When it comes to the crunch serious politician have to act seriously.

After poor ticket sales and weeks of doubt Reading Borough Council was this week forced to put the appalingly titled ‘Heavenly Planet’ Festival out of its misery.

Speculation on Gordon Brown’s successor as Labour’s leader is inevitable, but whoever is touted as a possible successor almost certainly won’t make it.

Reading’s Conservatives are bravely sticking to their mantra of why they removed their Children’s Services spokeswoman just as she seemed to be getting somewhere. Nobody is convinced.

The resignation of a politician doesn’t often solve a problem. It’s high time that the senior management of Children’s Services at Reading Borough Council also considered their positions.

Politicians desperate to make the news can always do so by saying something entirely daft.

Evolution is stalking the retail sector as the recession forces the pace of change.

The on-off saga of Reading Civic Centre need resolving. Whether the politicians of the now hung Council can agree is a real test of who’s interests they are trying to serve.

Why do we allow parents who have not had their children vaccinated to send their kids to school.

We all like the right to drive wherever we like, so long as nobody else drives down our street.