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“African nights can be very cold”,My friend explained to me.“So we want to send out something warmFor each needy family”. “So, please, buy wool, get knitting.Make six-inch squares. You knowWhen...

A WOKINGHAM care home worker has been awarded for her passion and dedication to gardening. Elspeth Wilkinson, from Alexandra Grange Care Home, won the Best Gardening Champion trophy in this...

Whilst the weather has taken a turn for the worse recently and summer looks as though it may largely have passed us by for this year, your thoughts may be...

HONEST MOTHERHOOD with Angela Garwood It’s been one of those weeks where I don’t feel I’ve stopped once for air. The Garwood household has been highly socially active. We’ve recently...

A NATIONAL cancer charity is calling on residents to throw a party with a flavour-packed theme. Cancer Support UK is introducing the Big Ginger Social next month, inspired by the...

FAMILIES will be flying high at Norden Farm’s Kite Festival next month. The Maidenhead-based arts centre will host the event at Boyn Grove Park, Punt Hill, on Sunday, September 5,...

A WOKINGHAM student will be stepping into the spotlight after gaining a place at a performing arts college. Liberty Petty, a pupil at children’s theatre school Steppin Out Stars of...

To follow my dreamsI left my home,Unsettled my heart,And settled abroad.Dreams fulfilled,heart still seethesto feel the warmthof land of birth. Not all my emotionshave words in English.No childhood fablemy children...

The Reading Guild of Artists (RGA) is pleased to announce the return to the corridors of the Royal Berkshire Hospital for its 26th charity art sale.  It’s been a long...

A 90-year-old and his family had an amazing hot air balloon ride full of moving coincidences. Ronnie Franklin leapt at the chance to fulfil a long-held ambition when asked for...