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Man dies in motorway crash

A Lower Earley man has died and another man remains in hospital with serious head injuries after three car crashes on the M4 yesterday afternoon.

The driver’s silver Renault Clio collided with the barriers on the slip road of Junction 10 westbound carriageway at around 4.10pm.

The 41-year-old died at the scene after another motorist from Bracknell stopped his car to help when a silver VW Passat struck them both.

The credit crunch and cold weather could be behind an 80 per cent drop in crime on Christmas Day in Wokingham.

A seven-year-old boy was knocked down by a car as he walked to school yesterday.

A derelict Finchampstead pub could soon get a new lease of life after plans to revamp the building were given the green light.

An electronics expert from Finchampstead was made an MBE in the New Year's Honours list for services to the defence industry.

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