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READING Borough Council (RBC) has launched a new bid to concrete over a natural beauty spot, just weeks after Wokingham Borough Council’s planning committee turned down plans to build a...

Miraque Badurdeen took seven wickets, but could not prevent defeat for Woodley against Berkshire County Sports. It was the batting that let Woodley down, bowled out for 138, and despite...

Woosehill athlete Josh Zeller lost out in the semi-finals of the World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Finland. Former Forest School pupil Zeller was the youngest member of Team GB that...

WORK to regenerate Market Place will not be completed until at least mid-August, meaning it will be at least SIX MONTHS behind schedule. As The Wokingham Paper went to press,...

FOOTBALL’S coming home … and so are the workers at the local recycling centres. Re3, which runs the centres in Reading and Bracknell, will be closing early to enable its...

AS THE borough prepares to cheer on England in tomorrow night's World Cup semi-final, police are planning an increased presence to keep everyone safe and issuing a reminder to fans...

OVER 400 children took part in a football tournament at Laurel Park's annual fun day at the weekend. Ranging from Under-5s up to Under-18s, players were out in force to...

Wokingham, like much of the country, came to a standstill on Saturday afternoon as England took on Sweden in the World Cup quarter final. And the football team did the...

Finchampstead opened up some breathing space in the battle to avoid relegation from Home Counties Premier 1 with a five-wicket win at Thame Town. Dan Lincoln's charges had won just...

A fire engine was called out to a road where emergency gas repairs are taking place. The engine was called out to Binfield Road on Saturday, July 7, as SGN...