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FREEMASONS are being encouraged to roll up their sleeves and support the vaccine rollout. The group, which has a lodge on Reading Road in Wokingham and a base in Sindlesham,...

RESIDENTS will start to see recycling bags arrive on their doorsteps towards the end of the month, as the big switch-over from black boxes begins. From Monday, February 22, the...

RAMS CEO Gary Reynolds is confident supporters at Old Bath Road will enjoy an even better experience when rugby is allowed to return, writes Richard Ashton. While it is almost...

Rachel Rowe's first-half strike was cancelled out by a 77th Nicoline Sorensen equaliser as Reading had to settle for a point against Everton at the Madejski Stadium. Rowe scored the...

THE BOROUGH council has revealed plans for a new solar farm in Barkham –but a member of Wokingham Liberal Democrats questions the benefits residents will receive from the development. Within...

THE BOROUGH council has secured more than £1 million to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping. As part of the government’s Next Steps Accommodation Programme, it has been awarded a grant...

FUNDING for a new domestic abuse support service will help Wokingham cope with an anticipated increase in demand. Wokingham Borough Council’s executive committee approved the tendering process for the five-year...

THE council’s decision-making executive have approved plans for a local community energy scheme. Cllr Gregor Murray, executive member for resident services, communications and emissions described the scheme as an independent...

Just three years after launching a motivational and endurance initiative local Berkshire dad and charity campaigner, Tony Eames, is hoping to encourage 1,000,000 people from across the world to sign...

Lockdown in the grassroots football community does somewhat diminish the relevance of the part it plays in everyone’s lives, or at least those involved that hold it in such high...