ANTIA DOBSON, a former EastEnder took a tour of Thames Hospice’s new facilities last week. The actor, who has been a supporter of the charity for five years, visited the...

Erftstadt, which is twinned with Wokingham, flooded at the end of last week as the river burst its banks after record rainfall. It is thought at least 43 people in...

FLOODING is the topic of a new exhibition by the University of Reading. Earlier this month, scientists at the university revealed how to create reliable flood forecasts to support global...

It just doesn’t add up by Jess Warren ARRIVING home after reporting on Wokingham Pride, my phone pinged. Was it a text from someone I saw at the event? Maybe...

AN ECO-FRIENDLY solution to transport has been trialled in Reading this week. Reading Buses is currently testing out the latest electric bus on the purple 17 route between Wokingham Road...

RESIDENTS at a Lower Earley care home have been cheering the home side. Austen House has been decked with flags to celebrate the Euros over the last three weeks. Matches...

RESIDENTS should start recycling their food waste, the borough council has urged, after finding a quarter of all blue bag rubbish could be binned more sustainably. Since April 2019, it...

ALMOST all covid restrictions will be dropped on Monday, despite a third wave peak expected in August. Legal restrictions on social contact will end, although residents are urged to proceed...

ONE OF the borough’s MPs has asked the health secretary what evidence he has used to drop covid restrictions on Monday. James Sunderland, whose Bracknell constituency includes Crowthorne, Wokingham Without...

IT MIGHT have been wet, but Wokingham’s Pride celebrations still sparkled. On Saturday, July 10, an estimated 100 people joined the second annual event that celebrates the borough’s LGBTQ+ community....