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AN ‘outstanding’ professor from the University of Reading has been killed while working in America. Prof Alexei Likhtman, 44, who taught in the Mathematics department at the university, died while...

The future is bright for the Guide Dogs charity following a week of fundraising by local volunteers. The team from Guide Dogs Reading Mobility dressed up in fluorescent outfits to...

A CHURCH in Woodley now has a publicly-accessible defibrillator thanks to the work of a local charity. The Lilly-May Page Foundation, which is part of the Arrhythmia Alliance, donated the...

A NEW-look post office was unveiled by Wokingham’s town mayor in Emmbrook earlier this month. Following a major refurbishment the One Stop store in Reading Road, which incorporates the Post...

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a chimney fire at a home in Finchampstead last night. Crews from Wokingham Fire Station were called out to an address in Nash Grove Lane at around 11.30pm...

As we get closer to Remembrance Sunday, a request for help has gone out for the Poppy Appeal. Local supermarkets have once again agreed to requests from the appeal’s organisers...

As the House of Lords prepares for a crunch vote on planned cuts to tax credits, a local political party has said it’s had an overwhelming response to a campaign...

A ROAD closure which have caused grief for motorists is set to continue until Friday. Mill Lane in Sindlesham will be closed between 9.30am and 4.30pm daily while Wokingham Borough Council...

A hole has opened in a Wokingham town centre road days after sewage was spotted in the same location. The unpleasant find had been reported to Thames Water on Friday,...

MORE than 17,000 homes will need to be built in Wokingham borough over the next 20 years if the region is to secure its ongoing success, according to new research...