How to spot a dog from a puppy farm
Puppy farms are unfortunately still far too common. Puppies from these farms tend to have increased health and behavioural problems and are often kept in appalling conditions. However it is...
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Coronavirus – Empty shelves at supermarkets as people stock up on hand sanitisers, loo roll and pasta
SUPERMARKETS and chemists are running out of stocks of hand sanitisers as people look to boost their personal hygiene routines in the wake of the coronavirus. And shelves in stores...
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Coronavirus: New hotline for parents and pupils, schools told to stay open
SCHOOLS are being told not to close over suspected or confirmed cases of coronavirus unless instructed to do so by Public Health England. The new advice comes as the Department...
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Wokingham Literary Society to look at Iceland with latest lecture
THE Wokingham Literary Society will be holding its next meeting on Thursday, March 5. Rosemary Hughes will give a talk on Icelandic Literature called A Land of Ice and Fire....
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Coronavirus – closure of three schools is 'purely precautionary' says council expert
THE closure of three borough schools is purely precautionary and there is no indication that either site poses a risk. That’s the verdict of Wokingham Borough Council’s director of children’s...
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MP: 'My thoughts are with Woodley coronavirus patient'
AN MP has expressed his concern for the person who has the coronavirus, and for the school. Matt Rodda’s Reading East constituency includes parts of Woodley and Earley, where Willow...
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Coronavirus – third school to close as precautionary measure
A THIRD Wokingham borough school is to be closed after a case of coronavirus was diagnosed. Parents at Willow Bank Junior School, which is next to the Infant School in...
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Coronavirus – second Wokingham borough school to close; precautionary deep clean to be undertaken
A SECOND Wokingham borough school is to be closed after a case of coronavirus was diagnosed. Parents of Aldryngton Primary School in Earley are being told to keep their children...
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Coronavirus – How Wokingham Borough Council is working to prevent spread of virus
WOKINGHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL says it is doing everything it can to minimise the spread of coronavirus across the borough. Measures include the actions taken at Willow Bank Infants School in...
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Coronavirus – Government plans for action
NEW MEASURES are to be introduced by the government in a bid to try and halt the spread of coronavirus in the UK. So far, 23 cases have been confirmed,...
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