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WE’VE GOT to get back to social distancing properly if we’re to beat the coronavirus – that’s the message from a senior Wokingham Borough councillor.  Speaking at a virtual meeting...

RESIDENTS in a care home for older adults and their carers are first in line to receive the coronavirus vaccine.  Cllr Charles Margetts, the executive member for health, wellbeing and...

AN ADDITIONAL £500,000 has been authorised to spend in Wokingham Borough Council’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.  On the day that Berkshire was placed into Tier 3 restrictions, the ruling...

ANOTHER 110 cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in Wokingham borough over the past 24 hours – the highest daily total since the first case in February this year. This...

ON THE day it was announced that Wokingham Borough would be moved into Tier 3 as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, the council leader has called for residents to...

AS THE old adage goes, the show must go on. And while Newbury’s Watermill Theatre will be forced to close on Saturday as a result of the Tier 3 announcement...

THE NEWS that Berkshire has been placed into Tier 3 restrictions means that theatres must bring their curtains down for now.  The Theatre Royal in Windsor is currently producing Cinderella,...

THE leader of the council has promised action to try and get Wokingham borough out of Tier 3 as quickly as possible.  Earlier today, health secretary Matt Hancock told the...

“There has been a spike in cases in Berkshire and in the borough. We have got to take the right action to protect residents.”

“I’m really gutted for the hospitality industry in Wokingham that have been trying to make a go of it. But public health has to come first."