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THE WOODLEY community has shown its compassionate side yet again by clubbing together to send Lilly-May Page Bowden’s mother and family on a much-needed holiday. Claire Page has campaigned tirelessly...

LOVE was certainly in the air at one Wokingham care home earlier this month. Residents at Alexandra Grange Care Home, in Oaklands Drive, were treated to wooden roses by staff...

Each week, our community page features reports submitted by different local groups and clubs within Wokingham borough. Here is a report from Wokingham Choral Society During Wokingham Choral Society's Christmas...

A FORMER Reading Blue Coat School pupil has undertaken one of the most gruelling challenges possible – a trek across Antarctica. Dr Jamie Facer-Childs, and a team from the British...

A COUPLE who live in Sonning are looking forward to the pitter patter of tiny feet - according to a Hollywood actor. The BBC have reported that the actor Matt...

A NEW priest will be coming from Epsom Common to the borough this May. The parish of Finchampstead and California said that they are delighted to announce the appointment of...

A COUPLE from Bracknell were left stewing after more than £1,000 in cash being stored in a slow cooker ended up at the tip by mistake. The couple, who did...

  A NEIGHBOURHOOD police officer from Woodley said he is ‘chuffed’ to have been recognised in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list. PC Les Eke, who is also the Schools...

A MOTHER from Woosehill has raised more than £2,000 for charity by shaving her hair off. Sandra Ostridge, 53, braved the shave on New Year’s Eve to raise money for...

THE OWNERS of a Shinfield pub have called last orders for the final time. Mike Clegg and Claire Hawkins, who have run The Black Boy in Shinfield Road for nearly...