Bamboozled! Who is Earley’s two-wheeled panda?
Giving Top Gear’s Stig a run for his money, the newest addition to Wokingham’s roads has got residents talking. The man in the Panda suit, also named Earley Panda, has...
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Think pink to help Wokingham’s Tesco store raise funds for Cancer Research
STAFF from the Wokingham Tesco branch are encouraging people to donate their spare change to Cancer Research UK. With shoppers encouraged to pay by card, Tesco is asking its customers...
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IN THE COMMUNITY: ‘It’s the Harrods of Crowthorne!’ COATS opens pop-up charity store
At last, Crowthorne’s very own charity shop, COATS, opened its doors again last Thursday, after many weeks of lockdown. It was raining quite a bit, but well before opening time...
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IN THE COMMUNITY: Charity crisis, local support and Inner Wheel
Inner Wheel is one of the largest female voluntary organisations in the world with clubs in 102 countries. It was founded in Manchester in the 1920s by a group of...
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Wokingham scientist wins Royal Society of Chemistry award
WOKINGHAM-BASED Professor Nick Long has been named the winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry’s Frankland Award. Teaching at Imperial College London, Professor Long won the award for outstanding synthetic...
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Lockdown fiction: One Day
Our series of lockdown fiction based in the theme of isolation continues, courtesy of Linda Fawke from the Wokingham Writers Group, based at Wokingham Library. For more information, email heather.dyson@wokingham.gov.uk...
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Lockdown verse: Two readers’ poems to enjoy
Let me die dancing Dear Lord, let me die dancingLet my feet not touch the floorLet me go while I’m still livingAnd not waiting at death’s door Let me roam...
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Wokingham’s Balti Palace currys favour with Grub Club
THERE was a double reason for the team running The Grub Club to be happy last week – they had special visitors and a special giveaway. The scheme, run from...
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‘We could be facing the worst flea and tick season for years’
A PET care company has warned “we could be facing one of the worst flea and tick seasons for years”. Aurelie Gayraud, from Bob Martin, said that lockdown has provided...
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Lucky Wokingham postcodes to share £3 million jackpot thanks to People’s Postcode Lottery
ALMOST 200 neighbours across Wokingham will be toasting the weekend after learning that they are to share £3 million. They are all players of the People’s Postcode Lottery and earlier...
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