A YOUNGSTER’S plan to check on her neighbours during the coronavirus pandemic saw a Wokingham street come together to wish a man in his 80s a very happy birthday. With...

THERE has been a sharp rise in the number of people in the Thames Valley – including Wokingham borough – diagnosed with the coronavirus. The latest government figures, published yesterday...

The round of applause for health workers has been just the tonic for staff working at the Royal Berkshire Hospital. At 8pm last night, millions across the country took part...

THIS WEEK, The Wokingham Paper turns five. Instead of celebrating our anniversary, we are publishing a newspaper that is reduced in size as the impact of the coronavirus is felt....

LOCAL NEWS is under threat as a result of the coronavirus and unless emergency funding can be secured to support small news publishers at this time, communities across the UK...

WORK on the already behind schedule Crossrail has been halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.  The scheme, which has added Twyford and Reading to the tube map, had hoped to...

IT’S the biggest celebration of the contribution that farmers in the Royal County make to the economy and now, thanks to the coronavirus, it’s off.  The Berkshire Show had been...

THE two recycling centres used by borough residents are to be closed indefinitely due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Last night, the Government announced new curbs on people’s movements, banning all...

PEOPLE must stay at home under new orders from the Prime Minister this evening.  All public gatherings of more than two people are banned. No one can take part in...

SHOPS across Wokingham borough are shutting their doors as the coronavirus pandemic disrupts everyday life.  Waterstones announced that it is to turn customers away for an indefinite period.  It comes...