Wokingham

A COUNTY-WIDE sight-loss charity has been given a funding boost by David Wilson Homes. The housebuilder gave £500 to Berkshire Vision, to help pilot its Real-eyes programme, which is designed...

JAC, a Wokingham organisation that supports young people to make good choices, launched a new summer drink last month, which sold out in just a few weeks. Just Around the...

WARGRAVE may soon have an Eco Church, after the parish’s church council made a pledge to become more sustainable. Last month, the team at St Mary’s Church Wargrave applied for...

Berkshire Respite Holidays organises specialist holidays for less-able individuals who are unable to participate in conventional holidays due to infirmity, physical or mental, without significant assistance and medical care. Particular...

A BRIGHTER future for Finchampstead residents has been promised as improvements are being planned. Residents were told about the Neighbourhood Development Plan earlier this year. This highlighted summaries of the...

IT WAS one of the best performances England have made since 1966, and Wokingham turned out to celebrate – in a covid-safe way. Pubs across the borough were full of...

WORK to restore Wokingham’s historic railway bridge has been praised: members of the Wokingham Society have said the Grade II listed landmark should be cherished. The bridge was closed last...

A FINCHAMPSTEAD brewery is hunting down a helpful bus driver. Siren Craft Brew is looking to thank a driver from Reading Buses that helped direct visitors to the brewery, The...

Residents are furious about a new unauthorised sewage treatment system, which would discharge into a waterway circling their 22 homes. IT project manager Andrew Wilson was horrified to discover the...

SCHOOL STREETS have been launched in Reading, to make it safer for students to walk, scoot or cycle to and from school. Lucy Prismall, transport planner and lead on programme...