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Residents rally round to save community pub

11 November 2015
Residents rally round to save community pub

Residents rally round to save community pub

11 November 2015

Campaign to stop White Hart in Hamstead Marshall being sold to developers HAMSTEAD Marshall villagers are rallying round to try and save their community’s…


Town council accept £600,000 payout for Costain park damage

10 November 2015
Town council accept £600,000 payout for Costain park damage

Town council accept £600,000 payout for Costain park damage

10 November 2015

Five year legal row has come to an end NEWBURY Town Council has accepted a £600,000 payout from Parkway developer Costain after subsidence damage…


Council's brutal cuts "will isolate the elderly and disabled"

09 November 2015
Council's brutal cuts "will isolate the elderly and disabled"

Council's brutal cuts "will isolate the elderly and disabled"

09 November 2015

Plans to axe vital services to the most vulnerable are slammed ELDERLY and disabled people will be pushed further into social isolation as a result of…


Will council cuts drive visitors away from town?

09 November 2015
Will council cuts drive visitors away from town?

Will council cuts drive visitors away from town?

09 November 2015

Plans to raise car parking fees and scrap CCTV cameras will have negative impact on economy, it is claimed CCTV in Newbury, Thatcham and Greenham could…


More than 300 sign Newbury Football Club petition

05 November 2015
More than 300 sign Newbury Football Club petition

More than 300 sign Newbury Football Club petition

05 November 2015

Petition urges council to rethink decision to kick club out of Faraday Road A PETITION to stop West Berkshire Council kicking Newbury FC out of its ground…


Newbury Racecourse all set for £20m refurbishment

05 November 2015
Newbury Racecourse all set for £20m refurbishment

Newbury Racecourse all set for £20m refurbishment

05 November 2015

Plans to build new entrances and parade ring approved NEWBURY Racecourse has had plans for a £20m refurbishment approved – and work could…


Brutal £11m council cuts revealed

03 November 2015
Brutal £11m council cuts revealed

Brutal £11m council cuts revealed

03 November 2015

Full extent of cuts affecting children's centres. libraries, buses, roads, disabled children and mental health services unveiled THERE will be cuts to…


150 bags of heroin and cocaine dumped in Newbury's Victoria Park pond

03 November 2015
150 bags of heroin and cocaine dumped in Newbury's Victoria Park pond

150 bags of heroin and cocaine dumped in Newbury's Victoria Park pond

03 November 2015

Boating lake still empty after last week's drug drama A SUSPECTED drug dealer dumped 150 bags of heroin and cocaine with an estimated street value of…


Thieves steal charity collection box from Wash Common store

02 November 2015
Thieves steal charity collection box from Wash Common store

Thieves steal charity collection box from Wash Common store

02 November 2015

Budgens front door smashed as Guide Dogs charity box taken HEARTLESS thieves have stolen a Guide Dogs charity collection box from the Budgens store in…


Charity hits back in council funding cuts row

02 November 2015
Charity hits back in council funding cuts row

Charity hits back in council funding cuts row

02 November 2015

Mencap rubbishes claims it has money "stashed away" WEST Berkshire Mencap has dismissed claims it has enough money in the bank to cope with having its…


Newbury Weekly News 'First Class' supplement out now

02 November 2015
Newbury Weekly News 'First Class' supplement out now

Newbury Weekly News 'First Class' supplement out now

02 November 2015

We've been busy taking pictures of more than 1,000 children's first days at school ELEVEN years ago, in 2004, the Newbury Weekly News produced a First…


Picture of Michaelmas Fair is this week's My Newbury photo

02 November 2015
Picture of Michaelmas Fair is this week's My Newbury photo

Picture of Michaelmas Fair is this week's My Newbury photo

02 November 2015

Taken a picture in West Berkshire you think we should publish? Get in touch. THIS week’s My Newbury photo, of this year’s Michaelmas Fair,…


Could another historic West Berkshire pub make way for housing?

01 November 2015
Could another historic West Berkshire pub make way for housing?

Could another historic West Berkshire pub make way for housing?

01 November 2015

Application submitted to turn 'unviable' White Hart Inn at Hamstead Marshall into homes IS West Berkshire set to lose yet another historic pub? A planning…


Swan killed after being attacked by dog in Newbury

31 October 2015
Swan killed after being attacked by dog in Newbury

Swan killed after being attacked by dog in Newbury

31 October 2015

RSPCA call it a 'very sad incident that could have been avoided' A SWAN died after being attacked by a dog on the Kennet and Avon Canal towpath in Newbury. One…


Blame game continues in row over Parkway homes

30 October 2015
Blame game continues in row over Parkway homes

Blame game continues in row over Parkway homes

30 October 2015

District council and developers still in dispute over who is at fault for delay THE bitter two-and-a-half-year row over the ‘scandal’ of publically-subsidised…


Dismembered limbs and dead babies - has Newbury shop taken Hallowe'en too far?

30 October 2015
Dismembered limbs and dead babies - has Newbury shop taken Hallowe'en too far?

Dismembered limbs and dead babies - has Newbury shop taken Hallowe'en too far?

30 October 2015

Nightmare on Cheap Street or just a bit of harmless fun? DISMEMBERED limbs and dead babies in jars – has one Newbury fancy dress shop gone too far…


Man who died in fatal RTC in Newbury is named

29 October 2015
Man who died in fatal RTC in Newbury is named

Man who died in fatal RTC in Newbury is named

29 October 2015

Police believe victim may have fallen from bridge THE man who died after a fatal road traffic collision in Newbury on Monday has been named. He has been…


Council "didn't do enough" to stop Bayer leaving Newbury

29 October 2015
Council "didn't do enough" to stop Bayer leaving Newbury

Council "didn't do enough" to stop Bayer leaving Newbury

29 October 2015

Developer claims delays to London Road regeneration forced company to move BAYER is leaving Newbury because of “unnecessary delays” to the…


A339 northbound reopens following suspected hit and run investigation

27 October 2015
A339 northbound reopens following suspected hit and run investigation

A339 northbound reopens following suspected hit and run investigation

27 October 2015

Road was shut from Robin Hood roundabout to A34 for 18 hours THE A339 northbound from the Robin Hood roundabout to the A34 has reopened following an investigation…


Woman shoved to the ground during attempted robbery in Newbury

27 October 2015
Woman shoved to the ground during attempted robbery in Newbury

Woman shoved to the ground during attempted robbery in Newbury

27 October 2015

Victim received head injury but attackers left empty-handed A WOMAN was shoved to the ground as thieves attempted to steal her bag in Newbury. The victim,…


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