NO MORE fumbling for loose change for parking the car. That’s the promise of the very latest, hi-tech machines that are being installed in Wokingham Borough Council’s car parks.

A BERKSHIRE woman is celebrating in secret after winning a life-changing sum of money on a Lottery contest. The mystery woman, known only as Mrs M, will receive £10,000 every...

CRIME in the Thames Valley has risen almost 10% in the space of a year – more than the national average. Earlier this month, the Office for National Statistics published...

A DIRECTOR from Wokingham Borough Council’s housing companies has been shortlisted for a national award.  Rachel Harrison, who is the financial director for Wokingham Housing (WHL), Loddon Homes and Berry...

ONE of the borough’s most-loved parks has received the Green Flag for the second year in a row.  The scheme honours parks that are the very best in the world...

SHE’S sold millions of records, danced thousands of steps and made one school’s dreams come true. Last week, Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts visited pupils at Barnardo’s High Close School...

BOSSES of a new-look pizza restaurant in Wokingham’s town centre are promising to bring a touch of the theatre to dining out. The PizzaExpress branch in Broad Street has reopened...

A COMPANY caught illegally tapping into the water network while working on a Winnersh development has been fined £8,000. Quattro Plant Ltd was caught taking water using unauthorised equipment across...

Ros Fernley with Lily the duck THE STEREOTYPE of a librarian is a fusty madam, with index finger constantly raised to sssssh! anyone who dares to whisper in their hallowed...

THE MET OFFICE thinks it could be some of the hottest days of the year … so far. And with the long summer holidays here, Thames Water is encouraging Wokingham...