Reading Buses are experimenting with cut priced fares on the Number 27 which runs from Amersham Road to Reading Station. The fares will be reduced from £1.70 to £1.00 between Monday 2nd November through to January 24th 2010.
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This Saturday - 31st Oct - I will be holding my monthly ward surgery with my fellow Caversham Councillors in the Readibus in Montague Street (layby opposite the school) from 10am - 12 noon.
If you’ve got any problems then feel free to pop on down and we will do our best to help you out. [...]
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Reading Buses is conducting a consultation on proposed changes to routes that they intend to implement on January 11th 2010. The routes in Caversham that have changes are number 22, 24 and 27. You only have until the 4th November to send feedback and can find out more information on the Reading Buses website by [...]
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The police have launched a new national website, http://maps.police.uk, that enables you to look up crime statistics. Caversham Ward can be found under ‘Caversham Lower’ and can be compared to other areas of Reading or beyond.
The maps shows the Caversham Lower area shows we are average on all crime types compared to the Thames Valley [...]
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Many of you will have noticed the tennis courts in Christchurch Meadows have been closed for a few weeks for refurbishment. The good news is they have now reopened and are free of charge during the winter months (October to April).
Today I received this update from the Council:
The tennis courts have been completely overlaid with [...]
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I’ve just returned from one of Caversham’s hidden gems - Caversham Court Gardens. The gardens were reopened today by Mayor of Reading Cllr Fred Pugh, after a £1.6m restoration project supported by the Lottery Heritage Fund.
The gardens contain many items of historical significance, and many features still remain from the 17th century. The house, sadly [...]
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Today started off as usual, I walked down to Amersham Road to hold a ward surgery in the ReadiBus outside the Community Centre, fully expecting it be uneventful.
At about 11.45 the resident I was speaking to pointed out a large amount of smoke opposite in Ian Mikardo way, so I quickly hotfooted it around to [...]
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Don’t forget to tune into The Apprentice at 9pm tonight and every Wednesday on BBC1, to watch Caversham based Yasmina Siadatan hopefully get hired by Sir Alan.
Yasmina runs the popular Mya Lacarte in Prospect Street, with her brother Matthew.
Best of luch Yasmina!
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Another busy month has passed, at the beginning of the month my diary looked very sparse, this turned out to be very deceptive indeed, especially in the past week where I’ve practically been living out of the Council Offices.
Attended a Conservative group education meeting, to discuss Children’s Services.
Attended two Conservative group meetings.
Attended a meal and [...]
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It seems to be the current trend to say the amount of work you’ve done in Reading at the moment, so here’s mine:
• Attended a Neighbourhood Action Group meeting
• Attended three council meetings including an Education and Children’s Services Scrutiny Panel
• Attended Cabinet
• Attended a full council meeting (6.30pm until 11.30pm!)
• Inspected two homes that provide care for disabled children [...]
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