Lifestyle

A CONSULTATION to update the existing Conservation Area Study for Sonning is underway. The village was initially designated as a conservation area in 1971, with the status extended in 1980...

BIGGER and better play equipment, a picnic area and a sensory garden are just three of the ideas being proposed for the new Elms Field play area. Wokingham Borough Council (WBC)...

A PLAY which was voted into the Top 10 of a recent Radio 2 poll of the UK’s ‘essential musicals’ is coming to South Hill Park next week. Chess, which...

A MUCH-LOVED and respected village butcher whose regular customers included Prime Minister Theresa May has died suddenly aged 57, writes Sue Corcoran. David Jennings went into the family butchers shop in Hurst last...

BUDGET retailer Poundland has issued a product recall on a number of Hallowe'en wigs. In a statement issued this morning (Thursday), the company said it was recalling the products as...

BOYS born in Wokingham could expect to live in good health for longer than anywhere else in the country, according to a report published this week. The Office for National Statistics...

Pop star turned actor Will Young - who was born in Wokingham - has quit the BBC TV dance show Strictly Come Dancing. Will decided to leave for personal reasons....

A FORMER Forest School student is realising his dream of being a professional musician - after moving to the USA and joining a band. Dave Amott, who pursued his love...

A PLAYFUL swipe at the church may not have the same weighty consequences now as it did back in the 1960s. But 50 or so years ago, when Joe Orton’s...

TV presenter and author Clare Balding will be coming to Woodley this afternoon. The award-winning broadcaster will be signing copies of her new children's book, The Racehorse Who Wouldn't Gallop,...