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Cases of neglect could be solved by analysing the head lice and nits of victims, researchers suggest.

Scientists said assessing the "biology" of lice and the amount and position of their eggs, unearthed details including how long a victim had been neglected.

The researchers examined the hair of an elderly woman with lice who died in 2016 after being seriously neglected.

The University of Reading academics said the discovery bettered chances of "uncovering the truth" in cases.

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Agne Jasulaitiene is also charged with causing the death by careless driving of a 91-year-old woman.

Plans for a 22-storey building housing a hotel and offices have put forward to replace a derelict Reading town centre site.

Station Road Dev Co Ltd has proposed £30m redevelopment - called "No.1 Reading" - of the former Norwich Union building at 29-35 Station Road, in the town.

The plans submitted to Reading Borough Council include a 135-room hotel, five floors of office space, a restaurant, and a shop on the ground floor, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

Concerns have been raised over the height of the development.

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An arts centre based in a country house is set to receive council funding support after years of cash cuts.

Bracknell's South Hill Park could be loaned £68,000, to be repaid over 20 years at six-monthly intervals, with no interest, the Local Democracy Reporting Service said.

A report from the council's budget papers documented £244,000 of cuts to 2019.

The loan would allow South Hill Park to finish the redevelopment of a function room to "enable greater commercial income generation, thereby supporting their improved financial self-sufficiency".

The executive member for culture, resources and public protection, Iain McCracken, is set to approve the loan by 15 January 2019.

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Jason Aleixo, Lorraine MacLellan and Catherine Gardiner died in the crash on the M4 near Newbury.

A teenager tells a court she did not delay calling an ambulance when her baby was fatally injured.

A woman has been taken to hospital with serious injuries after being hit by a motorbike.

The collision happened just after 08:00 GMT on Tuesday on Queens Avenue, Aldershot.

The motorcyclist was taken to Frimley Park Hospital but his injuries are not thought to be serious.

Queens Avenue is currently closed between the junctions of Prince's Avenue and Alison's Road.

The money will go towards changes to mental health, pathology and GP services in Dorset.

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Police investigating the rape of an 18-year-old woman in a park have released CCTV of a suspect.

The video footage , externalshows the man walking behind the teenager near Riverside Park, Southampton, at about 23:30 GMT on 2 December, shortly before the attack.

Two more women had reported being followed in the area in November and December, detectives said.

Police said the same man was thought to be involved on all three occasions.

More than 1,000 listeners are expected to attend the BBC Radio Berkshire carol service at Reading Minister on Tuesday.

The service, which is free to attend, has been recorded annually at the Minister since 1998, and will be broadcast on Christmas Day.

Incantata Ladies Choir from Newbury will be among those performing. Doors open at 18:30 GMT.

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Condor Ferries has announced passengers travelling between the Channel Islands and the UK will need to carry identification from March.

Previously it was only required on services between France and the islands.

Paul Luxon, Condor's CEO, said it was part of the company's move to "adopt best practice", and to fall in line with "international standards".

The change will come into effect from 1 March 2019.

"Acceptable forms of ID include a valid or recently expired passport, driving licence or national identity card," a company spokesman said.

A man has been arrested in connection with two knife point robberies on taxi drivers in Bournemouth on Sunday 9 December.

Both drivers were attacked after picking up a man as a passenger.

One of the drivers managed to escape from his vehicle which was later found on fire on Aylesbury Road.

A 28-year-old has been arrested on suspicion of robbery, aggravated vehicle taking and arson.

Shailem Dodson had been accused of deliberately targeting nightclub staff.

Driver Shailem Dodson is cleared of attempted murder after earlier admitting dangerous driving.

Bournemouth's Tyrone Mings pulls out of an interview with Talksport in protest at its coverage of the alleged racial abuse of Raheem Sterling.

Donations of cold weather clothing and footwear are desperately needed to help the homeless, according to the founder of a Reading charity.

New Beginnings, which helps people living on the streets in Reading, is in need of men's trousers in size 30 and 32 inch waist.

It is also appealing for warm practical boots and trainers in sizes 7 to 13.

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