Politics

ONE OF the happiest shoppers will be Wokingham MP Sir John Redwood, who is looking forward to buying gifts from the town centre’s many stores once they start to reopen...

TRAFFIC WARDENS are to return to Wokingham borough from tomorrow as lockdown restrictions start to ease.  But in the short-term they won’t be issuing fines to parkers who outstay their...

Boris Johnson may have wanted the nation to move on from the Dominic Cummings lockdown saga, but he probably didn't expect one angry voter's message to keep moving on. For...

HOW Wokingham Borough Council had maintained its weekly waste collections during the pandemic was a question asked by Cllr Pauline Helliar-Symons at the virtual meeting of Wokingham Borough Council, held...

CLLR GRAHAM HOWE wanted to congratulate officers and executive members for their “dedication and action” during the pandemic. He praised the efforts during members' question time at a virtual meeting...

“CARE HOMES have worked tirelessly through this extremely difficult time to help support their residents and I would like to voice my thanks to all of them for this.” That’s...

At the virtual meeting of Wokingham Borough Council’s executive committee, held on Thursday, May 28, Cllr Angus Ross wanted to know the status on the local plan. The leader of...

THE WAY in which council’s finances have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic was raised by Cllr Imogen Shepherd-DuBey in the first of two financial questions raised at the virtual...

NO DECISIONS have yet been made as to how the borough council will spend funding on walking and cycling improvements. Central government has announced a £250 million pot for councils...

THE BISHOP of Reading has added her voice to those expressing concerns over Boris Johnson’s decision to defend Dominic Cummings’ decision to break lockdown rules. At yesterday’s news conference, Boris...