HERE are five of the top stories in Reading this week (July 24-28).
1. Reading FC hit with transfer embargo for late HMRC payment
Reading have been placed under an immediate transfer embargo for failing to pay HMRC on time again, the Reading Chronicle understands.
Due to pay a bill last week, the club are yet to pay the 'significant' amount and have been placed under an embargo.
This comes less than a month after the club were served a winding-up petition for the same issue.
Read full article here.
2. Three arrested after police raid found drug factory in Caversham
Three suspects were arrested after “a large amount of cannabis” was found at a drug factory in Caversham.
Thames Valley Police Rural Crime Taskforce raided a property in Caversham after a suspected cannabis factory was reported.
Three suspects were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to produce cannabis, after the raid on July 20.
Read full article here.
3. A4 Bath Road: Seven people injured after five vehicle crash
Seven people were injured, one with potentially life-changing injuries, after a five vehicle crash in Woolhampton.
Five vehicles were involved in the collision on the A4 Bath Road at around 5.30pm on Friday, July 21.
A woman in her late teens sustained serious, potentially life-changing injuries and was taken to hospital, where she remains.
Read full article here.
4. Reading FC take Ireland youngster on trial after Italy spell
Reading have taken Republic of Ireland youngster John Ryan on trial.
The 19-year-old appeared for the side in a 2-0 defeat to QPR behind-closed-doors.
A left-back by trade, the teenager had played in his native League of Ireland until last year with Shamrock Rovers and UCD before a surprise move to Serie A outfit Sassuolo.
Read the full article here.
5. Plan to transform Reading central club site approved
Changes are finally coming to a long defunct Reading community club after ’15 years of pain’ amid calls to bring the site back into use.
Reading Central Club near the town centre has been closed since 2006.
Situated in London Street, it contains the town’s Black History Mural, which has paintings of Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jnr, and other figures from Black history.
Read the full article here.
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