Dog attack

09:30AM, Monday 18 August 2025

A PENSIONER was hospitalised after she was bitten by a dog while walking through Albert Road Park in Caversham last Friday.

The woman, who is in her eighties, was bitten on the calf while walking her own dog between 3.10pm and 3.40pm. She has since been discharged from hospital.

Thames Valley Police described the suspect owner as a woman in her fifties or sixties with blonde/grey hair and wearing summery clothes.

Most read

Top Articles

Mayor hits back at ‘trolls’ who criticised dress sense

Mayor hits back at ‘trolls’ who criticised dress sense

THE Mayor of Henley has defended his dress sense saying that “people’s preconceptions need to be challenged”.Tom Buckley came under fire last month when he chose to wear a floral shirt, shorts and no socks to a parade of the Royal Marine, army and air...
Museum’s longest-serving waitress who loves to work

Museum’s longest-serving waitress who loves to work

THE LONGEST serving waitress at the River & Rowing Museum café is looking forward to a new chapter after she will lose her job due to the venue’s closure later this month. Amelia Ash, 44, who has Down’s syndrome, has worked at the café for 19 years...