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WOKINGHAM residents will face a council tax rise of 5.49% plus the parish council precepts, which could add as much as £106.71 to the bill. The overall rise, announced at...

WASHINDI Trampoline Club enjoyed a successful weekend with eight members picking up gold medals in Milton Keynes. In the first National Development Plan (NDP) competition of the year, the club...

FORMER Eustace Crescent residents joined with members of Wokingham Borough Council staff and representatives from Wokingham Housing (WHL) and Berry Brook Homes to bury a time capsule in Phoenix Avenue, marking...

CHOCOHOLICS are needed to help a modern day Willy Wonka test the very latest in recipes. Mondelēz International, which makes sweet treats under the brands Cadbury, Oreo, Milka and Green...

A FINCHAMPSTEAD brewery is teaming up with a Reading delicatessen to match some barrel-aged beers with the perfect cheese. Siren Craft Brew will hold the event at its new Tap...

TRESPASSERS on the railway line between Reading and Bracknell caused South Western Railway services to be suspended this evening, causing chaos for rush hour as commuters return home. They have...

A HOME care company is gearing up to play cupid by handing out roses on Valentine’s Day in a Twyford cafe. This Wednesday, kind-hearted staff from Bluebird Care will be...

Pinewood Gymnastics Club star Yasmin Taite has announced she will retire from competitive action after fracturing her skull last week. Taite, 21, has competed in tumbling and trampolining for Great...

A WIDER range of plastics and food and drink cartons will now be recycled by the borough’s doorstep collection – but widely used black plastic trays and cling film will...

A SENIOR councillor has hit out after the planning inspectorate overuled the council’s planning committee. Last week, Turley Homes won an appeal over 20 homes on land to the west...