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English country garden book sparks interest in America

English country garden book sparks interest in America

A SILCHESTER villager’s cottage garden, created over the past four decades, is the topic of a book that has triggered interest across the Atlantic. Anne…


Bishops Green road re-opens after completed roadworks

Bishops Green road re-opens after completed roadworks

A BISHOPS Green road which closed at the end of July for roadworks has re-opened this week.Hampshire County Council closed the A339 turn-off to the village…


Coffee and conceptual art

Coffee and conceptual art

Hungerford artist Alex Fort has worked for 16 years in film and TV as a matte painter and concept artist, recently on HBO's Game of Thrones , Disney's…


Police seek information about Bucklebury car park suspected arson

Police seek information about Bucklebury car park suspected arson

A FIRE in a Bucklebury car park yesterday (Monday) evening, involving petrol cans, was being treated as suspicious by the fire service. Mike Wilson, crew…


Beenham site ‘suitable pitch for travellers’

Beenham site ‘suitable pitch for travellers’

A SITE in Beenham is “remarkably” suitable for a travellers’ pitch, a planning appeal in Newbury has heard. The claim will dismay hundreds of people who…


Search for new Dingley homes resumes after escalating costs

Search for new Dingley homes resumes after escalating costs

A CHARITY which provides care for West Berkshire children with specialist needs has had to abandon its plan to build a new home in Newbury despite years…


Big changes afoot for Thatcham Post Office

Big changes afoot for Thatcham Post Office

THATCHAM’S post office is to be modernised and following this, it will be open for longer hours too. As part of Post Office plans to modernise the network…


Open day with the £200 feelgood factor

Open day with the £200 feelgood factor

THERAPISTS from the Wellbeing Centre in Newbury raised almost £200 for the British Heart Foundation at its open day at the weekend. The event saw some…


Disabled riding group celebrates 40 years in Baughurst

Disabled riding group celebrates 40 years in Baughurst

BAUGHURST Riding for the Disabled Association recently celebrated four decades with a tea party and cake. About 150 people involved with the association…


A34 lane closure following earlier accident

A34 lane closure following earlier accident

ONE lane is currently closed and there is queueing traffic on the A34 following an accident this afternoon (Mon). Thames Valley Police were called at…


Richard Benyon loses position as government minister

Richard Benyon loses position as government minister

NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon has lost his position as a Government minister in today's cabinet reshuffle. Mr Benyon was appointed minister for the natural…


Roadworks prompted lengthy delays to weekend motorists on A339

Roadworks prompted lengthy delays to weekend motorists on A339

FRUSTRATED motorists faced lengthy delays when travelling through Newbury over the weekend due to road resurfacing works on the A339 at the Pinchington…


Care home 'missed opportunity' to call GP - inquest

Care home 'missed opportunity' to call GP - inquest

A DAUGHTER told an inquest of her shock after her father was found to be suffering severe dehydration in a £1,000 per week private nursing home. Former…


‘I turned my back on extremism after seeing too much death’

‘I turned my back on extremism after seeing too much death’

A FORMER Taliban jihadist will give a talk during Thatcham Festival of Arts and Leisure about his time in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Reading-born Urzan…


Bid launched to stop pub conversion

Bid launched to stop pub conversion

A DISTRICT councillor plans to launch an 11th-hour bid to stop a historic Newbury pub being converted into flats, just months after the freehold was sold…


Two hundred drivers face prosecution after police operation

Two hundred drivers face prosecution after police operation

IT’S rare that shaving and putting on make-up can lead to a prosecution, unless these everyday routines are carried out on the motorway. Nearly 200 motorists…


Newbury library to host free event to mark Black History Month

Newbury library to host free event to mark Black History Month

NEWBURY library will host a free event to raise awareness and understanding of Black History later this month.The event is part of the National Black…


This week's My Newbury

This week's My Newbury

ANIMAL magic has been the inspiration for this week’s My Newbury photographers. David Forbes of Hutton Close, Newbury, took a snap of a butterfly perched…


Second half collapse for Newbury

Second half collapse for Newbury

Newbury 1 Flackwell Heath 7 NEWBURY’S woes continued as they were flayed after the break by a Heath side that rattled in the goals. It was goal-less at…


Town twarted by woodwork

Town twarted by woodwork

Mangotsfield United 3 Thatcham Town 1 THATCHAM went out of the FA Trophy at the first hurdle but could consider themselves unlucky after having the better…


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