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RAISING MONEY for disadvantaged children, a local woman is running 2,020km this year for the charity she founded. Emma Cantrell, CEO of First Days Children’s Charity — who support children...

IT’S PANTO time again thanks to a Wokingham church. Alice in Pantoland is the title for this year’s production from Corpus Christi Parish Panto Group. The show follows Alice as...

BIGGER and better – that’s the promise for the annual Wokingham May Fayre which will return to Elms Field for the first time since the regeneration work.  This year’s event...

BUSINESS carried out by members of the Rotary Club of Reading Maiden Erlegh is the focus for its next meeting on Tuesday, January 21. The charity-minded group meets from 7pm...

FOREIGN students embraced a thoroughly English introduction to their studies here with an evening of morris dancing. The students took to the tradition going back hundreds of years with huge...

A CHANCE to trace Jewish ancestry in your family tree is being offered by The Centre for Heritage and Family History. Leigh Dworkin is leading the workshop on Saturday, January...

FIFTY years ago, the big box office sensations included Airport, MASH and The Aristocats. In Wokingham, Mia Farrow was seen around the town hall and railway station filming the horror...

SHOPPERS have helped raise more than £3,500 for five good causes across the Thames Valley.  Each Southern Co-op store takes part in a challenge to raise funds for the selected...

MILLIONS watched her die at the hands of Coronation Street’s murderer, Richard Hillman. But has Tracy Shaw turned killer herself?  The actor is one of the many star names appearing...

PARENTS are being offered the chance to book free places on autism advice workshops taking place over the next few weeks. The charity Autism Berkshire is running the events to...