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Police warn residents to "remain vigilant" after latest distraction theft

18 February 2016
Police warn residents to "remain vigilant" after latest distraction theft

Police warn residents to "remain vigilant" after latest distraction theft

18 February 2016

Elderly victims robbed of cards, cash and purses in supermarkets in Newbury and Thatcham POLICE are warning West Berkshire residents to "remain vigilant"…


Newbury 'pay-as-you-go' car club to start soon

15 February 2016
Newbury 'pay-as-you-go' car club to start soon

Newbury 'pay-as-you-go' car club to start soon

15 February 2016

Cars can be rented by the hour from locations across the town PLANS to create a pay-as-you-go ‘car club’ scheme in Newbury have moved a step…


Residents objections to Kintbury homes plan

14 February 2016
Residents objections to Kintbury homes plan

Residents objections to Kintbury homes plan

14 February 2016

Major concerns over infrastructure PLANS to build 72 homes in Kintbury have been met with more than 60 objections from residents and the parish council. Cambridge-based…


Law firm gets bagging for charity

13 February 2016
Law firm gets bagging for charity

Law firm gets bagging for charity

13 February 2016

Gardner Leader team raise funds for local hospices LAW firm Gardner Leader is set to raise more than £1,600 for a local hospice by donating clothes…


Protestors march as £10.8m council cuts recommended for approval

12 February 2016
Protestors march as £10.8m council cuts recommended for approval

Protestors march as £10.8m council cuts recommended for approval

12 February 2016

"Please don't take away our lifeline" say campaigners WEST Berkshire Council is set to press ahead with £10.8m of cuts on March 1. At a meeting…


The full list of the 38 council cuts set to be approved tonight

11 February 2016
The full list of the 38 council cuts set to be approved tonight

The full list of the 38 council cuts set to be approved tonight

11 February 2016

Proposals include closing children's centres, care homes and cutting funding for disabled children WEST Berkshire Council is set to press ahead with £10.8m…


Newbury Magistrates' Court to close by June

11 February 2016
Newbury Magistrates' Court to close by June

Newbury Magistrates' Court to close by June

11 February 2016

Decision will have "clear implications"warn Magistrates Association NEWBURY Magistrates' Court will close - and any day now - the government has announced. Berkshire…


Mencap supporters to protest against council cuts tonight

11 February 2016
Mencap supporters to protest against council cuts tonight

Mencap supporters to protest against council cuts tonight

11 February 2016

Charity will present a petition signed by 4,000 people to councillors HUNDREDS of West Berkshire Mencap supporters are set to march on Market Street today…


Buses, libraries and theatres all hit in latest cuts announcement

10 February 2016
Buses, libraries and theatres all hit in latest cuts announcement

Buses, libraries and theatres all hit in latest cuts announcement

10 February 2016

Council tax and parking charges also set to rise as part of plan to save £17.5m PUBLIC transport, theatres, libraries and voluntary groups will all be…


No new bypass for Newbury anytime soon

10 February 2016
No new bypass for Newbury anytime soon

No new bypass for Newbury anytime soon

10 February 2016

Council's head of highways tells motorists new road is "a long way off" WEST Berkshire Council’s head of highways has told Newbury’s motorists…


Renowned author slams council over library closure proposals

09 February 2016
Renowned author slams council over library closure proposals

Renowned author slams council over library closure proposals

09 February 2016

Kintbury resident and best-selling author Robert Harris describes plans as a "war on reading" A RENOWNED author has described West Berkshire Council’s…


Council given £1.4m to "soften blow" of cuts

09 February 2016
Council given £1.4m to "soften blow" of cuts

Council given £1.4m to "soften blow" of cuts

09 February 2016

District council will still have to save £17.5m next year after government decision COUNCIL leaders have said that a small government cash windfall announced…


M4 reopens after multi-vehicle crash

09 February 2016
M4 reopens after multi-vehicle crash

M4 reopens after multi-vehicle crash

09 February 2016

But there are significant delays on the A34 and A4 THE eastbound carriageway of the M4 has now reopened between junction 13 for Chieveley and 12 for Theale…


Kintbury's Jubilee Centre could be saved from closure

09 February 2016
Kintbury's Jubilee Centre could be saved from closure

Kintbury's Jubilee Centre could be saved from closure

09 February 2016

Residents to form a volunteer group to try and save centre KINTBURY’S Jubilee Centre could be saved from imminent closure after an impassioned plea…


Eight out of nine West Berkshire libraries facing closure

08 February 2016
Eight out of nine West Berkshire libraries facing closure

Eight out of nine West Berkshire libraries facing closure

08 February 2016

Only Newbury Library set to be saved EIGHT out of West Berkshire's nine libraries are facing closure. Libraries at Wash Common, Thatcham, Burghfield Common,…


West Berkshire libraries set to close due to £19m council cuts

08 February 2016
West Berkshire libraries set to close due to £19m council cuts

West Berkshire libraries set to close due to £19m council cuts

08 February 2016

District's libraries could shut in latest cuts bombshell THE majority of West Berkshire's libraries are set to close as the district council looks to…


Council slams "inadequate" Sandleford plans

08 February 2016
Council slams "inadequate" Sandleford plans

Council slams "inadequate" Sandleford plans

08 February 2016

Highways team's damning response to the district's largest application WEST Berkshire Council’s highways team has launched a scathing attack on…


Sandleford developer hits back at council criticism

08 February 2016
Sandleford developer hits back at council criticism

Sandleford developer hits back at council criticism

08 February 2016

Bloor Homes insist 2,000 home development can work with two access roads rather than four ONE of the Sandleford Park developers has responded to criticism…


Objections to plans for another 75 homes in Newbury

06 February 2016
Objections to plans for another 75 homes in Newbury

Objections to plans for another 75 homes in Newbury

06 February 2016

Coley Farm proposals met by concerns over infrastructure and safety PLANS to build another 75 new houses in Newbury have been met with widespread objection. Newbury-based…


Drunk Newbury man breaches ASBO for twentieth time

05 February 2016
Drunk Newbury man breaches ASBO for twentieth time

Drunk Newbury man breaches ASBO for twentieth time

05 February 2016

"I'm not proud of myself", he tells magistrates A NEWBURY man who breached his ASBO for the twentieth time by getting drunk told magistrates: “I’m…


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