Environment

Even on a grey, drizzly afternoon in September, the stunning Berkshire Downs still have the wow factor.

This My Newbury picture was taken three weeks ago by Paul Walter.

Cold Ash Gardening Club is hosting its annual Summer Show and Plant Sale at Acland Memorial Hall next weekend — thought to be the oldest in the area.

This My Newbury picture was taken by Francu Alex.

Hillier Garden Centre Newbury is now the company’s largest site after an extensive redevelopment.

This picture looking west along West Mills in Newbury was taken by Keith Hallis.

A road will be closed near Thatcham next week.

Thatcham Town Cricket Club has celebrated the grand opening of its replacement nets.

Grubby road signs in West Berkshire are getting a wash.

This My Newbury picture is of the harvest in the fields behind Barn Crescent, the site of the Battle of Newbury.

Fortnightly bin collections will be introduced in Basingstoke and Deane, in one of the biggest shake-ups of waste collection service for years.

Plans to fine Thames Water £104m for sewage discharges has been welcomed by Newbury MP Lee Dillon.

West Berkshire Council’s ongoing ‘rain garden’ planting in a Newbury industrial estate is getting flack from locals.

Litter and dog waste bins are overflowing in Thatcham.

A solar farm planned for land between two villages has been given a cautious welcome by residents – if it does lead to an increase in biodiversity.

This My Newbury picture of the Kennet and Avon Canal at Kintbury was taken by Kim Evans.

A plan to switch weekly bin collections from weekly to fortnightly has been condemned by opposition councillors who say no one voted for it

This picture of a meadow brown butterfly sunning itself on a beech hedge was taken by Tracey Godsmark.

Coffee drinkers who enjoy a brew but hate throwing out the coffee machine pods can celebrate as a new recycling scheme has been launched.

A Newbury church is to pioneer a new scheme aimed at reducing carbon emissions across England.