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One of the bus routes that links Wokingham with Bracknell and Reading is being axed as passenger numbers plummet during the coronavirus pandemic. Reading Buses has announced that from Monday,...

ONE of the borough’s four MPs wants to thank those working for the NHS, social care and other volunteer and key workers for their efforts during the coronavirus pandemic. Matt...

THE SONNING festival will no longer be running this year due to the coronavirus crisis. The biennial family-friendly festival, which was due to start on Saturday, May 23 will not...

THE SUN might be coming out this weekend, but Wokingham borough residents are being urged to stay in this weekend in a bid to battle the coronavirus.  The Local Government...

“We are assessing our waste collection service on a daily basis and will reconsider our decisions depending on the availability of our collection staff."

Government figures show that each year, over 60,000 seasonal labourers come to the UK from other parts of the world. Without enough workers there could be food shortages.

On Saturday, February 29, between 2.30am and 3.30am, two offenders gained entry via letterboxes or insecure doors to a number of homes in Wokingham.

“We’ve commissioned the SMART Young People’s Service to provide support for children and young people with drugs and alcohol issues."

"We’re helping people with quite serious needs to get their medication. We’re processing all the requests coming through to us and at the moment have capacity for more requests.”

“I think it will become clear fairly soon that the lockdown has averted tens of thousands of deaths in the UK or perhaps even hundreds of thousands of deaths.”