Wokingham

The November lockdown ended with Wokingham being placed not into Tier 1 as hoped but Tier 2, a placement that council leader John Halsall said was disappointing. “We are planning...

A second national lockdown was announced, although it was very different to the first. Unlike March, schools remained open, and non-essential retailers were allowed to offer click and collect services....

The Wokingham Paper was renamed Wokingham.Today from its first issue in October. The change came about to match our website which, like most local news outlets this year, has seen...

WOKINGHAM Borough Council says that it is working with schools to help them prepare for the new term. In guidance issued just before the new year, executive member for children’s...

ALTHOUGH there has been a decrease in the number of positive coronavirus cases reported in Wokingham borough today, the weekly rate per 100,000 has crept up again. Across the country,...

IN A BID to create a fairer Wokingham, the borough council is asking residents to pitch in on its latest equality drive — and there’s a prize for doing so....

If there’s one issue that affects the borough other than coronavirus, it’s housing numbers. In July, the Government launched consultations over the future of the planning system and suggested that...

AS IT prepares to mark its 25th anniversary next year, a learning disability and autism support charity has relaunched its website. Promise Inclusion, previously Wokingham, Bracknell & Districts Mencap, worked...

As pupils returned to school for the first time since the March lockdown, Professor Ben Cowling predicted that the UK would see a tough autumn with 10,000 new coronavirus cases...

August was the month that life started to return to new normal. With pubs and restaurants taking part in Eat Out To Help Out, leisure centres and gyms open again...