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Sprinter Sacre back on track

Sprinter Sacre back on track

The brilliant 2013 Champion Chase winner Sprinter Sacre, off the track with since pulling up in the Desert Orchid Chase at Kempton last December, is set…


P-p-p-p-pick up the penguins

P-p-p-p-pick up the penguins

Penguins of Madagascar (U)Running time 92 minutesRating: ***The world as we know it – at least the one inside cinemas – is being taken over by strange…


Codie's on the fast track to glory

Codie's on the fast track to glory

CODIE BURNETT hopes her career will soon be heading downhill fast. The 18-year-old Park House School student is rapidly making a name for herself in the…


Robinson ready for derby date

Robinson ready for derby date

NEWBURY and Thatcham will put festive spirit aside when they clash in the West Berks derby at Faraday Road on Saturday (3pm). And Newbury manager Danny…


The Newbury News Quiz 2014

The Newbury News Quiz 2014

How well did you follow the local news agenda in 2014? Geraldine Gardner looks back at the year's events and asks a question from each month. Take the…


Schoolfriends 'reunion' ends in assault and tears - court hears

Schoolfriends 'reunion' ends in assault and tears - court hears

NEWBURY magistrates were told of a drunken man’s horror as he realised he had just beaten up his old school friend. Liam Raymond Seymour wept when police…


New dance school set to arrive in Newbury

New dance school set to arrive in Newbury

A new school is set to arrive in Newbury in January offering dance, drama and singing workshops for children. Perform started with a class of four children…


In this week's Newbury Weekly News...Out today!

In this week's Newbury Weekly News...Out today!

In this week’s Newbury Weekly News, bosses of the former Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers have been found guilty of nine out 11 charges. During a six week trial…


Christmas bin collection times for West Berkshire updated

Christmas bin collection times for West Berkshire updated

With Christmas fast approaching make sure you know your revised bin collection dates for the festive season. There is no change to normal collections…


Priors Court youngsters treated to Christmas carols performance

Priors Court youngsters treated to Christmas carols performance

YOUNGSTERS from Priors Court School received an early Christmas treat as Newbury-based band Watership Brass gave an autism-friendly concert last week.…


Viral campaign sees council tax prisoner freed from jail

Viral campaign sees council tax prisoner freed from jail

A WOMAN imprisoned for failing to pay her council tax will spend Christmas with her family after a public appeal raised enough money to pay the remainder…


Seventies memories of Newbury

Seventies memories of Newbury

We've gone through our archives to bring you some wonderful pictures of Newbury taken in the 1970s.Remember when the M4 opened, or when the Kennet Centre…


Thatcham store burgled

Thatcham store burgled

A BURGLAR stole cigarettes and alcohol from a Thatcham store last week. The man broke into Crown Mead Stores, on the junction of the A4 and Green Lane,…


Cold Ash St Mark’s School praised by Ofsted

Cold Ash St Mark’s School praised by Ofsted

COLD Ash St Mark’s Primary School has retained its good Ofsted status. Inspectors rated all categories at the Cold Ash Hill school – achievement of pupils,…


Newbury pair win a holiday to the Caribbean

Newbury pair win a holiday to the Caribbean

A Newbury mother and daughter got Christmas off to a fine start by winning a competition that rewards shoppers with a trip to the Caribbean. Mother Maryia…


M4 refurbishment to bring overnight and weekend closures

M4 refurbishment to bring overnight and weekend closures

A SERIES of overnight closures, speed restrictions and the closure of the Chieveley interchange at weekends is on the horizon for motorists on the M4…


NHS "Christmas List" organ donation campaign launched

NHS "Christmas List" organ donation campaign launched

This month NHS Blood and Transplant is running its “Christmas List” campaign in order to draw attention to the thousands of people who are waiting for…


Festive affair as Swings and Smiles hosts first own Christmas party

Festive affair as Swings and Smiles hosts first own Christmas party

A CHRISTMAS party was enjoyed by all at the home of West Berkshire charity Swings and Smiles at the weekend. It is the first year that the charity, which…


Possible breaker's yard given thumbs down by Greenham Parish Council

Possible breaker's yard given thumbs down by Greenham Parish Council

Greenham Parish Council has objected to plans to store more than 4,000 accident-damaged vehicles at Greenham Business Park. The application for international…


Newbury composer's St Pancras flash mob

Newbury composer's St Pancras flash mob

Newbury-based composer Fiona Bennett is currently advertising her album A Country Suite on Classic FM, the UK’s biggest classical radio station.During…


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