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I would like to wish all readers of The Wokingham Paper a very Merry Christmas. Christmas is a magical time. A time that brings people together and a time to...

I love Christmas. I like the turkey and the pudding, the tinsel and the trees, the carols and the stories, the pleasure of giving and receiving. Best of all is...

This week’s commentary takes a mixed look at the General Election, the campaigns, results and reasons - particularly in the light of the ‘surprise result’. Working out the reasons was...

VANDALS who have been wrecking the Royal Berkshire Hospital’s car park are putting lives at risk.  That’s the stark warning from the Reading medical centre’s chief executive, Steve McManus.  He...

MOTORBIKES and a quad bike have been recovered by police officers investigating an alleged theft – now they are trying to reunite the owners with their machines.  Although the bikes...

The partners and staff of local law firm Clifton Ingram did their bit to try and make the ‘world better in a sweater’ by taking part in Save the Children’s...

A FIFTEEN-year-old oak tree was planted in Shinfield village last week to mark national tree week.  Members of the Parish Council were joined by children from Shinfield Infant School to...

A new bench donated by Wokingham company Balfour Beatty has been installed as part of a community garden project in Emmbrook. The community garden-which aims to deliver a new seven-hectare...

PUPILS AT Emmbrook Junior School were put through their paces last week with a visit from a Team GB athlete. Kimberley Renicks, who is part of the Judo Team GB...

AN IMPORTANT part of Wokingham’s Christmas came together on Wednesday, December 4, as schoolchildren from across the borough presented their decorations to the town mayor.  The youngsters had been hard...