Jobs
Woodley Job Fair 12 October: 8 Employers, No Booking
Free job fair at the Oakwood Centre, Woodley, on Monday 12 October, 10am to 2pm. Wates, Mace, Optalis and the University of Reading are among eight employers.
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Dinton Pastures
Dinton Pastures in Winter: Gates 6.45am to 9pm, Cafes to 4pm
Dinton Pastures is open every day this winter, gates 6.45am to 9pm, parking £3 an hour or £8.50 a day, cafes to 4pm. Laser show 1 November, fair, Santa Dash.
Council
Barkham Solar Farm: Contract Signed, Building From November
Equans starts building Barkham Solar Farm in November, eight months after grid rules paused it: 43,000 panels, a new greenway and £1m a year for the council.
Schools
Beechwood Primary Woodley Ofsted: Expected in All Six Areas
Beechwood Primary in Woodley, Requires Improvement in 2023, now meets the expected standard in all six Ofsted report card areas. Open mornings from 7 October.
Food hygiene
Wokingham Food Hygiene Ratings: 41 Fives, Three Rated 1
41 of 48 Wokingham borough food businesses inspected since 21 July scored 5. Three got a 1: a Hurst inn, a Three Mile Cross pub and a Peach Street takeaway.
Council
Wokingham Council This Week: £24m Homes Plan Approved
Wokingham's Executive approved £24m to buy council homes and sent Sonning's plan to a referendum. Call-in runs to 2 October; next week's diary is almost empty.
Politics
Thames Water CEO Challenged to Earley and Woodley Q&A
Cllr Mike Giles has written to Thames Water's chief executive asking him to face residents at a public Q&A before the end of 2026, citing 254 sewage discharges.
Crime
Wokingham E-fit Appeal After Old Forest Meadows Exposure
Thames Valley Police have released an e-fit over an exposure incident at Old Forest Meadows on 30 June, 80 days after it was reported. Here is the appeal.
House prices
Wokingham House Prices July 2026: £496,537, Down £4,445
The average Wokingham home sold for £496,537 in July, down £4,445 in a year. Flats fell hardest, down 3.5 per cent, and June's figure has been revised down.
Council
Wokingham Council Rules Out Parcel-Style Report Tracking
Residents wanted to track a council report like a parcel. Wokingham says each system link costs £50,000 and the whole job over £500,000. Decision Thursday.
Schools
Emmbrook Sixth Form: 60 More Places, Building Starts
Builders are on site at The Emmbrook School for a £3.837m sixth form block opening September 2027. The school already has 1,354 pupils in space built for 1,219.
Politics
Earley and Woodley Lib Dems Select Cllr Mike Giles
The Lib Dems have picked Oxfordshire cabinet member Mike Giles to fight Earley and Woodley, a seat where they finished third in 2024 on 13% of the vote.
Schools
Bohunt Wokingham Sixth Opens: 300 Places in Arborfield
Bohunt Wokingham Sixth has opened in Arborfield with room for 300 students, the first sixth form in the borough's rural south. Open evening is 15 October.
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