M4 to be closed from 8pm tonight through to 6am on Sunday
THE M4 will be closed this weekend, affecting motorists heading to Heathrow. But road bosses are promising that it will be reopened in time for the England v Ireland Six...
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Soup for the community
The SOUP event — hosted by social care company Optalis — will give local residents the chance to vote for their favourite community project, Dragons’ Den style.
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Residents make a case against expansion of R Collard site
Eversley residents hit out at commercial waste company, R Collard over its previous breaches of planning control, in a bid to stop planning approval during a meeting last week.
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Showcase Roundabout flooding action pledged to ensure it won't happen again
FIXING flooding of the Showcase Roundabout to ensure it doesn't happen again would be a priority if the Liberal Democrats won control of the borough council in May. That was...
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'Are some of 250,000 trees the council are planting magic money trees?'
“We find it very hard to believe that either the forecast for how much we will need to borrow or the forecast for when and how we can pay off...
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Bid to turn Shinfield into Hollywood 'represents significant investment into the UK'
PLANS to create a bit of Hollywood magic in Shinfield have been welcomed by Wokingham Borough Council. The executive member for business and economic development, Cllr Stuart Munro, spoke about...
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£500,000 pledged to help tackle potholes across Wokingham – and new equipment to avoid road closures
AN ADDITIONAL £500,000 is being promised to tackle potholes across Wokingham borough. It comes after the council tackled 4,236 potholes during 2019. During her budget speech, Cllr Pauline Jorgensen, executive...
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'10% of the 2020-21 council budget will be spent tackling climate emergency'
WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL will be investing 10% of its budget into tackling the climate emergency – more than the 2.5%-5% recommended by the New Economics Foundation. That’s the verdict of...
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'We have a vision of a better run administration which listens to our residents' – Lib Dem leader makes budget response
“This Conservative administration has acted more like cash strapped, amateur property speculators who have racked up £700m of debt than a council administration who are there to provide services for...
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New traffic light system pledged to tackle the congestion 'plaguing' residents
RESIDENTS should have fewer delays at traffic lights once new technology has been installed across Wokingham borough. Council leader Cllr John Halsall touched on the plan to make journeys easier...
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