M25 speeding fines and Oracle evacuation: Five top stories in …
1. The Oracle Reading incident prompts evacuation as centre shut off
A LIVE blog brought updates as they happened after the Oracle shopping centre was evacuated on Monday (July 3).
The shopping centre was closed for the remainder of Monday after a fuel spillage caused an evacuation.
2. M25 speed camera records driver over 60mph speed limit
A MAN has been fined almost £400 after being caught exceeding the speed limit.
Benjamin Stainsby, of Woodward Close, Wokingham, was caught on December 1 last year speeding on a motorway.
The 48-year-old was caught by an automatic speed camera on the M25 motorway driving 69mph in a 60mph speed limit zone.
3. Reading Oracle evacuation leaves shoppers stranded as car park shuts
READING'S major shopping centre and car park have been evacuated leaving shoppers and their cars stranded.
At approximately 1:30pm today (July 3) the Oracle, Reading, began to be evacuated.
A police cordon has since been put in place with officers preventing anyone from entering the shopping centre.
4. Canterbury man sentenced for county lines drug dealing in Berkshire
A MAN has been sent to prison for his involvement in county lines drug dealing.
Following an investigation by Thames Valley Police, Fatjon Lata, aged 24, of Wife of Bath Hill, Canterbury has been jailed for drug offences in Newbury.
Lata pleaded guilty to one count each of being concerned in supplying a controlled drug of class A, namely cocaine and two counts each of being concerned in supplying a controlled drug of class B, namely cannabis and ketamine.
5. We asked ChatGPT what Reading will look like in 10 years
I LOOKED into the future and asked AI what the town centre will be like in 10 years and here is what it said.
Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are taking over modern technology with softwares like ChatGPT becoming more popular.
So, we thought we'd try ChatGPT and see what it could come up with when asked what the future in Reading could look like.