Reading's latest Local Wire update covers rising concerns over violence and sexual offences, a major road accident on the A4 involving a pensioner, and the takeover of the Crowne Plaza sites in Marlow and Reading by a hotel operator. The episode also mentions a crash on the M4 referenced on the BBC’s *Have I Got News For You*, and updates on the closed Santiago-Rosalía de Castro airport and a comedy play at the Reading Rep.