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A34 roadworks due to begin

A34 roadworks due to begin

A PACKAGE of maintenance work to improve journeys on the A34 will get underway at the end of April. Activities including surface repairs, drainage maintenance,…
Long weekend for dogs and gardens starts today (Fri)

Long weekend for dogs and gardens starts today (Fri)

THE Newbury ‘All About Gardening’ Show is returning to the Newbury Showground, Chieveley, today (Fri) for three days. With everything from an outdoor-shopping…
Rotary adventure leadership skills course open to youngsters

Rotary adventure leadership skills course open to youngsters

Young adults can learn leadership skills at an activities-based course in North Wales this summer. The international Rotary Youth Leadership Award programme…
Mr Bloom’s fruity performance ... for the mums as well as the kids

Mr Bloom’s fruity performance ... for the mums as well as the kids

Green-fingered CBeebies star Mr Bloom was in Newbury on Tuesday for a day of shows in the Kennet Shopping centre. Scores of ‘seedlings’ went along to…
Play-off decision in sight

Play-off decision in sight

[caption id="attachment_70548" align="alignleft" width="345" caption="James Clark - fit for Tiverton trip"][/caption]HUNGERFORD TOWN can virtually secure…
Woolhampton crash driver fights for life

Woolhampton crash driver fights for life

A LORRY driver is fighting for his life after being airlifted from a crash at the Rising Sun pub in Woolhampton. The drama happened around 1pm today (Thursday)…
Driver airlifted from Woolhampton crash

Driver airlifted from Woolhampton crash

  A LORRY driver has been airlifted to hospital after being freed from a crash outside the Rising Sun pub in Woolhampton. Firefighters used cutting…
Four youths spotted shop lifting in Newbury this week

Four youths spotted shop lifting in Newbury this week

FOUR youths have been caught shoplifting in Newbury Town Centre in two days. This morning (Thurs), Thames Valley Police arrested two girls, aged 12 and…
Extra-mural activity

Extra-mural activity

Ahead of a run at the Royal Court, the Perrier-award winning performer, writer and comedian Will Adamsdale heads to the Corn Exchange, Newbury, with his…
Blues face relegation crunch at Reading

Blues face relegation crunch at Reading

NEWBURY BLUES will be bidding to stave off a fifth successive relegation when they face a derby trip to old rivals Reading that is laced with irony. Almost…
Offer a pound a goal?

Offer a pound a goal?

TIVERTON TOWN supporters- and visitors form Hungerford - can pay what they think Saturday’s game is worth after the Devon club made Saturday’s clash at…
Flat start with a buzz for new racegoers

Flat start with a buzz for new racegoers

FLAT RACING leaps into action at Newbury next weekend with the Dubai Duty Free Spring Trials. And Saturday’s feature day will incorporate a showcase in…
Black marks for red and yellow

Black marks for red and yellow

ONE table in which the four local clubs are thriving is their respective leagues’ poor disciplinary records. Hungerford and Thatcham are both lodged in…
Newbury pile them in

Newbury pile them in

NEWBURY face a hectic end to their Hellenic League Premier Division campaign by playing four games in the space of six days. The cup-enforced postponement…
West Berkshire Council denies recycling efforts are wasted

West Berkshire Council denies recycling efforts are wasted

WHERE is our recycling going? West Berkshire Council has moved to reassure residents that their waste and recycling is not being illegally dumped abroad…
Team to fund BMX project using pedal power to get to Paris

Team to fund BMX project using pedal power to get to Paris

FAMILY and friends of a Thatcham teenager who died in a motorbike crash have set their sights on raising money to build a jump bike track in his memory…
In this week's Newbury Weekly News

In this week's Newbury Weekly News

IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News a drink drive conviction has had a ‘catastrophic impact’ on the life of a Newbury man who says, in a warning to others,…
Proposal to replace old pavilion at Douai Park

Proposal to replace old pavilion at Douai Park

PLANS have been submitted to demolish the 1920s-built sports pavilion at Douai Park Recreation Ground and build a new one. However, to make the dreams…
Thatcham Costa set for extension opening today (Thurs)

Thatcham Costa set for extension opening today (Thurs)

THE extension of Thatcham’s Costa Coffee will be officially opened today (Thurs). Back in February, plans for Costa to extend its premises in Thatcham…
Five schools release their trouts into River Lambourn

Five schools release their trouts into River Lambourn

TROUT raised by local primary school children have been released into the River Lambourn in Newbury, as part of an eco-friendly project and fish-shaped…

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