Swallowfield

AS THE world prepares to remember the end of the Second World War this Saturday, a Wokingham author is preparing to share the role her grandfather played in it. Cecil...

Eat Out to Help Out discount scheme launched by Government A NEW interactive postcode checker has been launched to allow diners to take advantage of the new Eat Out To...

A GROWING business park was approved for further expansion at the planning meeting held virtually on Wednesday, July 8. Lambs Farm in Swallowfield has had 23 applications to expand the...

A Wokingham care home is spreading joy with its new sensory garden. Woodbury House, based in Farley Hill, created the dementia-friendly space to lift residents’ spirits during lockdown. The garden...

WHICH way now? That’s the question that motorists out on essential journeys have been posing this week, after this confusing set of diversion signs appeared in Lambs Lane in  Swallowfield....

“The majority of Post Offices in the Wokingham area are open as Post Offices are designated as an essential retailer by the UK Government. Some branches are operating revised hours.”

KETTY LESTER knew what she was singing about: “Love letters straight from your heart keep us so near while apart”.  Her 1961 B-side was also a hit for Alison Moyet...

“Our bikers worked hard to remove the overgrown bushes and plants and cleared the existing drainage ditches along the lane, which had become blocked.”

RESIDENTS are vowing to fight plans to build a new quarry on land that separates two villages. More than 200 gathered for a public meeting last Wednesday night, where they...

FLOODWATERS across the borough are starting to recede, but with heavy rain forecast for this evening and later this week, they could rise again. Yesterday, motorists faced a day of...