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THE UK has reported another record high for positive coronavirus tests as rates surge across England. And the rate per 100,000 people in Wokingham borough has also reached a new...

THE GOVERNMENT needs to do more to support small businesses and the fitness industry, which have both needed to close as a result of the new Tier 4 restrictions.  Bracknell...

RESIDENTS received an unexpected Christmas surprise in the form of parking tickets.  Wokingham borough’s traffic wardens were working on Boxing Day – Saturday, December 26.  When the holiday was established...

Crowds used to cheering on traditional mummers’ plays with St George, a Turkish Knight and a dragon in combat outside a pub can still enjoy the fun despite Covid rules,...

IT ALL started so brightly. The first issue of 2020 was packed with everything that you would expect a local newspaper to cover: community groups meeting, pantomime magic and features...

WOKINGHAM Volunteer Centre is offering residents the chance to help in an historic event: it is currently recruiting a team of vaccine marshals to lend a hand with the rollout...

THE CASE at Willow Bank Infants School set the tone for March. Although there had only been 85 cases confirmed in the UK by the time our March 5 issue...

THE FIRST mention of Covid-19 in our pages came on February 6, 2020 with a front-page headline that showed how new it was: Coronavirus was split into two words with...

A NUMBER of borough residents have been named in the New Year Honours list for 2021, recognising their work for charity and the country. Across the Commonwealth, 1,239 people have...

Berkshire primary schools will be returning from Monday, January 4, but secondary schools will be delayed until week commencing January 18 in a bid to prepare for mass coronavirus testing...