The Reading Chronicle

3 days ago | readingchronicle.co.uk | Olivia Endellion Mowl

Reading mentioned in major Netflix Hollywood blockbuster (Image: Luciana Guerra/PA) Reading has been mentioned in a brand-new film that has just hit the streaming service Netflix. The third Paddington film, Paddington in Peru, features a comical easter egg about our town at the very beginning. The eldest child of the Brown family, Judy Brown, is planning where to go to university, and her mother, Mary Brown, suggests our very own University of Reading.

4 days ago | readingchronicle.co.uk | James Earnshaw

Reading FC v Blackpool. Sky Bet League One 24/25. (Image: ©Jason Dawson) Reading coach Nigel Gibbs is delighted to be back at the club, now working alongside two of his former players from his successful first stint. The Watford playing legend was originally brought to the club by Steve Coppell back in 2006, but it was not until Brian McDermott took over in 2009 that the former defender took up a prominent assistant manager role with the first-team.

5 days ago | readingchronicle.co.uk | James Aldridge

5 1/1 A hotel near Reading town centre could be turned into flats for permanent residents. A plan has been submitted to convert The Belle Vue Hotel in Tilehurst Road into seven homes. In the university area, a closed car sales business is set to be occupied by another company. Readers can subscribe for just £3 for 3 months in this flash sale Elsewhere, separate applications have been submitted to convert houses into children's homes in Tilehurst and Earley.

6 days ago | readingchronicle.co.uk | James Earnshaw

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6 days ago | readingchronicle.co.uk | Isabella Perrin

The following cases were heard at Reading Magistrates’ Courts. DAVID WOGAN, 30, of 20 Hermitage Green, Hermitage, Thatcham, Newbury, was found guilty of assaulting Jake Taylor on February 5 last year in Newbury by beating him.  He was fined £692 to be paid as monthly instalments. KIM MAYNARD, 50, of 47 Earlswood, Bracknell, Berkshire, was given a suspended sentence of 19 weeks after stealing meat from BP Marks and Spencer on Bracknell Road, Crowthorne on May 13 last year to the value of £60.