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1. Fortnightly bin collections are rubbished by Tory councillor
Get Wokingham, Thursday 2 October 2008Weekly bin collections are here to stay in Wokingham, despite talks about merging waste services with Reading and Bracknell – where rubbish is taken away fortnightly.
2. Waiting game over football stand cash bid
Get Wokingham, Monday 29 September 2008A bid to unlock £450,000 to fund a 250-seat football stand and upgrade facilities at a Wokingham park has finally been submitted – seven months after plans were approved.
3. Never say Never Found Guilty
Get Wokingham, Wednesday 17 September 2008Two teenagers who blighted a Finchampstead estate with graffiti and bragged about it online have been convicted of criminal damage.
4. Veteran Bill leaves hospital
Get Wokingham, Thursday 18 September 2008The last surviving veteran to serve with the Royal Navy for both world wars has returned to his Sindlesham care home after spending two weeks in hospital.
5. Heads call for SATs to be scrapped
Get Wokingham, Friday 19 September 2008Headteachers have hit out at this summer’s Key Stage Three exam results “fiasco” and called for the tests to be scrapped.
6. Town centre manager to stay put
Get Wokingham, Friday 19 September 2008Wokingham’s town centre manager will be staying put for the time being, The Wokingham Times can reveal.
7. Finch land investment casualties stack up
Get Wokingham, Monday 22 September 2008Two more investors duped into buying Finchampstead farmland following exaggerated claims planning permission for housing would triple their money have come forward.
8. Dog owner’s anger at vet’s ‘pay now’ policy
Get Wokingham, Monday 22 September 2008A veterinary practice has defended its immediate payment policy after a dog owner complained his pet’s welfare was not taken into account.
9. Controversial ‘Scores’ site a hit with surfers
Get Wokingham, Tuesday 23 September 2008A website ranking town eateries by how hygienic and well managed they are has received more than 20,000 hits since it launched in June.
10. A new dawn for future of Wokingham town centre
Get Wokingham, Tuesday 23 September 2008Traders, townspeople and community groups are to help shape the future of Wokingham’s town centre in a new forum.