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  Tim Dellor breaks the news and shares his reaction following the EFL statement.

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• 'It led me to collecting hundreds of magazines from the War'

  Basingstoke writer AJ Pearce on how her life changed after buying a magazine from eBay.

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• We surprised our teacher on Britain's Got Talent

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  Sandra and Martin Bright have been involved in South Hill Park Arts Centre since it opened

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• ´óÏó´«Ã½ Berkshire's Radio Reads

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  1. Pick up this month's book at your local library.

  2. Read along with Bill Buckley and the panel.

  3. Tune in from 14:00 to hear the review on the first Tuesday of each month.

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• This month's book

  Slow Horses by Mick Herron

  Slough House is Jackson Lamb's kingdom; a dumping ground for members of the intelligence service who've messed up: left a service file on a train; blown a surveillance; or become drunkenly unreliable. They're the service's poor relations - the slow horses - and bitterest among them is River Cartwright, whose days are spent transcribing mobile phone conversations.

  But when a young man is abducted, and his kidnappers threaten to behead him live on the internet, River sees an opportunity to redeem himself. Is the victim who he first appears to be? And what's the kidnappers' connection with a disgraced journalist? As the clock ticks on the execution, River finds that everyone involved has their own agenda …

  And unless the slow horses can prove they're not as useless as they're thought to be, a young man's death is going to echo around the world.

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• Previous month's book

  Funny Girl by Nick Hornby

  It's the swinging 60s and the nation is mesmerised by unlikely comedy star Sophie Straw, the former Blackpool beauty queen who just wants to make people laugh, like her heroine Lucille Ball.

  Behind the scenes, the cast and crew are having the time of their lives. But when the script begins to get a bit too close to home, and life starts imitating art, they all face a choice.

  The writers, Tony and Bill, comedy obsessives, each harbour a secret. The Oxbridge-educated director, Dennis, loves his job but hates his marriage. The male star Clive, feels he's destined for better things. And Sophie Straw, who's changed her name and abandoned her old life, must decide whether to keep going, or change the channel.

  Nick Hornby's new novel is about popular culture, youth and old age, fame, class and teamwork. It offers a wonderfully captivating portrait of youthful exuberance and creativity, and of a period when both were suddenly allowed to flourish. Fans of Hornby will love this book, as will readers of David Nicholls, Mark Haddon and William Boyd.

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