Politics

A COMMUNITY vision will be voted on when Wokingham Borough Council meets on Thursday, February 20.  Councillors will be considering the vision and direction for the next four years, based...

FIRST details have been unveiled over the new budget, which is set to be debated at a meeting of Wokingham Borough Council on Thursday, February 20.  The ruling Conservative group...

THE COST of buying the Denmark Street car park has been revealed as the council works to get it fully reopened. A post on social media revealed more details about...

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...