Coronavirus

The Wokingham Borough Community Response group is striving to meet the needs of the community during the coronavirus crisis. Charities and organisations working together to form the group include Wokingham...

To be sung to the tune of: What A Friend We Have In Jesus or When This Lousy War Is Over, a First World War Song When this lonely Lock-Down’s...

AS NON-ESSENTIAL shops prepare to reopen from Monday, steps are being taken to ensure that the borough’s town centres are as safe as possible. A range of new measures will...

THE R number for the South East is between 0.8 and 1.0 according to new figures released by the Government this evening.  The figure is the average number a sick...

ROADS in Wokingham’s town centre will be reduced to single lanes to help pedestrians shop safely from next week.  Under plans from the borough council, work starts this evening to...

Some people say a picture paints a thousand words, and this Wokingham creative is proving just that by taking photos to raise money for the NHS.  Marla White – from...

An Earley resident is on a mission to supply the community with face masks. 8,000 masks later and she shows no sign of stopping. Lene Schoeman began making the masks...

Front doorsteps tend to be the place we find milk bottles and abandon muddy wellies, but since the start of the pandemic they’ve attracted a new type of attention.   Beck...

CLLR GRAHAM HOWE wanted to congratulate officers and executive members for their “dedication and action” during the pandemic. He praised the efforts during members' question time at a virtual meeting...

“CARE HOMES have worked tirelessly through this extremely difficult time to help support their residents and I would like to voice my thanks to all of them for this.” That’s...