Patrick O'Hagan

1 week ago | bbc.com | Patrick O'Hagan

Town centre urgent care centre to move to hospitalPatrick O'HaganPolitical Reporter, BBC Radio BerkshireBBCThe centre treats people with urgent but not life threatening conditions An urgent care centre set up to ease the pressure on Reading's A&E is to close two-and-a-half years after opening. The facility in Broad Street Mall allows people with urgent but not life threatening conditions to get treatment by walking in off the street, although patients can also pre-book appointments.

2 weeks ago | bbc.co.uk | Patrick O'Hagan

Image caption, Some motorists in Reading could see their parking and permit charges more than doubleBBC Berkshire political reporterThe more pollution your car pumps out, the more we will make you pay to park - that is the message from Reading Borough Council. Drivers using cars with the highest carbon dioxide emissions could see their parking charges more than double under the plans. The sliding scale of tariffs would apply to parking permits and on-street meters, but not yet to car parks.

1 month ago | bbc.com | Patrick O'Hagan

Another year of above-average council tax rises? Patrick O'HaganBBC Berkshire political reporterBBCCouncil tax bills in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead are expected to exceed the government's 5% cap for the second year in a row. Just weeks after receiving new higher council tax bills for this year, people in Windsor and Maidenhead are being warned to expect more of the same in 2026. Bills in the Royal Borough went up by just under 9% last month.

1 month ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Patrick O'Hagan

Council tax bills in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead are expected to exceed the government's 5% cap for the second year in a row. [BBC]Just weeks after receiving new higher council tax bills for this year, people in Windsor and Maidenhead are being warned to expect more of the same in 2026. Bills in the Royal Borough went up by just under 9% last month.

1 month ago | yahoo.com | Patrick O'Hagan

Just weeks after receiving new higher council tax bills for this year, people in Windsor and Maidenhead are being warned to expect more of the same in 2026. Bills in the Royal Borough went up by just under 9% last month. Councillors are already making it clear the chances of limiting council tax rises to the government's traditional cap of 5% are slim to non-existent. The Borough says it's £30 million short of the money it needs every year to run all the services it has to provide.