Both are being held at Keighley Creative, in Hanover Street. Keighley in Focus features 50 photos, all taken – by Bingley Camera Club members – within a five-kilometre radius of Cliffe Castle. The diverse shots feature people, nature, landscapes and the built environment. Meanwhile, Creative Women and Girls of Keighley comprises photos of more than 50 people. The project – run by Keighley Creative and photographer Lisa Holmes, from The Photo Hub – set out to discover what art and culture meant to women of all ages. Gemma Hobbs, for Keighley Creative, said: “These are the first exhibitions we’ve been able to put up in six months due to the pandemic. We can’t wait to open the doors again and welcome visitors in to say hello and spend some time with all this fabulous artwork!
The leader of the Wokingham Conservatives has celebrated after the party held the line in the Local Elections 2021. The result saw the Conservatives hold on to their majority on the council and unseat the leader of the Wokingham Labour party Andy Croy. However, the Liberal Democrats gained three seats at the expense of the Conservatives, as six Conservative councillors chose to retire ahead of the elections. Giving his opinion on the result, re-elected councillor and Wokingham Conservative leader John Halsall said: “I’m really pleased with the result, we have the same majority as we were. “We have lost some great and good councillors. I thank Dianne King for her outstanding service on the executive, UllaKarin Clark for her long service as a councillor, Charlotte Haitham-Taylor for her leadership and her support, and Malcolm Richards, who has been a great mayor in such difficult circumstances. I would also like to thank Oliver Whittle, Emma Hobbs and Ken Miall fo
There will be eight fresh faces on Wokingham Borough Council following the Local Elections this year. That’s because seven councillors elected in 2016 chose not to run for another term this year, and one incumbent councillor was defeated in the election. In Wokinghan Borough, councillors are elected for four year terms. However, because elections were postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic, those councillors elected in 2016 got to serve another year. Here is a look at the eight fresh faces that will be taking up places on the council.
Philip Cunnington, Conservative councillor for Norreys ward Philip Cunnington was the first of the new councillors that were announced at the election count on Saturday, May 8.
Cllr Emma Hobbs and Cllr Chris Bowering backed the increase at the meeting on March 9 Taxi drivers working in Wokingham struggling to earn a living during the Covid-19 pandemic will have to pay an extra £42 over the next year for their licence.
Wokingham Borough Council has decided to increase the fee for hackney carriage and private hire vehicle licences from £248 to £290 in 2020/21. Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors called for the fees to be frozen at £248 during a meeting of the council’s Licensing Committee on March 9. But the Conservatives refused, after stating the hiked fees will be used to cover the council’s administrative costs and taxi drivers have been offered grants and other support.