Opinion

By Cllr Paul Fishwick Over the next three years, Wokingham Borough Council is planning to spend £17 million on improvements to traffic flow and easing congestion through measures including the...

Where are the flowers? In last week’s issue, Sue Farrington asked where the flowers had gone. Here is a response to her: Dear Sue, I feel your pain about the...

Adrian Betteridge from Wokingham Active Travel Community Hub (WATCH) writes: Changes in how we travel are seldom out of the news, be it e-scooters, home working, electric cars and more. ...

I’m going to a meeting at Two this afternoonBut I’m not going out, you know, I’m staying in my room,Everyone attending will be doing just like meAnd we’ll enjoy each...

THE CORONAVIRUS rate remains high across the borough despite the surge testing campaign. It seems stubbornly stuck around the 90 per 100,000 people mark meaning this wretched virus is lingering....

You can find this wonderful word in Susie Dent's book: 'Word perfect – etymological entertainment for every day of the year' where she describes it as 'a 500-year old epithet...

Today is June fourteen,Boris has made a speech.Covid cases are risingStage four is out of reach.He wanted to free restrictions,And let the economy recover,But the virus changed directionJust like our...

A misunderstanding I read with interest the letter headed Offences Ignored in last week's paper.  I'm afraid the author misunderstands the purpose of traffic controls.  The 'No Right Turn' rules...

SURGE testing across parts of the borough is necessary as covid rates continue to go in the wrong direction. In Wokingham Town, the rate per 100,000 has reached 220 people....

From the executive: With Cllr John Halsall, leader of Wokingham Borough Council I thank you for your support, but also want to reassure those people who didn’t vote for us...