Wokingham, England News

The Strictly Come Dancing 2012 finalist has thrown her support behind Foster Care Fortnight, which launched on Monday and lasts until May 26.

The Department for Education is due to announce if plans to launch Evendons Free School have been given the go-ahead. While they await the result, a number of mums and dads behind the project will host an open evening for prospective parents at Wokingham Town Hall, in Market Place, on Wednesday, May 22, from 7.30pm to 9.30pm. The meeting is to ... (more)

Annette Drake, a former borough mayor, councillor, and founder and president of Hurst Village Society, was presented with the medal by Mary Bayliss, Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, at Windsor Guildhall on April 30.

RAIL users are advised that they will not be able to catch a train from Bracknell, Wokingham and the Winnersh stations on Sunday .

Chief Inspector Rob France spoke about rural crime and detection rates at Finchampstead NAG's monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 8. Ch Insp France said: "The impact of rural crime is two-fold. One is economic and we recently had a farmer who had a quad bike taken and the loss to his business was much more significant than the value of the quad ... (more)

'When is enough enough?' asked villagers angry about the increasing number of homes due to be built in Shinfield, Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross.

The Royals are hoping to move their training ground to a golf course in Sindlesham - close to where owner Anton Zingarevich went to college.

Stiltz Lifts has more than doubled its manufacturing and warehouse space with a move to a new state-of-the-art facility in China.

A four-team football tournament at Aldershot Town will raise money for Tony Calvert, the former Bracknell Town, Wokingham and Sandhurst manager who suffered a heart attack while on holiday last month.

Groups will be able to promote themselves on a new stage and can offer taster sessions to members of the public on Sunday, July 7, from midday to 4pm.

Around one in 60 people in the borough has suffered an stroke and need support to help them in the aftermath.

Members of Wokingham Town Centre & Evendons Neighbourhood Action Group joined forces with three workers at Tesco, in Finchampstead Road, for a litter pick.

Riders can choose from a 35- or 15-mile route reaching as far as Eversley and Hurst for the challenge on June 23, the last day of National Bike Week.

Wokingham Borough Council is hosting Foster Care Fortnight, from Monday until Sunday, May 26, to give prospective foster parents the chance to learn more.

Teachers at the school phoned the boy's dad, who managed to remove the fence panel and took his son to Wokingham Community Hospital, in Barkham Road.

ORGANISERS of the popular Wokingham May Fayre say they will "work around" the redevelopment of Elms Field - but warned it may affect the success of the Bank Holiday spectacular in future.

Ambulances around Bracknell and Wokingham are contributing to saving the planet as well as saving lives after becoming the first in the country to be fitted with solar panels.

Bracknell beauty Linda Newton was just one of the lovely ladies going for Wokingham Carnival Queen.

A crew from Wokingham fire station was sent to Arthur Road at around 6.30pm following reports of a tree fire.

THOUSANDS more pupils in the News's circulation area will receive first aid training, thanks to the renewal of a sponsorship deal.