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Berkshire

May 2024

  • A car drives along a road, under which a small tunnel has been built with a metal grill on top. Three people stand on the other side of the road at the tunnel exit

    Adder girl! Tunnels aim to encourage British snakes to mix and breed

  • Tuttimen in the streets of Hungerford, Berkshire, during the 2024 Hocktide celebrations.

    Country diary
    Country diary: Ribbons, rituals and common rights – this pageant is now 575 years old

April 2024

  • Harry Hunter seen on his own tackling an uphill slope in the sand

    ‘The heat is burning’: Harry Hunter, 76, becomes oldest Briton to complete Marathon des Sables

  • Amanda Spielman sitting at a desk with papers under her hands

    Former Ofsted chief says Ruth Perry inspection was error-free

March 2024

  • John King

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    John King obituary

  • Theresa May

    Theresa May to step down as MP at general election

February 2024

  • Passengers on an Elizabeth line train at standstill.

    £140m rail plan to tackle Elizabeth line and Great Western problems

    Network Rail vows to restore order in 18 months with action including devices to identify faults and new overhead wires

January 2024

  • Maya Bracken

    Woman found dead after car crash in Berkshire named as Maya Bracken

  • Police officers at Pangbourne station

    Murder investigation launched after woman, 56, killed and man, 18, dies

December 2023

  • Ruth Perry

    Ofsted inspection contributed to headteacher’s suicide, coroner rules

    Inquest examined watchdog’s role in Ruth Perry’s decline after Reading primary school’s rating was downgraded
  • Photo of Ruth Perry on school railings.

    ‘Dark thoughts’: how Ruth Perry’s resolve fell apart after Ofsted visit

    Experienced Reading headteacher suffered rapid psychological decline after stressful inspectors’ visit
  • Ruth Perry

    Ruth Perry ‘amazed’ more heads did not kill themselves, inquest hears

    Hearing into death of Caversham primary school head was also told she thought Ofsted inspections were ‘inhumane’

November 2023

  • Members of Parents against Ofsted hold photographs of Ruth Perry outside the Department for Education in London in March.

    ‘Direct link’ between Ruth Perry’s death and Ofsted inspection, inquest told

    Chair of governors and two deputy heads say ‘inadequate’ rating brought about deterioration in Perry’s mental health
  • Ruth Perry’s photograph is seen attached to school railings with halo drawn on her head

    Ruth Perry told husband lead Ofsted inspector was a bully, inquest hears

    Jonathan Perry says his wife said on first morning of inspection it was going badly and she was traumatised
    • Ruth Perry ‘extremely distressed and upset’ after Ofsted visit, inquest hears

    • Family of headteacher Ruth Perry refused legal aid for inquest into her death

    • ‘A very close call’: crane plucks two men from huge blaze at Reading high-rise

October 2023

  • David and Celia Barlow.

    Tributes paid to Berkshire newlyweds killed in Uganda terrorist attack

  • Rain over west Berkshire, taken from Gallows Down.

    Country diary
    Country diary: Nothing is safe from the hard, relentless rain

September 2023

  • Court artist sketch  of Jaswant Singh Chail, appearing at the Old Bailey, London

    Man with crossbow at Windsor Castle admitted ‘harsh purpose’, court told

    Psychiatrist gives evidence at sentencing hearing of Jaswant Singh Chail, who pleaded guilty to making threat to kill queen in 2021
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