Night time sky gazing VENUS and the Moon will be close together over to the west just after sunset, which is at 8.20pm. As it gets darker, you should…
Clear sky for star gazers CLEARER skies tonight mean greater chance of seeing Starlink 5 tonight It is expected to rise up near Venus in the west at 9.48pm…
Starlink 5 and 6 should be bright and easy to spot THERE will be two back to back Starlink passes this evening at around 9pm. The Starlink 6 which launched…
Chance to say thank you loud and clear SHANNON Goree has given her toy display a makeover. Her displays of cuddly toys have kept the residents of…
The history of a bus company you could rely on MEMORIES of a family-owned bus company that grew from a horse-drawn carrier to become an institution across…
Reality of a frontline worker SARAH Clements, moved to Newbury at the age of 11. She went to Shaw House and St Bartholomew’s School. She has two…
Increase in book sales and e-lending from libraries LOCKDOWN is no barrier to reading and World Book Night, the annual celebration of all things books,…
Newbury Weekly News photographer Phil Cannings captures the spectacle IF you stayed to up to do some stargazing into the small hours of the morning you…
Feathered friends enjoying the good weather THATCHAM is clearly a magnet for birds at the moment. Helen Bazin sent us these photographs and said: "I have…
Five quickfire questions !. How many pockets are there on a standard size billiard table? 2. Which English town did the Romans call Eboracum? 3. Which…
Five quickfire questions !. How many pockets are there on a standard size billiard table? …
Wrap up warm and get ready for a night time spectacle STARGAZERS will be gearing up for the peak extravaganza of the Lyrid meteor shower tonight. The…
Nature enjoying the lockdown THANKS to Chris Godding who spotted this adder 'basking in the sunshine' during a bicycle ride around Greenham Common at…
A bit of lateral thinking Q1: Find a word that can be placed at the end of the first word and at the beginning of the second word to create two new words VIE…
A bit of lateral thinking Q1: Find a word that can be placed at the end of the first word and at the beginning of the second word to create two new words VIE…
The riddles unriddled The answers to the five riddles are: 1: I have a neck and no head, two arms and no hands - what am I? A jumper 2:…
19th-century society brought to book A TELEVISION adaptation of Belgravia by Julian Fellowes, creator of Downton Abbey , has just finished a six-week…
Anisa Akinlami spots blue tits settling in THESE fab photographs have been sent in by Anisa Akinlami, who spotted a blue tit gathering nesting material…
Two superbrains battle it out in series final MONDAY night is quiz night of the highest order. Every week for the last few months Jeremy Paxman has been…
People puzzled by stream of lights THERE was a lot of chatter on social media last night when a streak of lights passed across the night sky. Some people…
