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Unbeknown to the members of The Arts Society Wokingham eagerly awaiting the start of their monthly on-line lecture on Monday evening, the technical team behind the scenes were experiencing problems....

YOU MIGHT think that being in hospital during the pandemic would be a depressing affair – all those safety measures, face coverings and rules can turn the place of healing...

WOKINGHAM Borough recorded 22 new cases of coronavirus per 100,000 people over the week of September 23-29.  This is below the England average of 28 cases per 100,000.  In all,...

DINTON PASTURES country park has been closed due to flooding – just one part of the borough affected by some of the heaviest rainfalls for nearly 100 years. Since 9am...

THE ROYALS have a new number 30, thanks to the signing of a new midfielder.  Alfa Semedo has flown in from Lisbon to agree terms on a season-long move to...

POLICE are continuing to operate a stop and search order in Crowthorne.  Originally put in place on Friday for 24 hours, it was extended yesterday to 2pm today. However, Thames...

Picture of the week During the summer, three young foxes adopted us. In the early evening in broad daylight they played in the garden and behaved like mischievous children, trying...

I remember the first day of The Wokingham Paper as I eagerly devoured the contents including my own first column, gosh it seems ages ago, now here we are with...

WHAT’S in a name? For the past five years, The Wokingham Paper has been your fearless voice in the borough. Standing up for you, sharing your news and campaigning on...

Living in a small Essex village 80 years ago, pretty well everybody knew everybody; there were no strange faces. There were two bakers baking every day; a fishmonger, two greengrocers;...