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1. Arrest may have led to man's suicide on train line
Get Wokingham, Friday 30 December 2011A police investigation may have prompted a 36-year-old Wokingham man to take his own life earlier this year, a coroner has ruled.
2. Homes will 'ruin village life'
Get Wokingham, Monday 19 December 2011Residents in Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross have said plans for more than 900 homes threaten to ruin village life.
3. Olympic success for school speakers
Get Wokingham, Friday 16 December 2011Chatterboxes from secondary schools across Berkshire put their talking skills to the test when they discussed all things Olympic Games during the opening round of a public speaking competition.
4. Children choose their top books
Get Wokingham, Friday 16 December 2011The shortlist of nominations for the 2012 Berkshire Book Award has been announced. Schoolchildren across Wokingham are among those who have been busy putting forward the reads they believe are worthy of the award.
5. School transport costs rocket
Get Wokingham, Friday 16 December 2011A group has been set up to address growing financial pressures on school transport in Wokingham, after numbers using the service rocketed from three to nearly 300.
6. Fury at 'disgusting' behaviour of Reading councillors
Get Wokingham, Wednesday 14 December 2011Wokingham councillors have opted not to call for a public apology over Reading’s “disgusting” behaviour during the Maiden Erlegh catchment row.
7. Poppy Appeal raised a record £25,000
Get Wokingham, Monday 12 December 2011Wokingham folk have clearly been wearing their poppy with pride this year as local collections for the Royal British Legion have totalled more than £25,000 – setting a new record.
8. Thousands flock to Woodley Winter Extravaganza
Get Wokingham, Friday 09 December 2011Townspeople in Woodley were walking in a winter wonderland at the weekend.
9. Wokingham 'years behind on housing'
Get Wokingham, Wednesday 07 December 2011Wokingham is failing to build enough homes to keep up with demand, the lawyer for a developer has said at the start of a planning appeal over hundreds of houses.
10. Doubts raised over council's Transformation Programme
Get Wokingham, Saturday 03 December 2011Senior staff have cast doubt on Wokingham Borough Council’s standards and the effectiveness of its Transformation Programme.
