Last summer, more than 600 cyclists - a recent record - enjoyed their ride through the local countryside on the Three Counties Cycle Ride organised by the Rotary Club of...

On Monday 11th March, a group of seven local young people with autism visited Westminster Abbey to meet The Queen. The excited group attended a service to celebrate Commonwealth Day,...

Just occasionally an action you take has surprising consequences… I posted an item for sale on a well-known international auction site and awaited questions and/or offers for the painting in...

A FORMER Wokingham schoolboy James Mattingley is preparing to brew up something special for Peach Place. Planned to open next month, the Sit & Sip Tasting will specialise in craft...

The University of Reading’s new science park in Shinfield has been shortlisted for two property awards. The park, which opened last year, has been nominated for two Thames Valley Property...

Members of the Reading Geological Society and their guests enjoyed an Introduction to Geology meeting in Wargrave last week. The morning was spent in the Village Hall, when we were...

The NHS is the fifth biggest employer in the world. It employs 1.7 million staff (with the US Department of Defence employing 3.2 million, People’s Liberation Army China employing 2.3...

What do you want to be when you grow up Mummy?” It always amuses me when my five-year-old voices such queries because, while all very sweet and innocent, they’re also...

As the days start to brighten you may notice more of our feline friends out and about, soaking up the sunshine. It is normal for cats to roam and sometimes...

THE trouble with planning in secret is that when the secrets come out, there is anger. And residents have every right to be angry over the plans for Grazeley, Twyford...