Wokingham

A TOP cancer doctor has warned a negative Covid-19 test and ongoing cough can be a sign of lung cancer. After almost a 30% drop in lung cancer referrals, the...

WOKINGHAM residents can join a new art journaling group to support their wellbeing. Designed to help people manage stress, anxiety and build resilience and focus, sessions cost £3.50 per week....

MEMBERS of a charity that helps Wokingham’s learning disabilities community put their best foot forward last month. Making the most of their daily exercise, the group – who are all...

A GROUP of Winnersh residents are pitching in to help keep their community clean. The Winnersh Sustainable Transport Group has become a member of the Community Rail Network, and has...

PLANS to bring some outsourced council services back in house will be debated next week. An extraordinary meeting of Wokingham Borough Council’s executive has been convened for 5.30pm on Thursday,...

Parents warned years ago that there would be a shortage of places at The Piggott School, Wargrave. Last week there was fury when many children failed to get secondary places...

AS THE Covid Winter Grant comes to an end, the borough’s community response will  continue to support residents in need. The last date to inquire about the grant scheme is...

FAMILIES managing without the foodbank may have to turn to us again when the £20 uplift in Universal Credit (UC) is scrapped, said the manager of Wokingham Foodbank. Once the...

FAMILIES have been reunited across care homes in the borough, as the visiting restrictions were eased this week. Residents at Lord Harris Court in Sindlesham were delighted to be able...

CAMPAIGNERS are hoping to save a ‘green lung’ from being turned into a bus lane. Members of SOAR – Save Our Ancient Riverside – have launched a petition aimed at...