Environment

Met Office issues a warning that a brief period of heavy rain, thunderstorms and very gusty winds may cause some disruption on Wednesday morning.

Volunteers at Newbury's two Lockdown Woods gathered for a pair of planting days over the past two weekends.

Around 600 diseased trees will be cut down along the A339 over the next two weeks.

It is two and a bit years since West Berkshire Council declared a climate emergency with the stated intent to be carbon neutral by 2030

West Berkshire will be starring on the BBC this evening as Berkshire Farm Girl Eleanor Gilbert appears on Countryfile.

The eco-friendly market made its return to encourage and promote sustainable living.

Kit Malthouse MP has spoken out against climate activists' recent blockades of motorways, threatening a crackdown on the protests.

Pringles tubes and other paper food containers with metal ends are now being accepted for recycling at waste centres across the district.

Thatcham town councillors have approved funding for Thatcham litter pickers for Public Liability Insurance.

Insulate Britain have blocked part of the M4 this morning.

Newbury's long-hoped for park café has nudged a step closer to reality.

Greenham Trust is preparing to celebrate its 25th anniversary by encouraging everyone to plant a tree.

Newbury College has played host to a special electric coach, as part of an event promoting sustainability in business.

There were emotional reunions at the weekend as hundreds gathered on Greenham Common to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the peace camp.

Partially-treated waste water could be released into rivers and seas because of a chemical shortage caused by Brexit.

Extinction Rebellion activists from across the UK converged on Covent Garden on Monday, with members from Newbury were among those demonstrating.

There was a large turnout in Goldwell Park, Newbury, on Saturday for the dedication of specially-planted Lockdown Woods to those lost in the pandemic.

The cost of the garden and food waste collection service will be reduced by £4 for the upcoming year, West Berkshire Council has announced.

Local climate activists took the streets of Newbury on Saturday.

Activists from Extinction Rebellion's Newbury branch joined a blockade of Didcot B power station on Tuesday.