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Council considers RBH options

23 May 2022
Council considers RBH options

Council considers RBH options

23 May 2022

Newbury Showground has been put forward as a possible location for the rebuild of the Royal Berkshire Hospital.


Walking tops favourite activity list

22 May 2022
Walking tops favourite activity list

Walking tops favourite activity list

22 May 2022

Walking is the most popular activity in West Berkshire, with swimming a close second.


More violent crimes reported in West Berkshire

21 May 2022
More violent crimes reported in West Berkshire

More violent crimes reported in West Berkshire

21 May 2022

West Berkshire has seen an increase of violence against person offences.


Matters of the heart: Question mark over defibs in old phone boxes

17 May 2022
Matters of the heart: Question mark over defibs in old phone boxes

Matters of the heart: Question mark over defibs in old phone boxes

17 May 2022

Moves to get more defibrillators in the district’s old phone boxes go before West Berkshire health officials.

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New executive committee announced

17 May 2022
New executive committee announced

New executive committee announced

17 May 2022

Councillors on West Berkshire Council have been given their roles for the coming year


It's a NO: Block of flats in Newbury's Mayor's Lane gets thumbs down

16 May 2022
It's a NO: Block of flats in Newbury's Mayor's Lane gets thumbs down

It's a NO: Block of flats in Newbury's Mayor's Lane gets thumbs down

16 May 2022

Plans to demolish the Motorists Discount Centre on Mayors Lane in Newbury and build a three storey apartment block have been refused


Woolhampton's‘unwanted creeping urbanisation’

14 May 2022
Woolhampton's‘unwanted creeping urbanisation’

Woolhampton's‘unwanted creeping urbanisation’

14 May 2022

Woolhampton says its existence as a village is under threat from ‘unwanted creeping urbanisation’


'Government decision was political'

13 May 2022
'Government decision was political'

'Government decision was political'

13 May 2022

The protest group trying to stop a 1,000 home development says the Government's decision to allow planning permission is entirely political.

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Plan for massive distribution warehouse in Colthrop is approved

12 May 2022
Plan for massive distribution warehouse in Colthrop is approved

Plan for massive distribution warehouse in Colthrop is approved

12 May 2022

Permission to build a vast, automated distribution warehouse has been granted in Colthrop.


Thatcham could be 'mini Milton Keynes' fear

11 May 2022
Thatcham could be 'mini Milton Keynes' fear

Thatcham could be 'mini Milton Keynes' fear

11 May 2022

The Colthrop Industrial Estate could be about to get a lot bigger with plans for a huge warehouse development


Buoyant housing market explains the big extension rush

11 May 2022
Buoyant housing market explains the big extension rush

Buoyant housing market explains the big extension rush

11 May 2022

New figures reveal that 1 in 55 homeowners in West Berkshire applied for planning permission for an extension in 2021


Thousands sign petition as Sandleford row rumbles on

10 May 2022
Thousands sign petition as Sandleford row rumbles on

Thousands sign petition as Sandleford row rumbles on

10 May 2022

More than 5,000 people have already signed a petition to 'save Sandleford from extinction'.

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Tree felling plan for The Chase

07 May 2022
Tree felling plan for The Chase

Tree felling plan for The Chase

07 May 2022

The National Trust is asking for views on its plans to chop down trees in a Woolton Hill nature reserve.


Council at fault for not giving dying woman a social worker

06 May 2022
Council at fault for not giving dying woman a social worker

Council at fault for not giving dying woman a social worker

06 May 2022

West Berkshire Council has been found to be at fault for not properly safeguarding a dying woman.


Sandleford housing development can go ahead – says Government

06 May 2022
Sandleford housing development can go ahead – says Government

Sandleford housing development can go ahead – says Government

06 May 2022

The Government has ruled the Sandleford housing development in Newbury of around 1,000 homes can go ahead


Novuna to move HQ to Newbury

06 May 2022
Novuna to move HQ to Newbury

Novuna to move HQ to Newbury

06 May 2022

Motor finance company Novuna is moving its HQ to Newbury.


Rejected plans resubmitted

05 May 2022
Rejected plans resubmitted

Rejected plans resubmitted

05 May 2022

Controversial plans for 16 homes at Woolhampton have been resubmitted


West Berkshire praised for children's services

04 May 2022
West Berkshire praised for children's services

West Berkshire praised for children's services

04 May 2022

Ofsted Inspectors have given West Berkshire’s children’s services a gold star


Cost of living council tax rebate for half the homes in West Berkshire

04 May 2022
Cost of living council tax rebate for half the homes in West Berkshire

Cost of living council tax rebate for half the homes in West Berkshire

04 May 2022

More than half of households in West Berkshire have applied for and got a £150 rebate


'Cows are just lovely, nosy characters. I like them'

04 May 2022
'Cows are just lovely, nosy characters. I like them'

'Cows are just lovely, nosy characters. I like them'

04 May 2022

The cattle are back on Hungerford Common for summer grazing.


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