I attended a council meeting last Thursday evening and I was pleased to hear that Cllr Wayne Smith put forward a motion for ‘a carefully managed approach’ to house building...

IT MIGHT be the height of summer, but if you see a teenager in Charvil wearing a scarf it’s all OK. She’s just not used to have a chilly neck.

THOSE old jokes about women drivers are thankfully long consigned to history. And to prove it, Reading Buses’ latest star of the month has been nominated for her skill behind...

RESIDENTS fighting plans to turn countryside in Shinfield into a gravel extraction plant are angry that they have only been given 30 days to consider submitted plans. And they are...

It’s been good remembering the anniversary of the Apollo11 moon landing in 1969. It was an astonishing moment in the history of humanity; for the achievement, the science, and the...

CHARVIL residents will be flushed with success once a new four-month project, which includes a road closure, is completed. From Monday, Thames Water will start a project which will connect...

Solar power will be installed on the borough’s schools, leisure centres, libraries and suitable council-owned properties with the working starting from the new school year

A TWYFORD business is the first in the village to be presented with a new green award. On Friday last week, Emma's Kitchen on London Road, received the honour from...

THE paving in Woodley that is driving shoppers crazy was raised by Cllr Jenny Cheng at a meeting of Wokingham Borough Council on Thursday, July 18. She wanted to know...

A RAINBOW flag in support of Pride will be flown from Shute End on August 31. Cllr Maria Gee wanted to know if the council would join others by flying...