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THE RECENT resurfacing of the A33 Basingstoke Road was questioned by residents at the borough council executive meeting held virtually on Thursday, July 30. Resident James Vyvyan-Robinson asked Cllr Pauline...

AFTER increasingly sending out bailiffs to collect council tax debts, the council has agreed to better support residents to manage their debts. For the last two council meetings, Cllr Rachel...

THE COUNCIL is on target to build 1,000 new affordable homeless during the next four years. That’s the verdict from Cllr John Kaiser, executive member for finance and housing at...

A WOKINGHAM charity has been given a helping hand thanks to a housebuiler. Last week, David Wilson Homes Southern sent a cheque for £1,000 to WADE, the Wokingham and District...

IT APPEARS that the government is not taking seriously a threat by the leader of the council to protest naked unless housing numbers in Wokingham borough are reduced.  Earlier this...

A TEENAGE boy was punched by would-be thieves while he was playing with friends in a Lower Earley park. The incident took place in Chalfont Park in Lower Earley on...

RESIDENTS are demanding action after vandals struck in Wokingham’s town centre on Saturday night. Plants and trees were torn down from Howard Palmer Gardens and the new Elms Field development,...

A CONGESTED and dangerous commuter route will be improved if new funding can be secured. The A329M has seen multiple accidents since 2015, when it was split into two single-lane...

Permits now free, but still need to be applied for A WOOSEHILL fitness instructor has called the proposed charge for outdoor training sessions “steep and unfair”. Cameron Johnson (right), who...

POLICE are appealing for witnesses to come forward after a taxi office in Twyford was the location of an arson attack.  The incident took place last month, but British Transport...