Health

Woodley Carnival has been cancelled for the second year running, due to the coronavirus pandemic.

MORE than 200,000 regional businesses have benefited from two major Coronavirus Business Loans schemes (Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme) over the last year. According to the British Business Bank (BBB),...

TOWNS and cities in the South East have been hit disproportionately hard by the coronavirus pandemic, according to the Centre for Cities (CFC). However, Reading UK says Reading Local Economy...

“We are delighted to be opening another rapid test centre and are extremely grateful to the team at Microsoft for providing the building. It is situated in a prime location...

THE Reading and Wokingham branch of the Women’s Equality Party is calling for the government to prioritise childcare workers and all school staff for the next round of vaccines. Louise...

THE CLINICALLY extremely vulnerable should be higher on the priority list, said a Wokingham mother. Lynn Antink believes her son, who suffers from a hormone deficiency disorder, should be vaccinated...

NO REFUNDS will be offered for tuition fees this year, said the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading. Responding to an open letter from the student union officer team, Professor...

STAFF and residents at a Lower Earley care home were among the first to get their jabs. Those at Barchester’s Austen House were pleased to receive their vaccinations, and Natsayi...

In a BID to stop transmission of the coronavirus, Wokingham Borough Council is expanding its Wokingham COVID Testing. As part of its Lateral Flow Wokingham COVID Testing pilot scheme, it...

A SCHEME to feed some of the borough’s most vulnerable residents has made sure it's following lockdown restrictions. In December 2020, the Salvation Army, with a helping hand from Churches...