Coronavirus

A £750 MILLION grant has been announced for charities to ensure they meet the increased coronavirus demands, announced Chancellor Rishi Sunak. The government declared £360 million from its departments will...

A FACEBOOK group has been collecting hand creams and delivering them to local hospitals. Don’t Dump It – Berkshire and Surrey has been organising and collecting hundreds of moisturisers to...

Specially trained Armed Forces will collect swabs at the mobile sites, before they are sent to mega-labs for processing. And those tested will receive results within 48 hours.

NEW GUIDES have been launched to provide help to families struggling during lockdown. A group of leading local health and social care organisations have teamed up to create free downloadable...

THE CORONAVIRUS will have an impact on future housing plans in Wokingham borough – and the new Draft Local Plan. Before the lockdown was announced, the council had been canvassing...

A TEEN from Twyford has spent the last three weeks making hundreds of protective masks for the NHS. Oliver Hitchings, age 15, has been using the 3D printers at his...

THIS YEAR’S Hurst Show and Country Fayre is the latest event to be cancelled as a result of the coronavirus. Organisers said that it was an incredibly difficult decision to...

A KILN Green resident is urging the Prime Minister to award NHS workers with medals for their work tackling coronavirus. Simon Chapman has called on Boris Johnson to grant an...

NEED HELP? Call 0300 330 1189 (entering 0118 978 7258 if prompted) 9am-5pm Mon-Sat CHARITIES and organisations across the borough are continuing to work together to support the community during...

THE LATEST casualty of the Covid-19 pandemic is Woodley Carnival, which would have celebrated its 60th anniversary this year. The event was due to take place on Saturday, June 13,...