'Horrible' is how Labour's plans to tax private school fees have been described by the education secretary on a visit to Shinfield and Wokingham.

Berkshire Conservatives face a potential wipeout in next month's general election according to a new set of predictions.

They currently hold six of the eight MP seats in the county.

The Labour Party has pledged to build a new hospital for Reading if they gain power in the forthcoming general election.

The public facilities in Woodley precinct have been out of order since Friday, April 12.

Wates Developments is exploring building 148 homes near Junction 11 of the M4.

Leighton Park School in Shinfield Road has applied for retrospective planning permission to refresh and extend an astroturf pitch

Scaffolding has gone up at a pub in Wargrave as part of a project to transform it into a village shop and a wine bar with rooms

WOKINGHAM Borough Council says it backs a fresh bid to create a new road bridge over the River Thames.

The River Thames was blessed for the first time in a Christian ritual.