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Crime cash to help community groups

17 January 2023
Crime cash to help community groups

Crime cash to help community groups

17 January 2023

Cash from the sale of items seized from criminals is to be dished out to community groups.


'We have identified continued breaches in relation to good governance, safe care and treatment' - CQC

16 January 2023
'We have identified continued breaches in relation to good governance, safe care and treatment' - CQC

'We have identified continued breaches in relation to good governance, safe care and treatment' - CQC

16 January 2023

Holly Grange Residential Home in Thatcham has been given an inadequate rating by health chiefs.


Crowd funding sought to pay for High Court bid to save Newbury football pitch

11 January 2023
Crowd funding sought to pay for High Court bid to save Newbury football pitch

Crowd funding sought to pay for High Court bid to save Newbury football pitch

11 January 2023

A crowd funding bid has been launched to pay for a High Court challenge to save the Faraday Road football pitch.


Race slides and a water flume put forward for Newbury Lido

11 January 2023
Race slides and a water flume put forward for Newbury Lido

Race slides and a water flume put forward for Newbury Lido

11 January 2023

Plans for a water flume and multiple slides for Newbury Lido have been put forward.


'Before adding new houses you need to sort out the infrastructure'

10 January 2023
'Before adding new houses you need to sort out the infrastructure'

'Before adding new houses you need to sort out the infrastructure'

10 January 2023

Nearly 100 new homes are to be built at Lower Way in Thatcham.


Staffing gaps responsible for slow planning process – WBC

10 January 2023
Staffing gaps responsible for slow planning process – WBC

Staffing gaps responsible for slow planning process – WBC

10 January 2023

West Berkshire Council says it could do better with planning application processing – and has put itself on report.


Lambourn and Hungerford food outlets need major improvement in food standards

10 January 2023
Lambourn and Hungerford food outlets need major improvement in food standards

Lambourn and Hungerford food outlets need major improvement in food standards

10 January 2023

Two Hungerford food outlets have been given low food standards rating.


Homeless brink numbers increase as house prices keep rising in West Berkshire

05 January 2023
Homeless brink numbers increase as house prices keep rising in West Berkshire

Homeless brink numbers increase as house prices keep rising in West Berkshire

05 January 2023

The cost of houses in West Berkshire continued to rise over the year – with figures showing an average 8.7 per cent rise.


Thumbs up for Tim Hortons on Pizza Hut site

03 January 2023
Thumbs up for Tim Hortons on Pizza Hut site

Thumbs up for Tim Hortons on Pizza Hut site

03 January 2023

Plans for the old Pizza Hut unit on Newbury Retail Park have been approved by West Berkshire Council.


Use more brownfield sites for housing development bid

30 December 2022
Use more brownfield sites for housing development bid

Use more brownfield sites for housing development bid

30 December 2022

Councils in Berkshire should NOT be planning to build thousands of new houses in the countryside.

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Council asks public to tell it how to save £15m

20 December 2022
Council asks public to tell it how to save £15m

Council asks public to tell it how to save £15m

20 December 2022

West Berkshire Council has launched a public survey – to ask how it should save money.

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Rubbish collection dates change over Christmas break

20 December 2022
Rubbish collection dates change over Christmas break

Rubbish collection dates change over Christmas break

20 December 2022

West Berkshire Council has announced its revised Christmas opening hours.


'We have every right to feel proud of this deal'

19 December 2022
'We have every right to feel proud of this deal'

'We have every right to feel proud of this deal'

19 December 2022

Former Newbury MP and environment minister Richard Benyon has hailed a decision reached at COP 15 as a Paris Climate Agreement moment.


Birchwood care home practices tightened up after death of man,78

16 December 2022
Birchwood care home practices tightened up after death of man,78

Birchwood care home practices tightened up after death of man,78

16 December 2022

West Berkshire Council is facing further questions on the safety of patients at Birchwood Care Home.


Teething problems: Dentists still have backlog in West Berkshire

15 December 2022
Teething problems: Dentists still have backlog in West Berkshire

Teething problems: Dentists still have backlog in West Berkshire

15 December 2022

Access to NHS dentists in West Berkshire is starting to improve – but levels are still below those pre-pandemic.


Free bus travel for Christmas in West Berkshire

14 December 2022
Free bus travel for Christmas in West Berkshire

Free bus travel for Christmas in West Berkshire

14 December 2022

Bus journeys are free in West Berkshire on Saturdays throughout December.


Solar farm plug in to AWE Burghfield could be a cash cow

14 December 2022
Solar farm plug in to AWE Burghfield could be a cash cow

Solar farm plug in to AWE Burghfield could be a cash cow

14 December 2022

The cost of the council's planned solar farm at Grazeley has gone up from £10m to £16.3m.


Strep A: 111 services are seeing about 150 per cent of normal levels

13 December 2022
Strep A: 111 services are seeing about 150 per cent of normal levels

Strep A: 111 services are seeing about 150 per cent of normal levels

13 December 2022

Concern over the Strep A outbreak has seen a five fold increase in demand for health services in Berkshire.


'We hope to see continuous improvements' - council food waste collections

13 December 2022
'We hope to see continuous improvements' - council food waste collections

'We hope to see continuous improvements' - council food waste collections

13 December 2022

The council has defended its recently introduced food waste bin service, after hundreds of residents said they had not had theirs collected.


Second attempt to get plot turned into gypsy traveller site

09 December 2022
Second attempt to get plot turned into gypsy traveller site

Second attempt to get plot turned into gypsy traveller site

09 December 2022

Plans to turn a stable yard in Hermitage into a gypsy/traveller site have been submitted.


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