The Local Newspaper

Crowthorne Parish Council has approved an amended planning application to alter the Little Red House Nursery.

Face painting and bouncy castles kept little ones amused at a half-term family fun day in Woodley.

The council tax more than doubled under the previous Government, placing an extra strain on hard-working families and pensioners.

A group of youngsters police want to talk to after a block of ice was thrown at a train in Ruscombe have still not been identified.

A runner was taken to hospital after collapsing during the Wokingham Half Marathon.

Fire bosses in Berkshire have poured cold water on plans to increase its share of the local council tax bill after agreeing to freeze its precept for 12 months.

Two men were assaulted as they were ordering food from a town centre kebab van at the weekend.

A 52-year-old Wokingham motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a car in South Oxfordshire on Sunday.

Taxpayers can expect to be charged the same amount for Wokingham Borough Council’s services for another year, but could face an increase of at least 2.5 per cent in the future.

Records were once again smashed when more than two thousand runners took on the 27th Wokingham Half Marathon on Sunday.

The borough’s water companies have said they are prepared for drought.

Staff and children at a Wokingham school are in mourning following the sudden death of a five-year-old classmate earlier this month.

Slips, falls and a pair of loose trousers made for an entertaining pancake race at a Twyford garden centre.

Sandhurst Library stepped back in time for a reminiscence event to mark the 100th anniversary of Woman’s Weekly.

Two Wokingham teenagers kept their eye on the ball and came home with medals when they competed in a major boccia competition.

Walking into Wokingham Town Hall on a Saturday one might expect an empty building with councillors and staff having closed the doors for the weekend.

Motorists will be diverted along a stretch of Finchampstead Road later this month.

A Wokingham-based digital print provider has given its support to a youth project by donating 10 high-definition cameras.

Couples who find themselves sitting in silence at the dinner table can try an iPhone application created by a Wokingham counsellor.

The MP for Twyford has welcomed an increase in the number of people undertaking apprenticeships in her constituency,