Wokingham

WE’VE GOT to get back to social distancing properly if we’re to beat the coronavirus – that’s the message from a senior Wokingham Borough councillor.  Speaking at a virtual meeting...

RESIDENTS in a care home for older adults and their carers are first in line to receive the coronavirus vaccine.  Cllr Charles Margetts, the executive member for health, wellbeing and...

AN ADDITIONAL £500,000 has been authorised to spend in Wokingham Borough Council’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.  On the day that Berkshire was placed into Tier 3 restrictions, the ruling...

AS THIS was the last Executive meeting of 2020, leader John Halsall took time to reflect on events of the past “tumultuous” 12 months.  He opened his speech with a...

ANOTHER 110 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Wokingham borough over the past 24 hours – the highest daily total since the first case in February this year. This...

ON THE day it was announced that Wokingham Borough would be moved into Tier 3 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the council leader has called for residents to...

THE leader of the council has promised action to try and get Wokingham borough out of Tier 3 as quickly as possible.  Earlier today, health secretary Matt Hancock told the...

“There has been a spike in cases in Berkshire and in the borough. We have got to take the right action to protect residents.”

“I’m really gutted for the hospitality industry in Wokingham that have been trying to make a go of it. But public health has to come first."

The Government’s Tier 3 restrictions are the most severe among the tier levels. The aim is to reduce people’s movements to try and curb the spread of coronavirus, while keeping...