BREAKING: Police cordon off Reading town centre after suspected stabbings
Two air ambulances and police were called to the scene, which was shared in a graphic video on social media.
Read moreDetailsNews
Norden Farm to premiere All Write Together video online on Monday
An online community project culminates on Monday with the release of an animated video inspired by local people’s experiences of lockdown. Norden Farm Centre for the Arts in Maidenhead launched...
Read moreDetails
Shoppers flock to Wokingham town says Business Association
SHOPPERS are making Wokingham town centre bustle today. Members of the Wokingham Business Association have been in Market Place and Peach Place where they have been handing out promotional materials...
Read moreDetails
Flags to fly at half-mast across Wokingham to honour George Floyd
On Thursday, flags across the borough will fly at half-mast to remember the death of George Floyd at the hands of US police officers. June 25 marks one month since...
Read moreDetails
Hurst woman in her 80s targetted by thieves
A WOMAN in her 80s was at home when thieves smashed in her patio doors. Now Thames Valley Police are appealing for witnesses to come forward in a bid to...
Read moreDetails
Call for school to adopt a decolonised curriculum
A WOKINGHAM secondary school is being urged to adapt its classes in response to the Black Lives Matter movement. More than 350 current and former pupils of The Emmbrook School...
Read moreDetails
Council leader: ‘We are determined to combat racism across Wokingham borough’
COUNCIL leader John Halsall has restated his determination to combating racism across Wokingham borough. In yesterday’s Wokingham Paper, we reported his decision not to support the Black Lives Matter movement...
Read moreDetails
Leader withdraws Black Lives Matter support: ‘Council should not be a political football – we cannot associate ourselves with such a message in Wokingham’ (But they are against racism)
THE COUNCIL is withdrawing its support for the Black Lives Matter movement over concerns that it is becoming an “anti-police message” in the United States. “The Council should not be...
Read moreDetails
‘With hindsight, the council shouldn’t have let kebab van use Youth Centre car park’
“WITH HINDSIGHT, the council shouldn’t have given consent for the kebab van to use the car park.” Safeguarding concerns have been cited by Wokingham Borough Council as the reason that...
Read moreDetails
Councillor ‘deeply disappointed’ at decision not to grant kebab van street trading licence
THE WARD councillor for a popular kebab van has said that she is ‘deeply disappointed’ at the decision to remove its street trading license. Last Thursday, a licensing sub-committee at...
Read moreDetails
POPULAR THIS WEEK
ABOUT US
Wokingham Today is dedicated to providing news online across the whole of the Borough of Wokingham. It is a Social Enterprise, existing to support the various communities in Wokingham Borough.
Wokingham.Today is a Social Enterprise and aims to ensure that everyone within the Borough has free access to independent and up-to-date news. However, providing this service is not without costs.
If you are able to, please make a contribution to support our work.
CONTACT US
The Wokingham Paper Ltd publications are regulated by IPSO – the Independent Press Standards Organisation.
If you have a complaint about a The Wokingham Paper Ltd publication in print or online, you should, in the first instance, contact the publication concerned, email: editor@wokingham.today, or telephone: 0118 327 2662. If it is not resolved to your satisfaction, you should contact IPSO by telephone: 0300 123 2220, or visit its website: www.ipso.co.uk. Members of the public are welcome to contact IPSO at any time if they are not sure how to proceed, or need advice on how to frame a complaint.