Opinion

Last week was a bad one for Government ministers - struggling with the numbers. In Housing, Robert Jenrick had side-stepped numbers completely, launching his Planning Reforms with an algorithm to...

Harvest is fast approaching in what’s been the strangest year of most of our lives. So it’s time to celebrate our farmers and we are excited about some resources, produced...

WE ARE just two weeks away from schools returning, assuming there are no local lockdowns. For pupils and parents never has the phrases back to school been so welcomed. Lessons...

By Cllr Clive Jones, Liberal Democrat The semi-rural nature of our borough has to be protected and the Liberal Democrats will do their best to do this. Lib Dems do...

A classic example of NIMBYism I understand Theresa May has written to Wokingham Borough Council (WBC) Planning, objecting to a plan for the demolition of three houses and replaced with...

Government ministers have had a bad week with numbers. In Health, Matt Hancock has cut the official Covid-19 death toll by 5,000 and blamed Public Health England for running the...

The lockdown has made so many activities impossible. So, we have had to find different ways to amuse ourselves during lockdown.  How do we choose what activities to do? We...

After lying on a beach for a week on the Greek island of Santorini, the train back to Wokingham was somewhat depressing. The rush to get through the airport so...

Thank you Dishy Rishi. You’ve saved my sanity. Finally, I can now pay someone else to feed my family. And do the dishes. All at a thoroughly reasonable price. When...

IT SHOULDN’T take an eight-year-old to set an example to us grown-ups. But there it is, Orson Lewis has made it his lockdown mission to pick up litter left behind...