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"The idea is that we create a Hollywood-type film studio, in the field next to us," said Nick Smith, president of Blackhall UK at the announcement.

Developers building homes through permitted development can also avoid providing affordable housing and contributing to local infrastructure and services, as they do not have to pay a community infrastructure levy...

The destruction of wildlife across the borough provided a point of contention at last week’s planning meeting, when approval was granted to fell trees across numerous sites.

Blackhall Studios hope to bring major Hollywood film productions to the UK and create up to 3,000 new jobs in Wokingham and Reading, including around 1,500 employed at the studio.

HOLLYWOOD could be coming to Shinfield if a joint venture between a major film studio and the University of Reading goes ahead.  Under the proposals, space would be leased at...

A PUBLIC meeting will be held tomorrow over plans to build a gravel pit in Spencers Wood. RAGE – Residents Against Gravel Extraction – is hoping that villagers flock to...

TWO shop workers were assaulted in an early evening raid on a convenience store. Police have released CCTV images of two people who they believe could help them solve the...

FLOODWATERS across the borough are starting to recede, but with heavy rain forecast for this evening and later this week, they could rise again. Yesterday, motorists faced a day of...

IT’S BEEN closed for more than a year, but with the regeneration of Wokingham continuing, new owners are seeing a bright future for a town centre pub.  Reopening next month,...

WOKINGHAM has played a part in helping its neighbour to be crowned Europe’s second most business-friendly small city in a comprehensive survey.  It is the relocation of companies such as...