Auction helps Wokingham teen’s wheelchair dream
A GLITTERING dinner dance took place last month to raise money for a Wokingham teenager’s new wheelchair. Liam Nazer, 15, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 2, a rare genetic...
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Calls for Wokingham borough residents to reduce festive rubbish
TIPS on how you can cut down on rubbish created over the Christmas period are being offered by the council. Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) is encouraging residents to try to...
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Elderly Crowthorne woman conned out of £500 by ‘tree surgeon’
AN elderly woman from Crowthorne has been conned out of money by a man posing as a tree surgeon. At around midday on Wednesday, December 7, the 89-year-old woman was...
Read moreDetailsWoosehill mum’s brave new look for 2017
A WOMAN from Woosehill will be starting 2017 by sporting a new look - as she shaves her head for charity. Sandra Ostridge, 53, will brave the shave on New...
Read moreDetailsProtesters queue up in Twyford to back pharmacies hit by austerity cuts
MORE than 100 people took to the streets in Twyford last month to protest the potentially devastating cuts being faced by independent pharmacies. Dozens of people, many of them elderly, braved...
Read moreDetailsCardiac expert: ‘Lilly-May could have been saved’
THE family of Lilly-May Page are no closer to receiving a conclusion over her death after a two-day inquest was adjourned last week. Lilly-May, five, collapsed from a suspected cardiac...
Read moreDetailsHelp fill festive shoeboxes for victims of domestic abuse in Wokingham Borough
AN initiative to help victims of domestic abuse over the Christmas period has been launched in Wokingham. Project Shoebox, in conjunction with Berkshire Women’s Aid (BWA), aims to provide victims...
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Funding row: ‘Wokingham’s schools are at breaking point’
THE education of pupils in Wokingham is being put at risk by unfair funding allocations, the organisers of a new campaign have warned. Angry parents, teachers and headteachers are backing...
Read moreDetailsREVIEW: Wokingham Theatre comes up smelling of Roses with Trelawny of the Wells
A PLAY within a play always poses a logistical nightmare for even the most seasoned of directors and actors. But Wokingham Theatre pulled this feat off with style with their...
Read moreDetailsEat, drink and be merry at Oxfam cake event
WOKINGHAM’S Oxfam branch is hoping you can buy it a Christmas drink. The Peach Street store has joined a campaign to help get safe and clean drinking water to people...
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