Wokingham

FAMILIES in Berkshire are being urged to talk about organ donation as part of the LeaveThem Certain campaign. It comes as research revealed less than half of adults in England...

IT SEEMS students are flocking to the University of Reading this year, after it saw a 5% rise in applications. According to the University of Reading, nearly 20,000 people applied...

FOUR borough schools have joined the council’s new Wokingham Air Quality project. Evendons Primary School, St Paul's Junior School, Hawthorns Primary School and Westende Junior School have had three diffusion...

WOKINGHAM businesses are some of the most confident in the UK, according to the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). It said despite a difficult year, business...

A HARE HATCH garden centre has opened a new foodhall thanks to a partnership with Sainsbury’s. Dobbies Garden Centre is now stocking more than 3,000 fresh, chilled and frozen products...

STAFF and pupils at Leighton Park School have been recognised for their outreach work and community service in the pandemic. The Shinfield Road school won the Outstanding Local Community Involvement...

A young NHS fundraiser just eight years old wants to raise an amazing £100,000 for the Royal Berkshire Hospital. Dexter Rosier, eight, from Woodley, watched the televised flypast for Captain...

A LOCAL farmer is frustrated at Wokingham Borough Council’s plans for a new solar farm, which he said could force him to sell and slaughter his livestock. Andrew Lake lives...

FIRST-TIME homeowners in the South East are being gifted more than £61,000 from grandparents to help cover the cost of a deposit. Data from equity release company, Key, revealed that...

HARE HATCH Sheeplands has launched an initiative to support borough schools, as children prepare to return to the classroom. Following the success of its cash for Christmas trees in December,...