Opinion

GORDON Brown’s idea that offering devolution to Scotland would cement the Union and satisfy the demands of the separatists always seemed to me to be misconceived. That was why I...

AT THE annual council meeting last week, youngster Rio Elms raised a perennial question: what is there for young people, like him, to do. He highlighted the problems lockdown had...

LONELINESS has been an unwelcome gift from the effects of lockdown and many of us feel we have been patient long enough. Christians are not immune from loneliness and despair...

Think local with Rachel Bradley I can tell that I’ve hardly left the town since it all this began. I’m starting to watch films and box sets with subtitles, just...

Sue Ryder need dogs I am chuffed to announce that I will be supporting Sue Ryder, the national healthcare charity, in its search for the charity's first Ambassadogs. The nationwide...

Adrian Betteridge from Wokingham Active Travel Community Hub (WATCH) writes: Regular readers of this column will know that WATCH is about change – changing how we think about local travel...

Oh, us village ladies do love FreddyAlways stood at his stall, good and ready Get your five a day here and some more,I’ve got wonderous goodies galore! You know what...

LIFE OF BRIAN with Brian Hicks I have been going to Charvil Country Park at least once a week for over a year now. It is a delightful nature reserve...

Matt Rodda's Westminster Diary Earlier this month saw the pomp and ceremony of the State Opening of Parliament. I was proud to be one of a handful of MPs allowed...

We welcome the news today of further freedom and the possibility of travel and holidays later in the summer; but the news from India still continues to disturb us all...