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IN NORMAL times, schoolchildren everywhere have often promised the teacher that the dog definitely ate their homework. But in these home-schooling days, pooches seem to be getting more elaborate with...

A NEW charity created by three men in Lower Earley spiralled from planting fruit trees to aiming to feed the borough. Freely Fruity began with the idea to grow the...

A KILN Green resident is urging the Prime Minister to award NHS workers with medals for their work tackling coronavirus. Simon Chapman has called on Boris Johnson to grant an...

NEED HELP? Call 0300 330 1189 (entering 0118 978 7258 if prompted) 9am-5pm Mon-Sat CHARITIES and organisations across the borough are continuing to work together to support the community during...

For winter's rains and ruins are over,And all the season of snows and sinsThe days dividing lover and loverThe light that loses, the night that wins;And time remember'd is grief...

The WatersideFairwater Drive, Woodley RG5 3EZ0118 342 0171watersidewoodley.co.uk THE WATERSIDE is a beautiful pub in the heart of Woodley – the thatched roof says tradition, but the contemporary interior has...

THE LATEST casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic is Woodley Carnival, which would have celebrated its 60th anniversary this year. The event was due to take place on Saturday, June 13,...

LAST WEEK’S pub emoji quiz got many of you pork scratching your head as you attempted to decode the names from the little pictures. We’re glad many of you enjoyed it,...

WHEN A new Banksy is posted on the streets, the world takes notice. When Sonning’s answer to the street artists appears, they put a smile on everyone’s faces. The anonymous...

It was Emmie’s first birthday on Good Friday, but with social distancing being strongly respected there couldn’t be a party. So to make up for it, her parents put a...