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AN EXTRA £1.2 million may be committed to tackling the pandemic locally in a meeting tonight. Wokingham Borough Council’s executive will consider setting aside the extra funding when it meets...

PETALS were in bloom in Lower Earley last week, to celebrate International Flower Day. Last Thursday, residents at Austen House Care Home competed in a flower-arranging competition, and enjoyed virtual...

Profits made by the scheme – through the sale of green energy to customers or back into the national grid – would be used to pay interest to shareholders, with...

Wokingham Borough Council has warned only residents from Hurst, Winnersh and Woodley should be visiting the country park.

Family-led cafe H'ARTISAN is opening its doors tomorrow in Wargrave tomorrow, two years after starting the project.

A theatre group provided two “outings” to enjoy funny and inventive plays – a rare treat in these Covid-19 times. Twyford and Ruscombe Theatre Group staged six short plays under...

A Russian ex-banker has helped a new mental health scheme in Wokingham borough with a £250,000 donation.

MORE ACTION is being taken to stop fly-tipping across the borough. Last year, the council received £11,500 in fines, after launching it’s zero-tolerance approach. This is now being reinvested into...

A WOKINGHAM man has run 100km (62 miles) this month to support a nearby hospice. Mark Welch, 34, started his 31-day ‘Ranuary’ challenge to raise money for Sue Ryder Duchess...

Mr Johnson said it would not be possible to immediately open schools after the February half-term.