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THAMES Water has announced it will not be furloughing any of its 6,000 employees. The company will be redeploying its staff into new roles to tackle the pressures it is...

A WARNING has been issued over cybercriminals targeting households during the coronavirus pandemic. Wokingham Borough Council says people are being contacted by the scammers offering people fictitious medical supplies. They...

THIS YEAR’S Hurst Show and Country Fayre is the latest event to be cancelled as a result of the coronavirus. Organisers said that it was an incredibly difficult decision to...

NEW GUIDES have been launched to provide help to families struggling during lockdown. A group of leading local health and social care organisations have teamed up to create free downloadable...

At the moment it seems to be quite hard to remember life Before.  Life before lockdown in my own home.  Life before the weekly Zoom quizzes with friends and family. ...

THE spread of coronavirus through care homes has been at the forefront of national news this week. The accurate reporting of Covid-19 deaths in care homes is complex. The ONS...

Skills learnt in school are never forgotten I recall, from some time ago, a Wokingham Paper reader, who was campaigning for extra funding, for Wokingham’s schools, and who stated, in...

It’s not something I ever pictured: being housebound during pregnancy. But I’m embracing the unique situation, as best I can, just like every other human at the moment. We’re all...

In a week when the Foreign Secretary announced a three-week extension to the lockdown, ‘Stay Home - Save Lives” remained the central message as tea-time briefings from government ministers and...

It’s good for the body and soul, and with the warm weather here, there’s no better time to be in the great outdoors Gardening is well known to be good...