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1km traffic queues fear for Newbury College supermarket and flats plans

14 March 2024
1km traffic queues fear for Newbury College supermarket and flats plans

1km traffic queues fear for Newbury College supermarket and flats plans

14 March 2024

Supermarket and flats plans for Newbury College resubmitted.


‘Let’s not turn Theale into Calcot’

13 March 2024
‘Let’s not turn Theale into Calcot’

‘Let’s not turn Theale into Calcot’

13 March 2024

Approval has been given for 54 more flats in Theale.


Cash for outdoor spaces improvements in West Berkshire

12 March 2024
Cash for outdoor spaces improvements in West Berkshire

Cash for outdoor spaces improvements in West Berkshire

12 March 2024

Parks and outdoor spaces are getting some upgrade cash in next year’s West Berkshire Council spending round.


Walkers, horse riders and cyclists hope to benefit from paths upgrades

12 March 2024
Walkers, horse riders and cyclists hope to benefit from paths upgrades

Walkers, horse riders and cyclists hope to benefit from paths upgrades

12 March 2024

Footpaths and byways in West Berkshire are to get a bit of financial love in the council’s outlined spending plans for next year.


PC’s mum loses traveller site refurb fight

11 March 2024
PC’s mum loses traveller site refurb fight

PC’s mum loses traveller site refurb fight

11 March 2024

The mother of a PC killed on duty has again pleaded with the council to reject controversial plans to upgrade the traveller site linked to his death.


Top rated restaurants in Theale and Pangbourne get zero food safety scores

11 March 2024
Top rated restaurants in Theale and Pangbourne get zero food safety scores

Top rated restaurants in Theale and Pangbourne get zero food safety scores

11 March 2024

Two top rated food outlets in West Berkshire have been given the worst score possible by the Food Standards Agency.

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Sandleford West development extra traffic ‘will cause death’ claim

08 March 2024
Sandleford West development extra traffic ‘will cause death’ claim

Sandleford West development extra traffic ‘will cause death’ claim

08 March 2024

Plans for 360 homes on the ‘Watership Down’ site at Sandleford in Newbury have raised more than a hundred objections.

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Newbury’s proposed Eagle Quarter – more detail

06 March 2024
Newbury’s proposed Eagle Quarter – more detail

Newbury’s proposed Eagle Quarter – more detail

06 March 2024

More details are emerging about the proposed redevelopment of the Kennet Centre in Newbury.


Scammer tries to sell £250 fire extinguishers to elderly

06 March 2024
Scammer tries to sell £250 fire extinguishers to elderly

Scammer tries to sell £250 fire extinguishers to elderly

06 March 2024

A scammer trying to rip off elderly victims in Thatcham with a phoney fire extinguisher scam has had his fingers burnt.


New report highlights changes since 3-year-old’s canal death

05 March 2024
New report highlights changes since 3-year-old’s canal death

New report highlights changes since 3-year-old’s canal death

05 March 2024

Three years after a little boy drowned in the canal in Newbury, officials have published an updated report into water safety in the area.


Whatalotta potholes! West Berks has 10 times more than last year

04 March 2024
Whatalotta potholes! West Berks has 10 times more than last year

Whatalotta potholes! West Berks has 10 times more than last year

04 March 2024

Motorists in West Berkshire have reported 10 times as many potholes on the district’s roads than the same time last year.

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School rebuild to be fast-tracked

01 March 2024
School rebuild to be fast-tracked

School rebuild to be fast-tracked

01 March 2024

Falkland Primary School has been given an ‘absolute assurance’ that the delayed new classrooms will be fast-tracked.

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Pitch battle goes on over the cost of football site

29 February 2024
Pitch battle goes on over the cost of football site

Pitch battle goes on over the cost of football site

29 February 2024

Two of the district’s biggest capital spends for next year are on refurbishing a traveller caravan site and the Faraday Road football pitch.


Textile recycling could be going to companies not charities, warns council

27 February 2024
Textile recycling could be going to companies not charities, warns council

Textile recycling could be going to companies not charities, warns council

27 February 2024

West Berkshire Council is urging residents to responsibly recycle textiles by donating saleable clothing items to charity shops.


Huge solar farm moves a step closer in West Berkshire

27 February 2024
Huge solar farm moves a step closer in West Berkshire

Huge solar farm moves a step closer in West Berkshire

27 February 2024

The huge, multi million pound solar farm to be funded by West Berkshire Council on land near Grazeley has moved a step closer.


Former aide to Sir Keir Starmer to run for MP in West Berks

26 February 2024
Former aide to Sir Keir Starmer to run for MP in West Berks

Former aide to Sir Keir Starmer to run for MP in West Berks

26 February 2024

A former aide to Sir Keir Starmer, the Labour leader, is to run for MP in West Berkshire.


Speen allotment holders may lose ‘mental, physical, economic and spiritual’ benefits

23 February 2024
Speen allotment holders may lose ‘mental, physical, economic and spiritual’ benefits

Speen allotment holders may lose ‘mental, physical, economic and spiritual’ benefits

23 February 2024

Speen allotment holders have made a last ditch plea to change the planned no parking zone outside their patch.


Vaping among West Berks pupils increases

22 February 2024
Vaping among West Berks pupils increases

Vaping among West Berks pupils increases

22 February 2024

A new report says that the number of children vaping in the West Berkshire area has significantly increased year on year.


‘What could have happened would have been devastating’

14 February 2024
‘What could have happened would have been devastating’

‘What could have happened would have been devastating’

14 February 2024

A Thatcham shopkeeper has been fined for dangerously storing fireworks – and told he might face jail if he does it again.


Council cuts school admission numbers in two West Berkshire primary schools

13 February 2024
Council cuts school admission numbers in two West Berkshire primary schools

Council cuts school admission numbers in two West Berkshire primary schools

13 February 2024

Two West Berkshire schools are to have their admission numbers cut.


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