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Service called to more than 250 wildfires this year
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 | BBC Berkshire RSS feed · yesterday Search for park and ride solar charging contractor• Councillors approved solar EV charging scheme for Mereoak Park and Ride near Reading. |
 | BBC Berkshire RSS feed · yesterday The over-60s skaters chasing every UK ice rink• Girls on Tour are group of women - who took up ice skating later in life - aiming to skate every UK rink. |
 | BBC Berkshire RSS feed · yesterday 'Britain's loneliest' dog finds his forever home• Greyhound Danny spent 15 times longer than most dogs at the Battersea Old Windsor centre in Berkshire. |
 | BBC Berkshire RSS feed · yesterday Ehibhatiomhan joins Danish side AC Horsens• Reading striker Kelvin Ehibhatiomhan joins Danish Superliga side AC Horsens for an undisclosed fee. |
 | BBC Berkshire RSS feed · yesterday More than half of England in drought, Environment Agency declares• The drought declarations follow an exceptionally hot and dry period, which has hit rivers, crops and nature. |
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