A CAMPAIGN has been launched to recruit more on-call firefighters in the borough. The Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service is holding a series of information mornings at stations across...

AT first glance, Berkshire’s green fields do not have much in common with the Hollywood hills. But this green and pleasant land is about to star in a film that...

IT was Don Quixote who famously tipped his lance at a windmill. The great nobleman of La Mancha would have been equally impressed if he and his trusty steed took...

ON ANY new estate, the show house is always the best and most admired property. Standing outside this beautiful four bedroom detached home on the much admired Montague Park, it...

The Bell has had its hymn board stolen IT is meant to be the season of goodwill. But one cheeky thief has decided it is better to receive than to...

PUPILS from a borough school have been giving lessons in kindness. The students at Gorse Ride School in Finchampstead are handing out special tokens to anyone who does a good...

LILY Bartlett has always had the odds stacked against her. Born prematurely at 24 weeks, she was almost completely blind and weighed little more than a bag of sugar. She...

On Sunday, the Living Advent Calendar tackles the events of the first Christmas, using a community cast. JAMES HASTINGS is third sheep on the left THE sights sounds and even...

THERE was plenty of noise and thousands of toys as the Reading Toy Run roared through the streets of Wokingham. The popular annual event was cancelled last year due to...

TWO Wokingham businesses came out tops in the first-ever Berkshire Apprenticeship Awards. Maiden Erlegh School won the Most Innovative Education-Based Apprenticeship Promotion Initiative Award the Best Adult Apprentice Award went...