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THE BISHOP of Reading and the town’s football club have sponsored a music video to highlight the problem of rising knife crime. You Were Born to Fly: You Weren’t Born...

ACTOR Ross Kemp has taken on one of his hardest roles yet: supporting the work of Thames Hospice. The former EastEnder has become an ambassador to the charity, which provides...

The proof of the pudding was in the eating at the first mini-show of 2021 for Wokingham Horticultural Association. Diane Rowe baked a Marble Cake to a given recipe which...

A WOKINGHAM charity has hit upon a clever way to support children deal with the pandemic: they’re sending in the circus. And it’s not just a case of spreading some...

THE FOUNDER of cancer charity Walk the Walk said she is “delighted” to help fund a 3D cancer-screening bus. Wokingham-based Nina Barough, chief executive of the charity, said she is...

May is no exception for CLASP’s busy agenda. We had our Book Corner on Tuesday. On Tuesday,  May 11, we have our popular Dancing to Music paid for by our...

Looking through our tea towel drawer(It’s not often that I do)I saw there were some tales to tellAnd all of them quite true. The first towel is of Devon and...

LAST WEEK, residents at three Wokingham care homes joined 8,000 others across the countryto mark National Tea Day. The Berkshire Care Home, Woodbury House Care Home and Murdoch House Care...

A WALKER visited Bracknell during his fundraising challenge this month. David Matthews, from Knoydart Peninsula on the west coast of Scotland, dropped by a local Samaritans’ branch on his 6,000...

A CRICKET player jumped out of a plane for charity earlier this month: Scott Osler, a player at Finchampstead Cricket Club, took part in a charity skydive to raise money...