Update from Highways England, who have changed the dates for the M4 J10 slip road closures CANCELLED Thursday 19 October – Overnight closure of the link from the M4 eastbound carriageway around to the A329(M) Wokingham-bound carriageway (9pm to 6am) CANCELLED Friday 20 through to Monday 23 October – Full weekend closure of the link […]

I have just received this from Highways England. And yes, I know 9th October was Monday, not Tuesday.  I am assuming that they mean it starts today, Tuesday 10th, nor yesterday, Monday 9th or they would have sent it yesterday. All clear? PS Are we going to reach a point at which every single route […]

In case you have not received it, here is a message sent out by the Borough Council about a public exhibition on the Relief Road: “Wokingham Borough Council aims to submit a planning application for the Winnersh Relief Road Phase 2 project at the end of November / early December this year. Before the planning […]

What with the dispiriting referendum campaign, a local by-election, and a General Election, there hasn’t been much time to post on here.  But I have been busy in the ward, and have been updating people on what’s going on in Winnersh through the Winnersh Community and Hatch Farm Dairies Facebook groups. I will be posting […]

This is the saddest day of my political life.    My country has turned its back on everything I believe in and opted for insular, narrow-minded isolation. Goodness knows, Lib Dems are accustomed to losing elections.  But when you lose an election, there is always the chance that you can win next time, because there always […]

This is a very different post to what I usually write.  It’s longer and possibly a bit rambling.  But it comes from the heart. I haven’t posted anything on this site for a while – mainly because I have been far too busy doing politics to have time to write about what’s going on.   But […]

If you see work going on next week to cut down 3-4 trees on the boundary between The Paddocks car park and Elms Field, please do not panic!  It isn’t work starting on the development of Elms Field! So what IS happening? You may know that Network Rail and Southwest Trains have decided to turn […]

Reading Road will be closed between the crossroads and the M4 motorway bridge by Woodward Close from 8 pm – 6 am every night from the evening of Wednesday 3rd February to the morning of Friday 19th February. This is so that the road can be resurfaced for the new cycleway. The diversion will be […]

What with one thing and another, updating this site has not been a priority in the last few months.   I have been active online – but just not here!  I will try to do better in 2016. Meanwhile, Merry Christmas everyone and if you are looking for a good cause to support at this time […]

Wokingham Borough’s schools receive the lowest level of funding from the government in the country.   £4151 per pupil. For years they have managed to deliver high quality education while juggling the money to make sure they have good teachers and support staff and enough teaching materials, and that the condition of the buildings doesn’t deteriorate […]