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Wokingham is the setting of Lars Iyer's 2019 novel Nietzsche and the Burbs. The character of Tom the chimney sweep in Charles Kingsley's classic childhood story The Water Babies was based on the life and times of a Wokingham boy called James Seaward, who was a boy sweep in Victorian times.
The entrance to Rose Court, off Rose Street, where the Tildesleys lived. Mark Anthony Tildesley was born on 31 August 1976 in Berkshire to John and Lavinia Tildesley. [5] He was significantly younger than his two siblings, both of whom had moved out of the family home at Rose Court in Wokingham. [5]
Wokingham Today is an independently owned weekly newspaper based in Borough of Wokingham, Berkshire, England. The newspaper covers Wokingham, Earley, Woodley and all of the places covered by Wokingham Borough Council. The paper's weekly circulation is reportedly about 5,500 copies.
Wokingham, or the Borough of Wokingham, is a local government district with borough status in Berkshire, England. Since 1998 its council has been a unitary authority , having taken on county-level functions when Berkshire County Council was abolished.
Clive Richard Jones [1] is a British Liberal Democrat politician who has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Wokingham since 2024. Jones was a member of Wokingham Borough Council from 2016 to 2024 and served as the leader of the council in 2022–2023. Before entering politics, he worked in the toy-manufacturing industry.
Crawford first worked in journalism at the Wokingham Times, completing a National Council for the Training of Journalists newspaper course in Newcastle while working there. She subsequently worked for the BBC and for TV-am before joining Sky News when it was launched in 1989. [9] [10] [7] She began working as a foreign correspondent for Sky ...
The 2014 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on Thursday 22 May 2014. That was the same day as other United Kingdom local elections in order to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed comfortably in overall control of the council.
The 2012 Wokingham Borough Council election took place on Thursday 3 May 2012, the same day as other 2012 United Kingdom local elections, to elect members of Wokingham Unitary Council in Berkshire, England. One third of the council was up for election and the Conservative Party stayed in overall control of the council. [1]