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According to Thames Valley Police, there were 27% fewer crimes at this year’s Reading Festival than in 2004. There were 436 reported crimes overall, listed as the following:
175 were thefts from tents
173 for possession of cannabis
35 for deception in relation to forget ticket sales
There were 83 arrests made, however, compared with 63 in 2004.
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Dave Grohl of legendary band The Foo Fighters has hailed the Reading Festival as the world’s best:
Glastonbury is for smelly hippies, V is for the clean people, the f****** yuppies. The Reading festival is for dirty f****** rockers who come out to have a good time. Take it from your Uncle Dave I’ve been looking [...]

Train operating companies First Great Western and First Great Western Link are providing extra seats on 13 local rail services. The important improvements to morning and afternoon peak-time services are said to be a response to customer feedback.
In addition, a High Speed Train will replace the First Great Western Link 06.45 from Oxford to Paddington [...]

Ask Jeeves UK has launched a new (beta) Map service, powered by digital map data provider NAVTEQ.
The user can enter a Street Address or a Town, County or Postcode.
A map of your chosen location is displayed on your screen. You can zoom in at Street, Town, County, Region and Country [...]

Guardian Media Group (GMG) Radio has increased its shareholding in Reading 107 FM to 60.3% from 37.8%. The other shareholder is the Goodhead Group plc, controlled by Reading Football Club Chair John Madejski.
John Myers, GMG Radio Chief Executive, stated:
We were one of the original shareholders in Reading 107 FM and are proud [...]

Off to Reading Festival? Reading Borough Council have put together a dozen tips on ensuring that you have a good time, such as
Reading has excellent rail links with the rest of the UK so we would strongly recommend festival-goers beat the traffic jams by using the trains.
Good luck with the trains.
The Council’s tips can [...]

The Thames Valley Police have revealed how they will ensure the safety of the 66,500 revellers attending this year’s Reading Festival.
Police officers will patrol the site to prevent crimes (the majority being thefts from tents) and will be backed up by Mean Fiddler-employed security staff.
A cop shop will also be set up [...]

will be taking a break and will return the week commencing 22 August 2005. The next Weekly Digest will be sent out on 28 August. See ya!

The Royal Berkshire and Battle Hospitals NHS Trust launches its public consultation on its application for Foundation Trust status on Monday 15 August 2005. The consultation ends on 4 November. The views of the Reading public will be forwarded on to the Department of Health in December 2005.
To obtain more information about the [...]

The Register’s Sean Fleming comments on the Oracle Corporation buildings at Thames Valley Park:
…faced with a shortage of human collateral what method of recruitment would you expect a major IT company to employ? Well, how about a large board, nailed up facing the nearby railway tracks that says come and work for Oracle.
Maybe the days [...]