Last week was a bad one for Government ministers - struggling with the numbers. In Housing, Robert Jenrick had side-stepped numbers completely, launching his Planning Reforms with an algorithm to...

EARLY BIRD entries are now open for next February's Wokingham half marathon. The 13.1-mile course will return, coronavirus permitting, on Saturday, February 21, at 10am. This year's event was one...

WORK ON the next section of the North Wokingham Distributor Road (NWDR) will begin next month, with road closures in place until spring. Old Forest Road, Emmbrook will be closed...

Bowen, Bowen, gone. Reading FC is now looking for a new manager following a 4-1 defeat this afternoon at Tottenham Hotspur.  Originally appointed as technical consultant in March last year,...

MOST people when they get to their golden years enjoy taking it easy: relaxing with some good books and comfy slippers. But not so Trevor Jones. He’s just completed a...

FAMILIES are calling for a housing development to take action over a drivers’ cut through before someone gets hurt. Residents of the Mulberry Grove development off Keep Hatch Lane said...

THERE might be just over 100 sleeps before Christmas, but for one Wokingham shopkeeper, there’s just over a month before her festive season begins. Georgina Hustler, who runs Maison Rustic...

Cholesterol travels around the body in our blood and it is present in our cells, here Dr Helen Flaherty, Head of Health Promotion at Heart Research UK, explains more. We...

GOING OUT out is a bit of an event at the moment – choosing the right mask, ensuring you’ve got the hand gel and remembering not to hug friends you’ve...

RESIDENTS of Wargrave are hoping they won’t have to walk on water to cross the River Thames. They’ve launched a campaign to create a new bridge linking the village with...