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Readers’ views: ‘Confused by artist’s impression of Peace Garden’

Readers’ views: ‘Confused by artist’s impression of Peace Garden’

Readers’ views: ‘Confused by artist’s impression of Peace Garden’

13 January 2025

Here are a selection of letters to the editor of the Newbury Weekly News


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

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

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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Readers’ views: ‘The law should apply to everybody and not just car drivers’

Readers’ views: ‘The law should apply to everybody and not just car drivers’

Readers’ views: ‘The law should apply to everybody and not just car drivers’

06 January 2025

Here are a selection of letters to the editor of the Newbury Weekly News.


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

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.


Readers’ letters: ‘Just because you can doesn’t mean you should’

Readers’ letters: ‘Just because you can doesn’t mean you should’

Readers’ letters: ‘Just because you can doesn’t mean you should’

30 December 2024

Here are a selection of letters to the editor of the Newbury Weekly News.


What’s going on at Bucklebury Common?

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?


Readers’ views: ‘We retailers feel that our views have been ignored’

Readers’ views: ‘We retailers feel that our views have been ignored’

Readers’ views: ‘We retailers feel that our views have been ignored’

23 December 2024

Here are a selection of letters to the editor of the Newbury Weekly News.


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

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.


Readers’ views: ‘Fed up with not being able to contact the local police station at weekend or evenings’

Readers’ views: ‘Fed up with not being able to contact the local police station at weekend or evenings’

Readers’ views: ‘Fed up with not being able to contact the local police station at weekend or evenings’

16 December 2024

Here are a selection of letters to the editor of the Newbury Weekly News.


Readers’ views: ‘I rather fear that the executive committee have already made their decision’

Readers’ views: ‘I rather fear that the executive committee have already made their decision’

Readers’ views: ‘I rather fear that the executive committee have already made their decision’

09 December 2024

A selection of letters to the editor of the Newbury Weekly News.


Charities worry that food will run out

Charities worry that food will run out

Charities worry that food will run out

08 December 2024

The cost of living continues to bite in West Berkshire, with charities reporting increases in demand for help with financial difficulty.


Thousands of homes deemed ‘hazardous’ for residents

Thousands of homes deemed ‘hazardous’ for residents

Thousands of homes deemed ‘hazardous’ for residents

03 December 2024

Around 6,500 homes in West Berkshire are deemed hazardous to those living in them.


Readers’ views: ‘The Kennet Centre is a hollow, soulless space’

Readers’ views: ‘The Kennet Centre is a hollow, soulless space’

Readers’ views: ‘The Kennet Centre is a hollow, soulless space’

02 December 2024

A selection of letters to the editor of the Newbury Weekly News.


Newbury golfer Max Nicholls ready for Thai adventure

Newbury golfer Max Nicholls ready for Thai adventure

Newbury golfer Max Nicholls ready for Thai adventure

25 November 2024

‘I knew that if I worked hard I could make a career out of playing’


Readers’ views: ‘Kennet Centre is not out-of-date and failing’

Readers’ views: ‘Kennet Centre is not out-of-date and failing’

Readers’ views: ‘Kennet Centre is not out-of-date and failing’

25 November 2024

Here is a selection of letters to the editor of the Newbury Weekly News.


Proposed increase in taxi licences in West Berkshire

Proposed increase in taxi licences in West Berkshire

Proposed increase in taxi licences in West Berkshire

22 November 2024

West Berkshire Council wants the public's views on a proposed three per cent hike to taxi licences for next year.


Readers’ views: ‘I have very mixed sympathies for the farming community who are whining’

Readers’ views: ‘I have very mixed sympathies for the farming community who are whining’

Readers’ views: ‘I have very mixed sympathies for the farming community who are whining’

18 November 2024

Here are a selection of letters to the editor of the Newbury Weekly News.


What is filibustering and why is it used? We take a look

What is filibustering and why is it used? We take a look

What is filibustering and why is it used? We take a look

15 November 2024

A decision on Newbury's Kennet Centre redevelopment was essentially filibustered out, but what does that actually mean? Niki Hinman investigates.


Berkshire farmers reeling from budget announcement

Berkshire farmers reeling from budget announcement

Berkshire farmers reeling from budget announcement

13 November 2024

Berkshire farmers reacting to the ‘awful’ budget tax raid are preparing for mass protest in Westminster.

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