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DRUG and alcohol support services will come under a new provider, Wokingham Borough Council revealed. On Tuesday, it announced national charity Cranstoun has been awarded its five-year substance misuse service...

St Catherine’s Church in Sindlesham was built in 1846 so this year there are celebrations to mark the 175th anniversary of its Consecration by the then Bishop of Oxford, Samuel...

TWYFORD had a surprise visitor from the skies last week, after a hot air balloon landed in the village. On the evening of Tuesday, July 20, Virgin Balloons made an...

WHAT’S AN effective way to bond with your sibling? Jump out of a plane together. Sisters Sheridan Jansky and Joanne Gavaghan took to the sky earlier this month to raise...

RESIDENTS of a busy Woodley road are hoping the council can make permanent a temporary parking restriction. In January, Wokingham Borough Council introduced temporary traffic regulation orders in a number...

Up to 300 new homes are being proposed for a large green field which residents have fought to defend for more than 60 years. They say that developers are circling...

Protect Hurst Action Group which aims to protect the village from “inappropriate development”  has had dozens of new members join it. The increase has been since developers have started a...

A WOKINGHAM borough firm has been keeping its eyes on the pies after coming first in the fifth annual Greater London Enterprise Awards. Rural Pie Co., which sells sweet and...

WINNERSH Triangle should become net carbon zero by 2030, as its owners reveal their roadmap to sustainability. Frasers Property UK, which manages the Wokingham borough business park, has announced three...

ZERO EMISSION buses are planned for the route between Lower Earley and Reading. The borough council is backing Reading Buses and neighbouring Reading Borough Council to bring zero-emissions vehicles to...