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Restaurant allowed to reopen after rat infestation
• Reading Borough Council officers closed Anjappar Chettinad Indian Restaurant on 23 July.
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 | Reading Chronicle news · today Reading leisure centre named finalist in national awards• Source check from Reading Chronicle news: "Reading leisure centre named finalist in national awards" is included in this local briefing because it may affect residents, records, services, travel, planning, events or local decisions. |
 | BBC Berkshire local news RSS feed · yesterday Car seized after report of driver with child in lap• Thames Valley Police says the car was seen "swerving" between lanes on the M4 and was not insured. |
 | Reading Chronicle news · yesterday Man arrested in connection with multiple thefts• Source check from Reading Chronicle news: "Man arrested in connection with multiple thefts" is included in this local briefing because it may affect residents, records, services, travel, planning, events or local decisions. |
 | Reading Chronicle news · today New walking route to open up Lower Earley's green spaces• Source check from Reading Chronicle news: "New walking route to open up Lower Earley's green spaces" is included in this local briefing because it may affect residents, records, services, travel, planning, events or local decisions. |
 | Thames Valley Chamber of Commerce RSS feed · yesterday Thames Hospice Launch Top Trumps• Trunks across the Thames is coming to life in a new way! |
 | BBC Berkshire local news RSS feed · Local media cross-checks · yesterday Police chief considers joining legal action over PC Harper killers' early release• Two of PC Andrew Harper's killers are set to be included in the government's early release scheme, which begins in October. |
 | BBC Berkshire local news RSS feed · Local media cross-checks · yesterday Couple woke to find shirtless intruder in Travelodge room• Kim Hutchison says she was "petrified" to see a man in just shorts at the end of her bed in a Dundee Travelodge. |
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On about 4 January 871 a Danish Viking army defeated a West Saxon force led by King Aethelred and the future Alfred the Great at the Battle of Reading, fought between the Thames and Kennet.
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