Reading standards in England are the best in a generation, new international test results show, after the push towards phonics led to a dramatic improvement in children’s attainment.

Overall, girls were ahead of boys in their reading achievement in nearly all the countries that took part in the 2021 study - and in England, girls had an average score of 562 and boys had an average ...

Officers near Forbury Gardens in Reading, England, where police responded to a stabbing incident on Saturday, June 20, 2020. Steve Parsons/PA Images/Reuters.

Former Liverpool, Reading and England striker Andy Carroll has opted to return from his spell in France to move closer to his ...

Jones, who now serves as public governor of the Reading, England, ambulance service, has visited the city several times in the last 25 years, helping to strengthen the ties between the two Readings.

Reading Abbey (Reading Abbey Quarter Facebook) Henry I died in Normandy, France in 1135 after eating lamprey, a type of fish. But, due to bad weather, it took a while to get his body home to England.

READING, England -- There was a beautiful balance to Reading lining up alongside Chelsea at the Select Car Leasing stadium on Saturday afternoon.

A quarter of 11-year-olds in England were having difficulties learning to read before the pandemic, new figures have revealed. The latest available data from the Department of Education shows 27 ...

READING, England — The metal stairway creaks and groans underfoot on the way to cell C. 3.3, a bare oblong room of painted brick behind a large and forbidding prison door.

Officers near Forbury Gardens in Reading, England, where police responded to a stabbing incident on Saturday, June 20, 2020. Steve Parsons/PA Images/Reuters.

Officers near Forbury Gardens in Reading, England, where police responded to a stabbing incident on Saturday, June 20, 2020. Steve Parsons/PA Images/Reuters.