Politics

ONE of the borough’s four MPs has called for action to improve rail services for her constituents.  Theresa May, who represents parts of Sonning, Twyford, Wargrave and Charvil, was taking...

BOROUGH residents have been inhaling polluted air that exceeds international toxic air guidelines, according to data published by the Government. Most recent data from the Department for Environment, Food and...

WOKINGHAM Borough Council has been awarded £91,000 by central government to help tackle rough sleeping in the area.  The funds will be put towards an outreach programme, providing support for...

Residents of Arborfield and Barkham have given their seal of approval to a new neighbourhood plan with a landslide result.  They took part in a referendum on proposals on Thursday,...

The organiser of a petition calling on the council to buy Demmark Street Car Park so it could be reopened has expressed his happiness that the deal is set to...

WOKINGHAM must get its car parking offering right.  That’s the view of the Liberal Democrat group leader Cllr Lindsay Ferris.  While he welcomed the news that the borough council was...

THE COUNCIL will be taking over the entire Denmark Street car park in hopes to provide better provision for local shoppers. The 130-space car park — which was previously operated...

As last week’s commentary looked at the political splits among local Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, so this week looks at one root cause of the divisions - the Local Plan...

SIR JOHN REDWOOD said that the withdrawal of the UK from the European Union was "an historic occasion" and that the country was "well on the way to being an...

A PETITION about Denmark Street Car Park was presented to Wokingham Borough Council by Wokingham Town Councillor Daniel Hinton. The car park was closed on Monday, August 26 by landlord...