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ONLINE support is now available to domestic abuse victims, thanks to Great Western Railway. GWR has joined forces with the UK SAYS NO MORE campaign and Royal Mail to launch...

A SONNING conservationist has called on the borough council to “get its act together” after its contractors mowed down a field of protected bee orchids — just one day after...

A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl from Shinfield has won a national competition to design a pie. Darcy May suggested a chicken curry and mango combination to Vale of Mowbray, a Yorkshire-based pork...

CARERS from Bluebird Care raised more than £1,000 for Alzheimer’s Society as part of Dementia Action Week. Team members at Bluebird Care Reading and Wokingham organised three events to support...

CHARVIL Parish Council is asking villagers to share their views on the future, after launching a survey on its new neighbourhood plan. It is in the process of producing a...

CRACK open the beer and enjoy live music at a Reading brewery next month. Reading-based music charity Readipop is holding an all-day music event, Readipop At The Brewery 2021, at...

Packing a picnic to catch up with friends and family is a wonderful way to celebrate the longer, warmer days of summer. Endlessly optimistic and adaptable, we Brits, we’ll picnic...

Where are the flowers? In last week’s issue, Sue Farrington asked where the flowers had gone. Here is a response to her: Dear Sue, I feel your pain about the...

A CROWTHORNE centre for older folk has been given a donation from a Wokingham garden centre. COATS, based in Pinewood Avenue, received the gift following a sunflower campaign run by...

This weekend, a borough champion is hoping to raise money in memory of her nephew. Vickie Robertson, founder of domestic abuse charity Kaleidoscopic UK, will be running the Brighton Half...