Wokingham

PRIMARY schools in Wokingham borough are making last-minute changes to their plans for the new term following a sharp rise in coronavirus cases. Despite Prime Minister Boris Johnson saying earlier...

ANY Wokingham borough school that chooses to delay reopening for the new term will be supported by the council. Earlier today, the Wokingham Borough Council leader John Halsall and his...

AS THE Prime Minister says that it is safe to send children back to school this week, the coronavirus rate per 100,000 in Wokingham borough has gone past 500 for...

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...