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A WOKINGHAM couple who have their very own tales from the riverbank have just celebrated their platinum wedding anniversary. On June 10, 1950, John and Sybil Bird married at St...

Most schoolchildren would rejoice at no lessons for 12 weeks, but for 11-year-old Kanak Mathur lockdown has been a chance to learn more things and work on more projects than...

When Vera sang that famous songBack in those war-time yearsNot knowing we’d be singing itTo help us through Corona fears ‘We’ll Meet Again’ she sang‘Don’t know where, don’t know when’And...

An online community project culminates on Monday with the release of an animated video inspired by local people’s experiences of lockdown. Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead launched...

WHEN the first Wokingham Pride event takes place, the leader of the borough council has pledged to attend the march to show his support.  Cllr John Halsall was answering a...

QUICK action was needed by one of the borough’s care organisations to ensure it could look after its residents during the pandemic. Optalis, which is partially owned by Wokingham Borough...

Citizens Advice Wokingham offers free, confidential, impartial and independent advice and information to anyone living or working in Wokingham borough. We are a local charity, based in Waterford House in...

With all Community fundraising events this Spring and Summer cancelled due to COVID-19, Easthampstead Rotarians continue to adapt and support local charities. Zoom meetings not only for long-term planning, but...

Autism Berkshire says it is pleased to announce that it is launching another of its services online, with a series of free benefits advice workshops taking place over a two-month...

LAST WEEK, we shared a short story created by members of Wokingham Library’s Writers Group. They’ve been hard at work creating fiction based on the theme of isolation. And in...