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GARDENERS are being asked to butt in as the lack of recent rainfall has caused gardens to dry up. South East Water is asking residents to install water butts to...

TWO of the borough’s MPs are in favour of relaxing the two-metre social distancing rule. Newly-elected James Sunderland, whose Bracknell constituency includes parts of Finchampstead, Crowthorne and Wokingham Without, visited...

QUICK action was needed by one of the borough’s care organisations to ensure it could look after its residents during the pandemic. Optalis, which is partially owned by Wokingham Borough...

A POPULAR gym is to be replaced with a 70-bedroom hotel after planning permission was granted last month. Nirvana Spa won approval for its plans to demolish the Pulse 8...

STOPPING free school meals during the summer holidays will be a massive blow according to a Labour councillor. Last week, Government ministers announced that the national voucher scheme that helps...

Curtains will soon be opening at a new Reading theatre thanks to a fundraising campaign which has raised more than £500,000. Reading Rep Theatre announced the news earlier this month...

A WARNING has gone out to make sure your ice cream comes from a registered van.  The council’s Public Protection Partnership (PPP) is warning that some of the stop me...

DIRECTORS at two Wokingham-based estate agents have been disqualified for their roles in an illegal price-fixing cartel.  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that Stephen Jones and Neal...

A TAXI driver went a whole day without picking up a single fare, highlighting the crisis facing the borough’s cabbies. Now they are appealing for urgent help so they can...

A WOKINGHAM couple managed to celebrate their diamond wedding anniversary last week, even if their original plans had changed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. The June 4 wedding...