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Blow for Kennet Shopping centre as Clinton Cards to close

18 May 2012
Blow for Kennet Shopping centre as Clinton Cards to close

Blow for Kennet Shopping centre as Clinton Cards to close

18 May 2012

NEWBURY is to lose at least one of its two Clinton Cards stores. Administrators announced on Wednesday that 350 of the gift and card retailer’s 784 shops…


Don't miss this week's Newbury Weekly News and Hungerford edition

17 May 2012
Don't miss this week's Newbury Weekly News and Hungerford edition

Don't miss this week's Newbury Weekly News and Hungerford edition

17 May 2012

IN this week's Newbury Weekly News the battle for Sandleford Park, and other open spaces, has moved from the rolling fields to an inquiry room in a Newbury…


EXCLUSIVE: 80-bed care home for old Winchcombe School site

17 May 2012
EXCLUSIVE: 80-bed care home for old Winchcombe School site

EXCLUSIVE: 80-bed care home for old Winchcombe School site

17 May 2012

AN 80-bed multi-million pound specialist care home could soon be built in Newbury, Newburytoday.co.uk can reveal. Land next to the Winchcombe School in…


Public rights of way consultation begins

16 May 2012
Public rights of way consultation begins

Public rights of way consultation begins

16 May 2012

CHANGES are afoot in the long-running dispute over the right to roam West Berkshire’s unrecorded paths, fields and bridleways. A consultation on rights…


Former council chairman becomes president of West Berkshire charity

16 May 2012
Former council chairman becomes president of West Berkshire charity

Former council chairman becomes president of West Berkshire charity

16 May 2012

THE former chairman of West Berkshire Council has been appointed the president of local children’s charity Buddies. Peter Argyle (Con, Calcot) (pictured…


New dog show coming to Chieveley

15 May 2012
New dog show coming to Chieveley

New dog show coming to Chieveley

15 May 2012

CANINE lovers of West Berkshire, unite. A new dog show is to be held in Chieveley on Saturday (19), and is open to all.Pedigree classes for pure-bred…


Public toilets in Newbury to be demolished

14 May 2012
Public toilets in Newbury to be demolished

Public toilets in Newbury to be demolished

14 May 2012

THE run-down public toilets near Park Way are to be demolished. West Berkshire Council has submitted an application to tear down the loos north of the…


Beer festival season gets underway!

14 May 2012
Beer festival season gets underway!

Beer festival season gets underway!

14 May 2012

BEER festival season in West Berkshire paid no attention to the rain and continued full steam ahead over the recent bank holiday weekend with the Woodpecker…


Letter writing desk fit for the king sold for £5,000 at Newbury auction

14 May 2012
Letter writing desk fit for the king sold for £5,000 at Newbury auction

Letter writing desk fit for the king sold for £5,000 at Newbury auction

14 May 2012

A LETTER writing desk set used by King George VI sold for £5,000 at auction in Newbury. The items, a cloisonné bronze writing set which included a letter…


Third victory in a row for Bayer 10k record breaker

13 May 2012
Third victory in a row for Bayer 10k record breaker

Third victory in a row for Bayer 10k record breaker

13 May 2012

HUNDREDS of people lined the streets of Newbury today (Sunday) to watch Gareth Watkins win the Bayer 10k race for the third consecutive year and shred…


Runners at the ready! Bayer 10K in Newbury today

13 May 2012
Runners at the ready! Bayer 10K in Newbury today

Runners at the ready! Bayer 10K in Newbury today

13 May 2012

MORE than 800 runners are expected to be pounding the streets of Newbury today (Sunday) for the fifth Bayer 10K race. The annual race, held in association…


Suspected arson attack on motorbike in Newbury underpass

12 May 2012
Suspected arson attack on motorbike in Newbury underpass

Suspected arson attack on motorbike in Newbury underpass

12 May 2012

A MOTORBIKE was destroyed during a suspected arson attack in Newbury in the early hours of this morning (Saturday). Newbury fire station sent one vehicle…


Council 'committed to road safety' despite shrinking budget

12 May 2012
Council 'committed to road safety' despite shrinking budget

Council 'committed to road safety' despite shrinking budget

12 May 2012

WEST Berkshire Council has hit back at claims it is endangering people’s lives by cutting its road safety budget. A report by the road safety charity…


Chieveley recycling crusher plans shelved

11 May 2012
Chieveley recycling crusher plans shelved

Chieveley recycling crusher plans shelved

11 May 2012

PEOPLE power has won out in Chieveley again as an application to build an industrial waste crusher near the village has been withdrawn. Raymond Brown…


Runners prepare for Bayer 10k and Chieveley Chase

11 May 2012
Runners prepare for Bayer 10k and Chieveley Chase

Runners prepare for Bayer 10k and Chieveley Chase

11 May 2012

RUNNERS on your marks ... not one but two foot races are to go ahead in West Berkshire this weekend. The inaugural Chieveley Chase takes place on Saturday,…


Traffic mayhem in Newbury today (Thursday)

10 May 2012
Traffic mayhem in Newbury today (Thursday)

Traffic mayhem in Newbury today (Thursday)

10 May 2012

MOTORISTS in Newbury have been experiencing traffic mayhem this morning during rush hour, linked to the earlier closure of Hambridge Road. Last night,…


Don't miss this week's Newbury Weekly News

10 May 2012
Don't miss this week's Newbury Weekly News

Don't miss this week's Newbury Weekly News

10 May 2012

IN this week's Newbury Weekly News - An organised crime boss whose massive, illegal rubbish dump at Aldermaston earned him the longest ever prison sentence…


End of the road for A and B Tyres after 30 years

10 May 2012
End of the road for A and B Tyres after 30 years

End of the road for A and B Tyres after 30 years

10 May 2012

A NEWBURY tyre firm has been driven out of business after almost 30 years of trading in the town. Director Bryan Banbury, who has lived in Newbury all…


Blow for high street as Clinton Cards nears administration

09 May 2012
Blow for high street as Clinton Cards nears administration

Blow for high street as Clinton Cards nears administration

09 May 2012

NEWBURY could lose another big name retailer and two of its shops as internet retailing looks to have killed off another high street giant, Clinton Cards.…


Air ambulance cleared to fly again

09 May 2012
Air ambulance cleared to fly again

Air ambulance cleared to fly again

09 May 2012

THE Thames Valley & Chiltern air ambulance has been cleared to fly again. The helicopter was one of 22 around the country grounded yesterday (Tuesday)…


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