Reading Roars!

It’s gone 11pm and, not for the first time recently, a noisy helicopter is flying overhead, no doubt irritating a huge swathe of the Reading population.

The noise pollution spewed by the aircraft is ridiculous. Who or what can they be looking for?

Of course, it’s not just Reading affected by this nocturnal nuisance. John Hind of The Observer wrote that the London Assembly’s Environment Committee

has collected written evidence from 160 people, which is equivalent to 0.5 per cent of the people woken by just one police helicopter hovering to track the progress of one hooded 14-year-old.

These helicopters need muffling - and fast.