Katie French

A MOTHER whose life was turned upside down after her beloved son was brutally stabbed in the head in a random attack while on holiday in Reading is urging young men not to carry knives.

WALKING through a bustling Broad Street, you would have no idea that it once played host to a deadly important battle which also took part in The Butts and the Market Place.

ON GOOD Friday a mum will be celebrating her son’s 29th birthday - a milestone she feared he might not make.

THE chief executive of a major leisure facility says he has been forced to close his business after a longstanding planning dispute with the local council. 

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