood went one better, and told the story of a rather unusual Christmas present. 

  12. 'The UK is now at the front of the queue'published at 14:44 GMT 16 January 2017

    Sarah Lee
    BBC South

    President Obama's claim that the UK would be at the back of the queue for a new US trade deal if it left the EU has been challenged. 

    Ted Malloch, a professor at Henley Business School in Reading, who is expected to be confirmed as Donald Trump's ambassador to the EU, says the UK is at the front of the queue for US trade.

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    Obama's claim the UK would be at the back of the queue for a US trade deal is challenged.

  13. Flood prevention work taking place near Sloughpublished at 14:19 GMT 16 January 2017

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  14. Paul Daniels celebrated by Magic Circlepublished at 14:06 GMT 16 January 2017

    Emma Midgley
    BBC South

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    Paul Daniels

    The magician Paul Daniels died in March aged 77, after being diagnosed with a brain tumour. 

    He was at his Berkshire home with wife Debbie McGee when he died.

    Debbie and Paul
  15. Weather latest: Damp afternoon aheadpublished at 14:03 GMT 16 January 2017

    The murky start to the day is set to continue this afternoon with more rain and cloud forecast 

    It is expected to become dry by early evening but will remain chilly with temperatures dipping to 4C overnight. 

    BBC weather forecast for Berkshire
  16. Reading's cycle network is 'fragmented' says Reading Green councillorpublished at 13:33 GMT 16 January 2017

    Reading Green Party councillor Rob White has been talking to BBC Radio Berkshire about the new cross-Berkshire cycle route, and what it's like cycling in Reading.

    He says it's time to improve the town's cycle route. 

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    At the moment Reading's cycle network is fragmented ... you cycle on the cycle lane for a little bit and then it ends. You end up on the pavement having to give way to cars coming out of side roads and giving way to pedestrians.

    Rob White, Reading Green Party councillor

  17. Reading Borough Council is expected to give the go-ahead to new cycle routes in the townpublished at 13:15 GMT 16 January 2017

    The work will eventually be part of a new cross-Berkshire cycle route.

    Cris Butler, Reading Borough Council's Strategic Transport Programme Manager:

    "The project itself has been a longtime in the making, we've been working very hard with our partners because it's a joint scheme running through from Windsor through from Newbury, and Reading onbviously is a part of that.

    "There is an investment of £1.2 million to improve cycling.

    "In general it will be very well received from existing users and new users."

  18. Designs for new cycle path 'poorly thought through'published at 12:22 GMT 16 January 2017

    Emma Midgley
    BBC South

    Adrian Lawson, the chairman of the Reading Cycle Campaign, says he's not impressed by the proposals for a new cycle path which will run along the Bath Road in Reading. 

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    If too many cyclists use it it will be absolute chaos. It doesn't take you into the town centre."

    Adrian Lawson, Chair of the Reading Cycle Campaign

    A plan to build the Reading section of a cross-Berkshire cycle route is set for approval at a council meeting later.

    The first Reading section of the £450,000 route will see a combination of shared cycle and pedestrian facilities built by the council on the northern side of the Bath Road, running between the borough boundary and along the Bath Road to Southcote Road, and advanced stop lines at signalised junctions.

  19. Building partially collapses in Windsorpublished at 12:11 GMT 16 January 2017

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  20. Restaurateur offers reward after arsonpublished at 10:58 GMT 16 January 2017

    A restaurateur whose business was set ablaze by arsonists is offering a reward of £10,000 for information that will lead to a conviction.

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