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03 Feb 2009
Report Courtesy of The Reading Evening Post

A town centre pub could lose its licence after numerous complaints about noise from its neighbours.

The council has received hordes of complaints about the level of noise, particularly music, coming from the Brewery Tap in Castle Street since the new landlord took over in...
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03 Feb 2009
Report Courtesy of The Reading Evening Post

A town centre social club is facing closure for selling booze to under 18s.

Police applied to the council to revoke The Comrades Club’s licence after it failed a test purchase and a spot check by two uniformed officers who discovered dozens of teenagers in...
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03 Feb 2009
Report By Ben Rice  Courtesy of The Reading Evening Post

I have to support Bill Donne, the town’s PubWatch chairman, in his response to Professor Dick Hobbs of the London School of Economics in last Tuesday’s Evening Post.

The professor stated in the BBC1 show Inside Out that Reading “relied heavily on...
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31 Jan 2009
 

 

Date:                                       Wednesday, 4th February 2009

 

Pubs and Restaurants, Late Night Bars &Venues-COMBINED MEETING

 

Venue:...
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15 Jan 2009

Report by By Muireann Bolger  Courtesy of The Publican 

Off-trade to ask under-25s for ID when buying alcohol

The retail industry is launching new measures to prevent the sale of alcohol by and for under-18s.

Under the new initiative, Challenge 25, people over the age of 18 and under 25 will be...
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07 Jan 2009
 Report By Chine Mbubaegbu Courtesy of The Reading Evening Post

Crime in Reading fell by 30 per cent over the New Year period this year compared to 2007.

Figures from December 31 and New Year’s Day show a drop in offences including criminal damage from 26 cases last year to 14 this...
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07 Jan 2009
Report  By Jonny Fordham  Courtesy of Reading Pubwatch

Reading has the third highest level of alcohol-related crime in the country, according to a report.

The latest figures compiled by the North West Public Health Observatory take into account the harm caused by boozing in England from Home Office statistics.

The town also has...
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07 Jan 2009
Report By Paul Robins  Courtesy of Reading Evening Post

Five town centre bars were caught selling booze to children following a Christmas crackdown on under age drinking.

The rogue pubs – which police have refused to name at this stage – were caught red-handed during a series of test purchases across Central...
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30 Dec 2008
Report By Natalie Slater  Courtesy of The Reading Evening Post 

Revellers using the legendary town centre After Dark club have donated more than £3,000 to charity.

The annual fundraiser was held at the London Street venue when the ever-popular Fools Gold night pulled in the crowds to raise £3,145.87 for Twyford-based Daisy’s...
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30 Dec 2008
Report By Laura Herbert  Courtesy of The Reading Evening Post 

The owners of two Caversham pubs are helping customers beat the economic downturn by producing credit crunch-busting meals for under £2.

Gary Taylor, landlord of The Prince of Wales, has come up with a £1.50 menu to help customers save their pennies.

He...
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