Environment

Two new mini recycling centres have opened in West Berkshire.

Thames Water has confirmed it will be implementing a hosepipe ban in its service area in the coming weeks.

A 30 hectare solar farm is being planned for fields near the Beenham Industrial Estate.

Eleanor Gilbert discovers how Kenyan farmers use their ingenuity to provide crops and feed cattle.

Plans for a three-story, 67-bed care home on land next to Newbury marina have been refused.

A new group is being created to help tackle draughts and poor insulation in West Berkshire.

Linear Park in Calcot could be chosen as a site for a new artificial football pitch.

Hedgehogs are in a David and Goliath battle with West Berkshire Council.

Former St Bart's pupil Laura Praill is appealing to her home town to help with supplies at an animal conservation centre.

Hedgehogs will have to fight another day for a super highway through Newbury.

Newbury's Victoria Park bandstand is to get a facelift.

Mobile telecom companies are facing a fierce kick back from communities in West Berkshire over plans to build hundreds of 5G telecom towers.

Taxi fares in West Berkshire have increased.

Newbury residents are being asked for their ideas about what to do with a piece of council-owned open space.

A new group is being created to help tackle draughts and poor insulation in the homes of the district's elderly and vulnerable residents.

The owner of Horris Hill school has kicked off plans to realise its commitment to become the first fully carbon neutral schools group in the UK.

Residents are being forced to pick up the cost of replacing bins misplaced by Serco staff on collection rounds, a senior councillor has said.

Newbury Showground is trying to get restrictions lifted so it can hold more events throughout the year.

Video report: Water has been flowing from a damaged pipe in Crookham as a heatwave sweeps the country.

Extinction Rebellion members hung banners over the M4 to highlight the climate crisis and the need to find an alternative to fossil fuels.