Politics

IT APPEARS that the government is not taking seriously a threat by the leader of the council to protest naked unless housing numbers in Wokingham borough are reduced.  Earlier this...

A CONGESTED and dangerous commuter route will be improved if new funding can be secured. The A329M has seen multiple accidents since 2015, when it was split into two single-lane...

Permits now free, but still need to be applied for A WOOSEHILL fitness instructor has called the proposed charge for outdoor training sessions “steep and unfair”. Cameron Johnson (right), who...

HUNDREDS of restaurants, cafes, pubs and fast food outlets across Berkshire are now offering half-price meals thanks to a new Government initiative.  Today sees the launch of Eat Out To...

By Cllr Parry Batth Wokingham Borough Council’s Conservative group has a long history of enabling the recycling rates across our borough to increase. This includes giving every home a caddy...

By Cllr Andy Croy None of the actions in the Plan are – in themselves – bad. As a shopping list of individual actions they are fine, we all want...

A NEW scheme that sees personal trainers in Wokingham borough require permits for outdoor sessions is to be scrapped.  As of today (Saturday, August 1), the Outdoor Fitness Training Permit...

THE HUSBAND of Theresa May has been award a knighthood in the Dissolution Honours list.  Philip May was nominated for the awards by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and joins a...

WOKINGHAM’S recycling boxes are set to be replaced in a bid to keep the borough’s waste dry. Over the past year, there has been a problem caused by recycling companies...

By Cllr Prue Bray In our 2019 local election manifesto the Lib Dem opposition on Wokingham Borough Council looked at what we thought were the key issues for Children’s Services....