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The best of the BBC in Berkshire from the team at BBC Radio Berkshire, BBC South Today and the BBC News website team in the South of England. Celebrating people and places from where we call home. If you spot something inappropriate on the page please DM us – and you can read more about how our Page is moderated here: bbc.in/moderation

19/06/2026

"My son did not take his first breath for 22 minutes." 🗣️

A mother's described how her son did not breathe for 22 minutes at birth and was left with brain damage and cerebral palsy.

Charity recalled how she felt abandoned in the 24 hours before her son Rome's birth at the Royal Berkshire Hospital and she and her husband are now calling for changes to maternity care.

They attended Royal Ascot for a third time this year as temperatures continue to soar.Read more here: https://bbc.in/4ex...
19/06/2026

They attended Royal Ascot for a third time this year as temperatures continue to soar.

Read more here: https://bbc.in/4exSiIS

It's about to get hotter 🔥 The Met Office has issued an amber extreme heat warning for parts of the south for Monday and...
19/06/2026

It's about to get hotter 🔥 The Met Office has issued an amber extreme heat warning for parts of the south for Monday and Tuesday. Get some advice on how to prepare and keep cool at the link below ⤵️
https://bbc.in/4vsxKsA

A third apartment building at Newbury Racecourse has been put under a 24-hour fire watch after defects were found in som...
19/06/2026

A third apartment building at Newbury Racecourse has been put under a 24-hour fire watch after defects were found in some of its external walls.

Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/4xFhVjt

19/06/2026

Natasha, Gemma and Helen grew up believing they knew who their dads were.

It was only decades later, after taking DNA tests, that it was revealed they were all conceived using the same s***m donor.

As they were conceived before regulations were introduced in 1991, they said they were part of the generation of children created during s***m donation's "Wild West" period.

They call themselves "s***m sisters" and together are exploring their new found sisterhood and described meeting for the first time as "like a fairy tale, it felt so magical – there were tears of joy".

Natasha, Gemma and Helen say finding each other has been a "fairy tale". ❤Read their full story here: https://bbc.in/44i...
19/06/2026

Natasha, Gemma and Helen say finding each other has been a "fairy tale". ❤
Read their full story here: https://bbc.in/44iTHy5

"We want this year to be the best, we want to go out on a high" 🗣️Greys Farm, or you may remember it as "the big strawbe...
19/06/2026

"We want this year to be the best, we want to go out on a high" 🗣️

Greys Farm, or you may remember it as "the big strawberry" will close later this year. 🍓

📲 Tap the link for the full story: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0nssnwh

A mother's described how her child did not breathe for 22 minutes at birth and was left with cerebral palsy. Charity say...
19/06/2026

A mother's described how her child did not breathe for 22 minutes at birth and was left with cerebral palsy. Charity says she felt abandoned in the 24 hours before the birth at Royal Berkshire Hospital. Read the full story here: https://bbc.in/4w3vdVE

18/06/2026

Turning to a new page in the town's history. 📖

Reading's Central Library has moved to the town's Civic Centre on Bridge Street, it's the size of five tennis courts and will hold more than 60,000 books.

📲 Tap the link to read more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2w5veg36qo

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