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RBH rebuild gets pushed to 2035

20 January 2025
RBH rebuild gets pushed to 2035

RBH rebuild gets pushed to 2035

20 January 2025

The rebuild of a new Royal Berkshire Hospital has been delayed again.


Consultation on bus gate for Newbury development

17 January 2025
Consultation on bus gate for Newbury development

Consultation on bus gate for Newbury development

17 January 2025

The council wants to install a bus gate on a Shaw-cum-Donnington street.


More than 400 hours of storm overflows in West Berkshire rivers since New Year

16 January 2025
More than 400 hours of storm overflows in West Berkshire rivers since New Year

More than 400 hours of storm overflows in West Berkshire rivers since New Year

16 January 2025

Sewage has been discharging into three of West Berkshire’s rivers for more than 400 hours since the beginning of 2025.


GP surgery plans could be ‘too expensive’ for NHS

16 January 2025
GP surgery plans could be ‘too expensive’ for NHS

GP surgery plans could be ‘too expensive’ for NHS

16 January 2025

The new GP surgery planned near Newbury College has hit a blocker.


Roads minister digs herself a hole… and pledges pothole cash to councils

15 January 2025
Roads minister digs herself a hole… and pledges pothole cash to councils

Roads minister digs herself a hole… and pledges pothole cash to councils

15 January 2025

West Berkshire could get a share of government cash to tackle the potholes.


Phased planning permission goes forward for 14 flats on Newtown Road

14 January 2025
Phased planning permission goes forward for 14 flats on Newtown Road

Phased planning permission goes forward for 14 flats on Newtown Road

14 January 2025

Plans for 14 flats on the site of the former Kiki's Cafe in Newbury have been given the nod by the town council.


Conservationists celebrate after Kennet Shopping centre plans are rejected

11 January 2025
Conservationists celebrate after Kennet Shopping centre plans are rejected

Conservationists celebrate after Kennet Shopping centre plans are rejected

11 January 2025

Conservationists in Newbury are celebrating the ‘win’ after plans to redevelop the town centre got refused by the council


Developer ‘very disappointed’ with Kennet Shopping centre plan rejection

10 January 2025
Developer ‘very disappointed’ with Kennet Shopping centre plan rejection

Developer ‘very disappointed’ with Kennet Shopping centre plan rejection

10 January 2025

The developer behind the thwarted Kennet Shopping centre redevelopment says it is taking legal advice to appeal

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Plans in for new Victoria Park café in Newbury

09 January 2025
Plans in for new Victoria Park café in Newbury

Plans in for new Victoria Park café in Newbury

09 January 2025

Plans for the Victoria Park Community Café have been submitted to West Berkshire Council.


It’s a no! Council rejects Kennet Centre plans

08 January 2025
It’s a no! Council rejects Kennet Centre plans

It’s a no! Council rejects Kennet Centre plans

08 January 2025

It’s another NO for the redevelopment of the Kennet Shopping centre in Newbury.


How rising food prices, angry rural workers and a broken social care system was tackled in Newbury – 230 years ago

07 January 2025
How rising food prices, angry rural workers and a broken social care system was tackled in Newbury – 230 years ago

How rising food prices, angry rural workers and a broken social care system was tackled in Newbury – 230 years ago

07 January 2025

Cost-of-living issues today hail back to a conversation between the equivalent of local council leaders 230 years ago in a Newbury pub.


Will it or won’t it get the go ahead this week? Kennet Centre plans up before council

07 January 2025
Will it or won’t it get the go ahead this week? Kennet Centre plans up before council

Will it or won’t it get the go ahead this week? Kennet Centre plans up before council

07 January 2025

The redevelopment of the Kennet Centre comes up at West Berkshire Council later this week.

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Murderers and ‘visitations from God’: Inside Newtown Road Cemetery

02 January 2025
Murderers and ‘visitations from God’: Inside Newtown Road Cemetery

Murderers and ‘visitations from God’: Inside Newtown Road Cemetery

02 January 2025

Tucked inside an old graveyard in Newbury is a monument worthy of a scene in Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code.


Poems, spies and memories: The history behind Newbury’s benches

01 January 2025
Poems, spies and memories: The history behind Newbury’s benches

Poems, spies and memories: The history behind Newbury’s benches

01 January 2025

In Newbury, there are 123 benches.


What’s going on at Bucklebury Common?

29 December 2024
What’s going on at Bucklebury Common?

What’s going on at Bucklebury Common?

29 December 2024

With North East Thatcham pencilled for an extra 2,500 homes - how will Bucklebury Common survive?


AWE told to improve by nuclear regulator after explosives error

21 December 2024
AWE told to improve by nuclear regulator after explosives error

AWE told to improve by nuclear regulator after explosives error

21 December 2024

Aldermaston’s nuclear bomb making factory has been ordered to improve procedures after damaging an explosives component.


January will see a decision on 427 flats and a new Eagle Quarter

20 December 2024
January will see a decision on 427 flats and a new Eagle Quarter

January will see a decision on 427 flats and a new Eagle Quarter

20 December 2024

The Eagle Quarter - or redevelopment of Newbury’s Kennet Centre - comes back to the council for a decision in early January.


Two people died, and were buried by West Berks Council because they had no family

19 December 2024
Two people died, and were buried by West Berks Council because they had no family

Two people died, and were buried by West Berks Council because they had no family

19 December 2024

Two people died this year in West Berkshire, and because they had no family, they were buried by the council.


Warren Road 360 homes move a step closer

19 December 2024
Warren Road 360 homes move a step closer

Warren Road 360 homes move a step closer

19 December 2024

The planning application for the phased delivery of up to 360 dwellings at Sandleford Park West New Warren Farm have now been finally rubber stamped.


Reaction to 1,070 new homes a year in West Berkshire

16 December 2024
Reaction to 1,070 new homes a year in West Berkshire

Reaction to 1,070 new homes a year in West Berkshire

16 December 2024

The Government’s new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), published last week, is “a recipe for disaster”.


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