Expansion of graveyard onto golf course to be decided next week
Bracknell Forest Council's Cabinet is set to decide whether Easthampstead Park Cemetery and Crematorium can expand onto Downshire Golf Complex.
Ex-PC who joked he would rape colleague banned from police
An ex-trainee at Thames Valley Police has been banned from serving as a police officer after joking he would rape his female colleague.
Popular pub wants to serve alcohol from 9am
Ye Olde Leathern Bottel in Barkham would like to extend its opening hours after plans to expand into a hotel were scrapped.
Site of controversial housing plan reopens as public green space
Swallows Meadows in Earley has reopened as a community green space after plans to build homes on the land were rejected.
Popular drive-thru restaurant chain coming to area
A drive-thru has been approved for a Five Guys set to open in Showcase Cinema, Winnersh.
Plans to build ten homes on greenfield site in Binfield scrapped
A new drive thru Five Guys and a plan to build ten homes on a greenfield site features in this week’s Bracknell and Wokingham planning round up.
Boxing gym to be permanently closed to save council money
A boxing gym in Wokingham town centre will be permanently closed to save Wokingham Borough Council nearly £200,000 a year.
Council fined nearly £6k after SEN child left out of school
Bracknell Forest Council has been fined nearly £6,000 after a child with special educational needs (SEN) was out of school for almost a whole school year.
Latest chunk of Warfield homes set for approval
16 more homes as part of the Warfield Strategic Development are set for approval by Bracknell Forest Council's planning committee next week.
By-election could see leading party gain majority in council
Candidates have been announced for an upcoming by-election in the Wokingham Borough, the results of which could give the leading party an overall majority.
