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The first result to be announced at Wokingham Borough Council's local elections saw an elated Gary Cowan re-elected as an independent councillor for Arborfield. He won 540 votes, compared to...

LAST YEAR, the council spending on temporary staff rose by almost two thirds according to new figures released under a Freedom of Information Act request. The figures, for the financial...

A WOKINGHAM pub has been given a new lease of life and a change of name. On Monday, The Station Tap opened its doors after a £400,000 investment transformed the...

SUMAS Under-18s sealed the East Berkshire Football Alliance Division 1 title in what they hope will be the first part of a memorable double. Cameron Rohart Brown scored the only...

A BARKHAM woman took part in last Sunday’s London Marathon – and it’s her warm down exercise after a year of running at least 5km daily. On Tuesday, April 17,...

A LOWER EARLEY concert band has been making sweet music after achieving a top award in a national finals earlier this month. Trinity Concert Band achieved the Platinum award in...

Rotarians from Crowthorne and Sandhurst got out their wellies earlier this month to carry out a charity planting. The club’s members planted 45 saplings at Sebastian’s Action Trust, a charity...

MYSTERY surrounds a map showing a potential layout for a development on green belt land in Ruscombe – Wokingham Borough Council said that they have not commissioned it. The map...

RESIDENTS close to a major new road are claiming that the works have led to an infestation of rats in their homes. And they claim that council officers don’t want...