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International Speech and Evaluation Contest Night is always a special night in the Toastmasters calendar, beginning a path to the World Finals, this year in Vancouver, Canada. For members, this...

A MAN from Lower Earley will be tackling the Reading Half Marathon this weekend in aid of the hospital ward which is currently caring for his granddaughter. Paul Mason, 42,...

A MAN from Woodley who ran 19 marathons for charity before injuring his back is now planning his return to running. Matthew Widdup, 39, who works as a library assistant...

THE THREAT of bad weather could not stop the families of Wokingham from raising hundreds of pounds at a fun day last weekend. Hundreds of people descended on Wokingham and...

A CHARITY shop with a difference opened its doors in Crowthorne High Street for the very first time last week. The First Days Boutique, which sells high-quality second-hand baby clothes, was...

A SECONDARY school in Wokingham has appointed two co-headteachers to take over the reigns after the current head leaves this summer. The Holt School, in Holt Lane, has appointed Katie...

MEMBERS of Shinfield Baptist Church held a church service with a big difference last month - it was a day of pancake races. The congregation, which meets at Shinfield Parish...

THE Swallowfield Show is returning to the place that gives it its name. Organisers of the Swallowfield Show have announced that the 133rd event will be held at Dances Field in Swallowfield...

PLANS for this year’s Wokingham Bikeathon have been revealed, with a few changes in place for 2017. The 35-mile and 15-mile jaunts, which will follow similar routes to previous years,...

THE WOODLEY community has shown its compassionate side yet again by clubbing together to send Lilly-May Page Bowden’s mother and family on a much-needed holiday. Claire Page has campaigned tirelessly...