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    A fraudster nearly destroyed a family company after stealing &#xA3;417,782.33 to pay for new cars and holidays.
            
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    Two men arrested on suspicion of burglary were released without charge after they said they broke into an empty building to get out of the cold.
            
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    The Great Fire of London was a hot topic at one Wokingham school last week.
            
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    A&#x26;nbsp;well-loved star of stage and screen gave top tips to pupils of a Wokingham drama school when they went along to a scholarship party at a London theatre.
            
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    Hedgehogs and snakes will be among the animals paying a visit to Wokingham libraries during half term.
            
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<title>Help is still available for the digital TV Switchover</title>
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    Older and disabled people struggling with the Switchover can still get help with switching to digital TV.
            
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    Families have woken up to a blanket of snow in Wokingham this morning and one school is closed.
            
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    An Arborfield&#x26;nbsp;pig farm will hold its monthly open day this Saturday.
            
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    Young people will be encouraged to take a stand against crime in the Thames Valley under a new initiative to create thousands of crime-fighting Buddies.
            
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    The family of a Barkham woman killed by a careless driver has handed over more than &#xA3;2,500 to the paramedics who tried to save her life.
            
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    With less than 180 days to go until the biggest sporting event London has ever seen, muscles are being flexed and preparations perfected as people get ready for the Games.
            
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    Taxpayers in the town will see their contributions to Wokingham Town Hall increase by around 10p in the next financial year, with their money to be spent on areas including parades, park revamps and civic regalia for town councillors.
            
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    Jewellery and collectable coins were stolen when neighbouring homes in Wokingham were burgled.
            
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    Face painting, hair braiding and puppet shows will be on offer during a half-term family fun day in Woodley.
            
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<title>Gritters out once again as fresh batch of snow expected in Wokingham</title>
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    Primary and secondary road networks across Wokingham will be gritted this afternoon and again this evening as a fresh batch of snow is expected tonight. 
            
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    A&#x26;nbsp;block of ice was thrown at a train as it made its way through Ruscombe at the weekend, injuring the driver.
            
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    Royalty swept through a Lower Earley primary school when The Countess of Wessex swung by to officially open two new education centres yesterday.
            
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    The Countess of Wessex praised Wokingham&#x27;s firefighters when she gave the royal seal of approval to the town&#x27;s fire station yesterday.
            
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    A&#x26;nbsp;map showing the opening times and locations of public toilets in Woodley will be published following a call for more conveniences in the town.
            
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    A&#x26;nbsp;doorman was injured after a punch-up involving two men outside a pub in Wokingham.
            
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    Young people will be able to get behind the wheel for the first time during a pre-driver training event in Woodley.
            
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    Crash&#x26;nbsp;barriers installed along the A329M following the death of an RAF technician have prevented at least three potentially serious accidents.
            
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    Police are hunting shoplifters after clothes were swiped from two shops in Wokingham.
            
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    A Twyford man has been sentenced to 140 hours of community service after fraudulently obtaining &#xA3;5,700 in housing and council tax benefit. 
            
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    Family, friends and colleagues gathered yesterday to bid an emotional farewell to a Wokingham teacher described as &#x201C;the most legendary man who has ever walked the grounds of The Forest School&#x201D;.
            
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    A&#x26;nbsp;builder&#x27;s storage yard in Finchampstead could make way for the development of a new four-bedroom home under plans being scrutinised by planning bosses tonight.
            
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