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ANOTHER new high for positive coronavirus tests has been reported in Wokingham borough today, with similar figures reported across the county. The UK reported 53,285 cases and 613 deaths, maintaining...

POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a stabbing in the early hours of New Year’s Day.  The incident took place around 2.30 am close to the Best Kebab Shop on...

NON-ESSENTIAL shops were given permission to reopen from June 15, while outdoor markets were able to resume from June 1. It was the first sign that lockdown was starting to...

MAY was a month when we’d been in lockdown for six weeks, so we were getting into a routine. Schools were still off, exams had been cancelled and every event...

2020 was a year many will wish to forget. It is also a year which will stick in the memory. For some it will be painful memories of sickness and...

Most of us are very happy that 2020 has finally come to an end. It has been one of the most difficult years that I have experienced. We haven’t been...

I thought I would look back at events during the previous 12 months. It has been a bit of a roller coaster year with the biggest impact being the pandemic...

LOCKDOWN was the new normal for the country as stay at home became a fact of life. Pupils remained off school and it seemed quite jolly despite the increasing spread...

ROADS across Wokingham borough have been resurfaced following an investment of more than £500,000 — and the council says there’s more to come. Nine key transport routes throughout the area...

THE INCREASE in coronavirus cases has meant that the Royal Berkshire Hospital is pausing non-urgent operations for the next fortnight, apart from cancer, urgent care and endoscopy procedures.  Only the...