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BOHUNT WOKINGHAM'S Under-14s girls football team are British champions. The youngsters competed as part of the English Schools' FA Rod Houston Cup at Lilleshall in Shropshire over the weekend, qualifying...

HE’S SEEN trolley buses and On The Buses, he’s been a fitter’s mate and helped avoid a serious accident. And it’s all in a day’s work for Reading Buses’ longest-serving...

IT’S THE show that all discerning toddlers use as part of their bedtime routine. And it’s also a magical programme where anything can happen, from trans-dimensional trains running up trees...

Every year, we remember the Gunpowder Plot by burning an effigy of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire and lighting fireworks. A number of organised displays will take place across Berkshire...

TWYFORD residents have been left feeling lost in the post after a vital community resource suddenly shut. The Post Office, located in Booze Bargain, has been shut for over a...

Professional boxer ‘Sniper’ Sam Smith writes a weekly column, exclusive to The Wokingham Paper, as he prepares for the biggest test of his career, competing with seven others for a...

A POPULAR swimming pool is currently closed to the public, despite it being half-term. Carnival Pool in Wokingham closed last week due to a technical problem, and despite working round...

THE INTERIM chief executive of Wokingham Borough Council has stepped down “to pursue other opportunities”. Manjeet Gill was appointed in August last year on a six-month contract while the council...

Louis Wain is a name that many people will be familiar with but many will not know why. He was born in Clerkenwell in London in 1860. He was a...

A brace from Yakou Meite along with Sam Baldock’s first half penalty helped to deliver only a second league win at home for the Royals, as they overcame fellow strugglers...