Educational options for children and young people in Wokingham Borough with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) are about to improve as plans for two new SEND schools move forward.

Wokingham Borough Council is asking residents for their views on its draft Customer Experience Strategy

The centre has been losing users since the new Wokingham Leisure Centre at Carnival Hub was opened last year and the council is considering whether it should continue, or the site be used for something else.

A long-term plan to ensure trees and other greenery is better cared for, and new vegetation planted, has been approved.

The council has adopted a new sponsorship policy to help raise money to support essential services

Wokingham Borough Council has been awarded almost £300,000 in Wave 2.1 of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund

Local people and businesses have raised concerns about the number of banks and building societies closing in the borough

The annual scheme, which is organised nationally by The Reading Agency, encourages children aged four and above to read six books during the summer holidays

Suspected drug dealers have been kicked out of two more council houses in Wokingham Borough

The Mayor Cllr Beth Rowland has raised the flag at the council’s Shute End office to commemorate Armed Forces Day (24 June 2023), paying respect to servicemen and women, past and present