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  • Road closures set to take place next week

    Drivers are being made aware of road works set to take place next week. Drainage works will be taking place over night from next Monday, September 28. ALSO READ: 'Like a cat playing with a mouse': Readers think second lockdown is inevitable

  • Could you be a governor for the ambulance service?

    SOUTH Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SCAS) is holding elections for members of the public to join the Trust’s Council of Governors. In Berkshire, SCAS is looking for one governor. READ ALSO: Reading roads to be resurfaced - here

  • Police warn residents after parcel theft reports

    Thieves have been swooping onto doorsteps of homes in Wokingham and making off with parcels left outside. A warning has come from police that thieves are stealing parcels left outside of people's homes in the Wokingham borough, and police are now

  • Racing car driver from Sunningdale wins Le Mans

    A RACING car driver from Sunningdale has won a 24 hour endurance race having taken part in the competition last weekend. The highly anticipated 88th 24 Hours of Le Mans took place this past weekend (September 19-20), after a three-month postponement

  • Nation-wide competition praises local 'care home hero'

    A CARE home staff member in Ascot has been named a 'care home hero' by a nation-wide competition. Linda Waite, business administrator for Larkland House, London Road, Ascot, was nominated for the 'care home hero' title for her outstanding work with

  • Award given to care home for 'outstanding' dementia care

    A CARE home in Wokingham has been presented with an award for their work in dementia care. Alexandra Grange Care Home, Molly Millars Lane, Wokingham, was given the Outstanding Relationship-Centred Care Home in Dementia (ORCHID) award on September

  • Council's £120,000 pledge to buy 1,000 private Covid-19 tests

    MORE than £100,000 could be ploughed into getting more Covid-19 tests for people in Wokingham. Wokingham Borough Council has pledged to spend £120,000 on providing 1,000 more tests as the NHS Test and Trace service struggles to meet demand nationally

  • Rise of 10 coronavirus cases over the weekend

    The number of recorded coronavirus cases in Bracknell Forest increased by 10 over the weekend, official figures show. Public Health England figures show that 481 people had been confirmed as testing positive for Covid-19 by 9am on Monday (September

  • In the Dock: More results from court

    THE following cases appeared at Reading and Slough Magistrates' Court:   August 12: ALSO READ: Crowthorne: Bird-owner facing trial at Reading court EDWARD LEAH, 22, of Viking Ways, Bracknell, admitted criminally damaging a fire door