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A WOKINGHAM estate agency has welcomed the new stamp duty extension, but is worried it will create uncertainty later this year. Daniel Lawry, director of  Property Assistant, said the government’s...

LAST WEEK’S budget has been welcomed by Bracknell MP James Sunderland, who says it provides support and reassurance as the nation navigates through the pandemic. Among the measures announced by...

PLANS to bring some outsourced council services back in house will be debated next week. An extraordinary meeting of Wokingham Borough Council’s executive has been convened for 5.30pm on Thursday,...

Parents warned years ago that there would be a shortage of places at The Piggott School, Wargrave. Last week there was fury when many children failed to get secondary places...

AS THE Covid Winter Grant comes to an end, the borough’s community response will  continue to support residents in need. The last date to inquire about the grant scheme is...

FAMILIES managing without the foodbank may have to turn to us again when the £20 uplift in Universal Credit (UC) is scrapped, said the manager of Wokingham Foodbank. Once the...

FAMILIES have been reunited across care homes in the borough, as the visiting restrictions were eased this week. Residents at Lord Harris Court in Sindlesham were delighted to be able...

CAMPAIGNERS are hoping to save a ‘green lung’ from being turned into a bus lane. Members of SOAR – Save Our Ancient Riverside – have launched a petition aimed at...

THAMES VALLEY Police has seen 16 reports of sexual extortion in the Bracknell and Wokingham Local Policing Area since the start of this year. Sextortion involves criminals posing with a...

AN APPEAL to shoppers to recycle their bags has been made in a bid to help the borough’s foodbank. Caring colleagues at Wokingham’s Tesco Superstore are calling on customers to...