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FUMING residents have called the possibility of a new 3G football pitch being built on Laurel Park 'scandalous'.

CONSTRUCTION of the borough's newest leisure centre is taking shape ahead of plans to open later this year.

The council have provided refunds to sellers who had already paid for a stall and will offer huts in the market free of charge to local traders.

Keith Baker, newly elected Wokingham Borough Mayor and Abdul Loyes, Deputy Mayor. Credit: Pauline Jorgensen A new mayor, deputy mayor and executive has been appointed at a full meeting of Wokingham Borough Council. Councillor Keith Baker, who has served on the council since 2006, was elected Mayor of Wokingham Borough yesterday (Thursday, May 20). Cllr Baker said: “Being the first citizen of the borough is an amazing honour, which very few councillors actually achieve, and I am extremely humbled to become one of this small group. “In many respects I’m quite old fashioned, in that ...

New Dinton Activity Centre. Pic by Stewart Turkington DEVELOPMENT progress in constructing the new Dinton Activity Centre in Hurst, Wokingham, has reached a ‘major milestone’ recently, as the modules were lifted into place. The new building, costing the Wokingham Borough Council £2.4 million to construct and set to be the borough’s first carbon net-zero facility, had its main modules placed at the end of last week. Cllr Gregor Murray, executive member for resident services, communications and emissions said: “It’s incredibly exciting to see us move one step closer to our ambi...