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A POPULAR gym is to be replaced with a 70-bedroom hotel after planning permission was granted last month. Nirvana Spa won approval for its plans to demolish the Pulse 8...

STOPPING free school meals during the summer holidays will be a massive blow according to a Labour councillor. Last week, Government ministers announced that the national voucher scheme that helps...

LAST WEEK, we shared a short story created by members of Wokingham Library’s Writers Group. They’ve been hard at work creating fiction based on the theme of isolation. And in...

WE’VE all been at home a lot more in recent weeks – the pandemic has seen us work, rest and play within the confines of our four walls. And boffins...

Millions of protests have broken out across the globe as anger towards the killing of George Flloyd boils over.  Black Lives Matter demonstrations began after a video of Mr Floyd’s...

Reading FC have offered options to season ticket holders to claim refunds for the remainder of games this season, including donating to the club's community trust.

A WARNING has gone out to make sure your ice cream comes from a registered van.  The council’s Public Protection Partnership (PPP) is warning that some of the stop me...

DIRECTORS at two Wokingham-based estate agents have been disqualified for their roles in an illegal price-fixing cartel.  The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has ruled that Stephen Jones and Neal...

NEW Live streams will keep locals connected with the arts following the introduction of a new online platform. Launched late last month as part of the annual Reading Children’s Festival,...

A TAXI driver went a whole day without picking up a single fare, highlighting the crisis facing the borough’s cabbies. Now they are appealing for urgent help so they can...