26 March 2015
A NEWBURY barber will be battling other contenders in what promises to be a cut-throat competition for the title of Best Wet-Shaving Barber in the South…
20 March 2015
A PARTNERSHIP between a local charity and business has led to the installation of a life-saving device in Hambridge Lane, Newbury. A PARTNERSHIP between…
20 March 2015
NWN speaks to executive headteacher Alex Butler on alternative training to the PGCE “THERE’S a real shortage of teachers in West Berkshire at the moment.…
19 March 2015
SAVE a life – give blood at Thatcham Catholic Hall next week Give blood and save a life at Thatcham Catholic Hall next week. You can turn…
18 March 2015
A NEW local group that provides a social network of support to depression sufferers, is gathering momentum with the backing of Newbury MP Richard Benyon,…
26 February 2015
IN THIS week’s Newbury Weekly News, a Newbury man with mental health problems has been sentenced to six years imprisonment for killing his wife in August…
26 February 2015
THATCHAM does not need an “opportunistic” planning application for nearly 500 homes. That was the feeling to A2Dominion’s outline application for the…
26 February 2015
Seven-year-old pledges to help his Nanny and others with cancer A THATCHAM boy has raised thousands of pounds for a cancer charity after being inspired…
25 February 2015
THATCHAM Library is to close temporarily to allow it to be upgraded. West Berkshire Council said that the library, on the A4 Bath Road, will be closed…
24 February 2015
CAN you help to properly honour Lambourn’s World War Two fallen? Villager Carol Silk is seeking background information on the men listed as Lambourn’s…
23 February 2015
JOHN O’Gaunt School is shedding its ‘Cinderella’ status as long-promised funding takes effect. Work is finally under way on a facelift for the…
22 February 2015
RESIDENTS have spoken of their anger after signs and fencing restricting access to a vital asset to the people of Thatcham were put up last week. The…
22 February 2015
KICKING off the Newbury Corn Exchange’s Big Weekend is a junior drama workshop from 11am till 12noon. It is aimed at those aged between six and 11-years-old,…
22 February 2015
TWENTY-four hours of non-stop mountain trekking is being undertaken by a former Kennet School pupil in May to raise awareness of mental illness charity…
20 February 2015
Another Crash on the A34 The road is currently closed from East Ilsley to the Chilton Interchange due to an overturned car transporter, with delays of…
20 February 2015
A CHARITY car wash day in Hungerford has raised a £1,505. The event, organised by the town’s Rotary Club, was declared a huge success. Club…
19 February 2015
A NEW £1.5m petrol station and shop on the outskirts of Kingsclere is set to open today (Thursday) after months of disruptive construction work. John…
19 February 2015
THATCHAM Youth will be hosting a free half-term screening of The Unbeatables today (Thursday, 19th February). The animated film is about a group of table…
19 February 2015
IN THIS week’s Newbury Weekly News, West Berkshire Council’s tough stance over the ‘scandal’ of empty homes at Parkway is costing the taxpayer hundreds…
17 February 2015
A CATERING firm which provides hot meals for housebound and elderly residents could close its Newbury depot, just six months after it said that jobs there…
