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THAMES VALLEY law firm Blandy & Blandy is offering businesses a much-needed boost. This is because Tim Clark, the firm’s joint managing partner, believes economic growth in the greater Reading...

A WOKINGHAM mum has launched a website to help families find activities to do together. Hannah Stewart, who has two children, created Wokingham Rocks to help families find parks, walks...

AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD from Woodley has tackled his second fundraiser for The Royal Berkshire Hospital. Dexter Rosier raised £700 to support the staff at the hospital, by running another marathon –...

ACTIVATE Learning has loaned more than 450 laptops from the Department for Education to students who have had trouble accessing technology.  The laptops are part of the Government’s drive to...

A FAMILY-owned firm making bespoke furniture has turned to modern technology to help its customers dream. Blueprint Fitted Furniture has launched a virtual showroom tour in a bid to help...

FINDING new perspectives is key to tackling the pandemic head-on, according to a local business owner. Wokingham resident Melissa Chartan launched her own company, Planted Skincare, four years ago. After...

Wokingham Writers' Group runs regular fiction writing contests for its members. Here is LINDA FAWKE’S winning entry It was an odd match. I never thought I’d be best man to...

A charity has started 2021 on the right foot, and is helping more families than ever before. This is because Dingley’s Promise, which has a setting in Wokingham, has grown...

WOMEN in the South East are feeling the pressures of the pandemic, according to UNISON. The trade union has reported that local women in key worker jobs are losing sleep...

Our Chinese friends have gone awayAnd have shut their well-used take-away.It’s not for long- just a few daysTo celebrate New Year in Chinese ways. They work so hard in their...