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EVER FANCIED being your own boss? The Thames Valley Berkshire Business Growth Hub is running a free business start-up course to help budding entrepreneurs across the borough turn their business...

Bracknell MP James Sunderland tells PHIL CREIGHTON how life has changed over the past 12 months …  and looks at what lies ahead "THIS time last year, I was on...

ON STREET parking is back in Rose Street after social distancing barriers were removed on Sunday. But there are currently plans being made to expand the width of pavements in...

A WOKINGHAM business owner is stepping in to save a town centre restaurant from permanent closure. Emilio Sanchez, owner of Spanish tapas bar Sanpa, took action to save The Courtyard...

A FORMER leader of Wokingham Borough Council has died. Frank Browne was just 48. He was in charge between 2002 and 2009, stepping down not just from leadership but the...

“THANK YOU for being positive and coming to Wokingham.” That’s the message from Wokingham town mayor Cllr Tony Lack as he cut the ribbon to declare Wokingham’s newest takeaway open....

A NEW website has been launched to help people shop local. The Indie Shopper was created by Reading-based independent business co-owner, Dave Maul and designer Rich Lucas, to help people...

ALL STUDENTS at Leighton Park School received at least a pass in their A-levels – 69% of them achieved A*-B grades, while 17.4% of the grades were A*, almost double...

READING SCHOOL said that its 171 students are celebrating a “fine set” of A-level results.  In all, 91% of grades were A*-B, with 35.8% at A* and 73.3% at A*-A....

SIXTH FORMERS returned to Waingels College today for the first time since lockdown – not for lessons, but to collect their A-levels and BTEC results.  The socially distanced pupils met...