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Wednesday 22 May 2013 12:29 PM

Lily growers HW Hyde & Sons scoop ninth Chelsea gold

Lily growers from Ruscombe have scooped their ninth straight gold medal at this year's Chelsea Flower Show.

HW Hyde & Sons nursery received the gold medal on Monday.

Former popstar Lily Cooper also visited the flower show this week and saw a lily named in her honour.

The 'Lily Allen Popstar' flower was exhibited by the Ruscombe nursery in a series


17:09 Tue 21 May 2013
gen_police-walk Police want to speak with the occupants of a car that was driven close to the scene of a serious assault in Reading. Officers were called after two men were assaulted by a group of
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14:11 Tue 21 May 2013
Bus Police have released CCTV of a man in relation to an assault of a 12-year-old boy at a bus stop in Station Road in Reading. The boy was grabbed around the throat by a man
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16:00 Mon 20 May 2013
Tankl A combat tank and a double-decker bus drove Piggott School pupils to their leavers' prom in Sonning. Various means of transport, including stretch limousines and vintage coaches, transported the students to the ball at Sonning
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16:05 Tue 21 May 2013
police small An appeal has been made for information after a man was repeatedly punched outside the Royal Albion pub in Oxford Road, Reading. The man, who is in his 50s, was assaulted just before 1am on
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14:07 Tue 21 May 2013
police small Figures have revealed Thames Valley Police took an average of 33 DNA samples from children every week in 2011. The Howard League for Penal Reform charity say its research has found officers took swabs from
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15:55 Mon 20 May 2013
gen_police-walk A man suffered serious head injuries after falling off the bonnet of a Ford Fiesta being driven along Russell Street in Reading. An argument broke out when the car stopped at the junction with Baker
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