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Now local elections have taken place, we’ll be bringing this newsletter back up to twice a week.
Residents' Round-up will be back with you every Tuesday and Friday morning from today onwards.
 Result of local elections
Voters went to the polls across Wokingham Borough on Thursday and the results are in. The make up of the council is now:
- Liberal Democrat - 27
- Conservative - 19
- Labour - 8
A new executive and Mayor for the 2024/25 year will be confirmed later this month.
You can see ward-by-ward results on our website.
 Photo credit: West Berkshire Council
Police and Crime Commissioner elected
Matthew Barber (Conservative) has been re-elected as Police and Crime Commissioner for Thames Valley.
He'll serve a second term in the post after voters headed to the polls on Thursday after getting 144,092 votes from across Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire.
The commissioner's role is to be the voice of the people and hold the police to account.
Thirteen counts were held across the region, including in Wokingham Borough, with the result announced at the main hub at Newbury Racecourse on Saturday.
You can see full results and area-by-area results for across the region on the West Berkshire Council website.
 Are you ready for waste collection changes?
We'll be changing the way we collect your rubbish and recycling from mid-August.
The key changes we're making are:
- General rubbish will be collected every two weeks from a new 180-litre black wheeled bin, instead of the existing blue bags
- Recycling will also be collected every two weeks, on weeks when rubbish isn't collected, from the same green bags
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Food waste collections are staying weekly
The new black rubbish bins will start being delivered to households later this month, and we’re asking everyone to get ready for the changes now by reducing waste and recycling more.
Once your bin arrives, don’t use it straight away as we won’t empty it. Please keep using the blue bags for now, aiming for no more than one a week.
Tips to help:
 Green'n'Tidy scheme almost doubles thanks to grant
A grant from the Community Safety Partnership has meant Green'n'Tidy, a community gardening scheme, has been able to nearly double the residents it supports.
The scheme, run by the The Wokingham Volunteer Centre, have teams of volunteers who offer a basic gardening service to keep front gardens tidy and safe.
They were recently awarded a grant from the Community Safety Partnership to purchase a van and other equipment.
This has enabled them to extend the scheme to a further 120 households, meaning they are now helping over 280 households to keep their front gardens tidy.
If you are interested in volunteering, or want to find out if you or someone you know qualifies for support, visit The Wokingham Volunteer Centre website.
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