Politics

Wokingham will be like a London suburb if the new local plan to build 15,000 homes goes ahead. That‘s the verdict of Cllr Clive Jones, Deputy Leader for Wokingham Liberal...

POLITICIANS across the south will be taking part in a new TV show launching this Sunday.  And the aim is to show how local stories can help develop the national...

Solar farm sites to be built in boroughCouncil hopes to launch its own energy companyGreen Bank will lend residents cash to fund greener homes250,000 trees to be planted across boroughPush...

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...

A WOKINGHAM schoolteacher said that his Twitter account was hacked after a message was posted last night urging Conservative supporters to kill themselves.  Minutes after polls closed on the general...

MATT RODDA has spoked of his gratitude to Reading East voters for re-electing him as their MP for the second time.  He held on to his seat with an increased...

RESIDENTS in Wokingham parliamentary constituency has decided to re-elect Sir John Redwood as MP but with a greatly reduced majority. In the 2017 general election, the veteran MP received 56.6%...

IN MAIDENHEAD, Theresa May saw her share of the vote decline as the Lib Dem support increased. The former prime minister still won comfortably, with 32,620 votes – 58% of...