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Council to scrutinise road repairs

27 September 2011
Council to scrutinise road repairs

Council to scrutinise road repairs

27 September 2011

West Berkshire Council is to look into its road repairs programme and its fixing of potholes AN investigation into the state of the winter ravaged roads…


Sewage flakes flush with positive energy

26 September 2011
Sewage flakes flush with positive energy

Sewage flakes flush with positive energy

26 September 2011

Looks like coffee, but you wouldn’t want to drink it, sewage flakes are Thames Water’s latest bio-fuel venture THEY look like instant coffee granules…


Another outdoor spectacle set for Newbury

25 September 2011
Another outdoor spectacle set for Newbury

Another outdoor spectacle set for Newbury

25 September 2011

The Companie Luc Amoros show, Page Blanche, has been lined up to take place in the town on Saturday, October 1 GIANT insects, acrobatics and trapeze acts…


Concerns over future of Greenacre leisure centre

22 September 2011
Concerns over future of Greenacre leisure centre

Concerns over future of Greenacre leisure centre

22 September 2011

House builder Bloor Homes Southern is to apply for planning permission to redevelop the popular Newbury leisure facility THE future of popular Newbury…


End for weekly black bin waste collections

22 September 2011
End for weekly black bin waste collections

End for weekly black bin waste collections

22 September 2011

New food waste collection rota introduced will see end of weekly black bin collections WEEKLY black bin collections are to be scrapped next month as everyone…


Monster spud unearthed

22 September 2011
Monster spud unearthed

Monster spud unearthed

22 September 2011

Shaw resident Ruth Houghton said she had never seen anything like the colossal desiree she recently uprooted SPUDNIK? Bearing more than a passing resemblance…


Car and train nearly collide at Ufton Nervet

20 September 2011
Car and train nearly collide at Ufton Nervet

Car and train nearly collide at Ufton Nervet

20 September 2011

Investigation begins after car narrowly avoids hitting a train at the scene of the 2004 Ufton Nervet rail crash AN investigation is being carried out…


Council performs U-turn on car parking charge

20 September 2011
Council performs U-turn on car parking charge

Council performs U-turn on car parking charge

20 September 2011

District council accused of "farcical" U-turn as plan to charge for Sunday parking is dropped PLANS to charge for Sunday parking in Newbury have been…


Food waste bins on the way

20 September 2011
Food waste bins on the way

Food waste bins on the way

20 September 2011

Waste company to deliver food waste bins to households in West Berkshire ANOTHER waste collection service is being rolled out across West Berkshire. Residents…


Domestic abuse team formed to tackle growing problem

19 September 2011
Domestic abuse team formed to tackle growing problem

Domestic abuse team formed to tackle growing problem

19 September 2011

Domestic abuse "a problem" in West Berkshire, according to council VIOLENCE in families where children are present has been identified as a growing problem…


Organisers hail another successful show

19 September 2011
Organisers hail another successful show

Organisers hail another successful show

19 September 2011

Preparations already in place for next year's Royal County of Berkshire Show following this year's success TENS of thousands of people defied…


Villagers expressed anger over plan to move sorting office

19 September 2011
Villagers expressed anger over plan to move sorting office

Villagers expressed anger over plan to move sorting office

19 September 2011

Several parishes have called on Royal Mail to rethink the closure of the RG7 sorting office ANGER is growing across the district at plans to move the…


Woman injured in multiple car collision

19 September 2011
Woman injured in multiple car collision

Woman injured in multiple car collision

19 September 2011

Driver cut free after collision on the M4 between Theale and Newbury last night (Sunday) A WOMAN was taken to hospital last night (Sunday) following a…


Future shows must look to past

18 September 2011
Future shows must look to past

Future shows must look to past

18 September 2011

Organisers hail diversity of show and say celebrating "unique" agricultural heritage of Berkshire imperative FROM llamas and falcons to giant wicker sculptures…


Second Tea in the Park event for Bucklebury?

18 September 2011
Second Tea in the Park event for Bucklebury?

Second Tea in the Park event for Bucklebury?

18 September 2011

Bucklebury Farm Park could host a celebration for the Diamond Jubilee after the success of the royal wedding FOLLOWING the huge success of the royal wedding…


Details revealed about Parkway opening

15 September 2011
Details revealed about Parkway opening

Details revealed about Parkway opening

15 September 2011

Fanfare procession complete with live music, percussion and street entertainment will kick off the October opening AS the opening date for the Parkway…


Free Sunday parking in Newbury likely to end

15 September 2011
Free Sunday parking in Newbury likely to end

Free Sunday parking in Newbury likely to end

15 September 2011

Council puts brakes on free Sunday parking with introduction of £1 charge AN end to free parking on Sundays in Newbury looks to be in sight as West Berkshire…


Council praise for managing budget cuts

14 September 2011
Council praise for managing budget cuts

Council praise for managing budget cuts

14 September 2011

West Berkshire Council is among the top five for protecting disabled people against impact of budget cuts WEST Berkshire Council has been praised for…


Newbury MP condemns rail ticket office closures

14 September 2011
Newbury MP condemns rail ticket office closures

Newbury MP condemns rail ticket office closures

14 September 2011

A "level of human contact" is needed at ticket booths says Richard Benyon MP THE MP for Newbury has said proposals to close ticket offices at several…


We're not iron men - say Paris to Geneva cyclists

14 September 2011
We're not iron men - say Paris to Geneva cyclists

We're not iron men - say Paris to Geneva cyclists

14 September 2011

A West Berkshire man and his friends hop on their bikes for a gruelling 400-mile charity ride A BRIMPTON man and three friends have begun a 400-mile five-day…


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