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In this week’s Newbury Weekly News

In this week’s Newbury Weekly News

IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, Newbury MP Richard Benyon has hit back over a “grossly unfair” and “deeply inaccurate” national newspaper article…


Race and status

Race and status

Belle (12a)Running time 95 minutesRating:***When it comes to examining the moral fluff in its national navel, one might say that Britain can take some…


Care home nurse weeps as she is cleared of neglect

Care home nurse weeps as she is cleared of neglect

A CARE home nurse has been cleared of smearing excrement on the face of a frail 97-year-old while taunting him for being incontinent. Barbara Kowalska…


Care home nurse denies neglect

Care home nurse denies neglect

A CARE home nurse smeared excrement on the face of a frail 97-year-old while taunting him for being incontinent, a jury heard this week. Barbara Kowalska…


Firefighters to join teachers and civil servants in strike next week

Firefighters to join teachers and civil servants in strike next week

FIREFIGHTERS are to strike once again next week, this time joining the ranks of teachers, civil servants and health workers who will be holding a mass…


Rail lines reopen but delays remain

Rail lines reopen but delays remain

RAIL passengers are facing delays today (Wednesday), following earlier signalling problems. A damaged cable caused the fault near Pangbourne and Network…


Homeless man fined for trespassing

Homeless man fined for trespassing

A RAILWAY embankment may not be everyone’s idea of comfort - but it was home, sweet home to 56-year-old Simon Charles Cooper. Police asked him to leave…


Princess Anne opens gardens at West Berkshire hospital

Princess Anne opens gardens at West Berkshire hospital

THE tenth anniversary of the West Berkshire Community Hospital was marked by a visit from Princess Anne yesterday (Tuesday). The Princess Royal was shown…


Drama as dying man is found on towpath

Drama as dying man is found on towpath

A MAN battling depression was found dying on a Burghfield towpath, an inquest heard. Forty-nine-year-old Miles Drew was found on December 12 last year…


Travellers leave Dunstan Green

Travellers leave Dunstan Green

TRAVELLERS in Dunstan Green, Thatcham, were moved on yesterday (Tuesday) amid reports that children had been threatened. The travelelrs had arrived in…


Aerial gymnastics display steals Silchester talent show

Aerial gymnastics display steals Silchester talent show

AN AERIAL gymnastics display stole the show to win a recent Silchester talent competition. The Silchester’s Got Talent competition, held on June 20, at…


Pupils go 'CompuCrazy'

Pupils go 'CompuCrazy'

A TOTAL of 300 students from primary schools across Hampshire and West Berkshire went crazy for Computer Science at an event held in the district last…


Corn Exchange and Watermill Theatre get £2m cash boost

Corn Exchange and Watermill Theatre get £2m cash boost

TWO of Newbury’s best loved theatres will be given a cash boost of more than £2m over the next three years. The move was announced on Tuesday as part…


Thatcham grass fire suspected arson

Thatcham grass fire suspected arson

FIREFIGHTERS tackled a suspected arson at a grassland area in Thatcham last night (Monday). Phil Knight, watch manager of White Watch at Newbury fire…


Firefighters tackle A34 Newbury car blaze

Firefighters tackle A34 Newbury car blaze

NEWBURY firefighters tackled a car fire on the A34 near Newbury yesterday evening (Monday). Phil Knight, manager of White Watch at Newbury Fire Station,…


Silchester researches its wartime history

Silchester researches its wartime history

SILCHESTER Parish Council is looking for help in researching its First World War dead. The council has recently received £10,000 in Heritage Lottery funding…


Pothole repairs to be funded by £800,000 cash injection from Government

Pothole repairs to be funded by £800,000 cash injection from Government

ROAD users heaved a sigh of relief this week, after funds to repair potholes were boosted by £798,707 in West Berkshire and more than £6m was allocated…


Children from service families enjoy dedicated day of fun

Children from service families enjoy dedicated day of fun

CHILDREN with parents in the Armed Forces enjoyed some time out with other children living in similar circumstances as the district held its first Service…


Youth crushed hedgehog through boredom when high on drugs , court heard

Youth crushed hedgehog through boredom when high on drugs , court heard

A YOUTH deliberately crushed a hedgehog “for something to do” while high on drugs, Newbury magistrates heard. The 15-year-old, who told police he had…


Thatcham shop owner wins art award

Thatcham shop owner wins art award

A THATCHAM shop owner is in a good frame of mind, having won a prestigious award. Andrea Cooke, owner of Picture It in Thatcham High Street, won the Fine…


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