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Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance lottery results

Thames Valley & Chiltern Air Ambulance lottery results

NEWBURYTODAY.CO.UK is pleased to carry the results for the Thames Valley and Chiltern Air Ambulance Trust’s weekly lottery. The air ambulance has responded…


Bells ring out after 50 years of silence

Bells ring out after 50 years of silence

THE SWEET peal of the bells at St Mary’s Church, Great Shefford, is being heard once again after half a century of silence. It was an historic mission…


Local businesses get involved with college prize giving

Local businesses get involved with college prize giving

STUDENTS at Newbury College had their hard work acknowledged in its annual further education awards evening on Friday. Exceptional and hardworking students…


Worms on the agenda for Little Sunflowers

Worms on the agenda for Little Sunflowers

WORMS, dirt and microscopes were on the agenda for one Hamstead Marshall nursery school this month, who were turfed out of their usual premises at the…


Newbury firefighters called to canal boat fire

Newbury firefighters called to canal boat fire

NEWBURY firefighters were called to a fire on a canal boat on the Kennet and Avon canal today (Sunday). According to Chris Cound, crew manager of Blue…


Joy for Nicky Henderson in Gold Cup

Joy for Nicky Henderson in Gold Cup

LAMBOURN trainer Nicky Henderson was celebrating at The Racecourse Newbury yesterday (Saturday) following success in the Hennessy Gold Cup. Mr Henderson’s…


West Berkshire secondary school rankings fall short

West Berkshire secondary school rankings fall short

WEST Berkshire’s primary schools are among the best in the country. However, 32 per cent of district’s secondary schools are ‘satisfactory’ or ‘inadequate’,…


Santa Jog fundraiser returns to Victoria Park today

Santa Jog fundraiser returns to Victoria Park today

FATHER Christmas is pulling on his reindeer-decorated trainers in readiness for this year’s charity fundraising Santa Jog, in Victoria Park this morning…


John O'Gaunt requires improvement, says Ofsted

John O'Gaunt requires improvement, says Ofsted

JOHN O’Gaunt Community Technology College requires improvement, according to its latest Ofsted report. The verdict from the inspection in November was…


Newbury car park closed today (Sun) for re-surfacing

Newbury car park closed today (Sun) for re-surfacing

MARKET Street car park in Newbury will be closed today (Sun) for urgent re-surfacing works. It will re-open on tomorrow (Mon).West Berkshire Council has…


Paralympian inspires Baughurst school pupils at prizegiving

Paralympian inspires Baughurst school pupils at prizegiving

PARALYMPIAN wheelchair basketball player inspired pupils at the annual prizegiving ceremony at The Hurst Community College, Baughurst, last Thursday evening,…


Woolhampton school book week hosts a cast of characters

Woolhampton school book week hosts a cast of characters

LORD Nelson, Claude Monet, William Shakespeare and other notable figures from the past turned up for class at a West Berkshire school recently. Pupils…


Aldermaston Mystery

Aldermaston Mystery

Aldermaston’s 56th York Nativity Play from the XIV Century Mystery Cycle will be performed next week at St Mary the Virgin Church, between Thursday and…


Claim that homelessness is worse than council estimates

Claim that homelessness is worse than council estimates

THE problem of homelessness in West Berkshire is much worse than the district council estimates, according to people who have slept rough on our district’s…


Thousands expected to arrive in Newbury for Gold Cup

Thousands expected to arrive in Newbury for Gold Cup

NEWBURY Racecourse is gearing up for one of the biggest jump races of the year. The Hennessy Gold Cup, one of the most prestigious in Britain, brings…


Public spat over £10k Hungerford windfall

Public spat over £10k Hungerford windfall

A PUBLIC spat has broken out between Hungerford Town Council and the Chamber of Commerce over a £10,000 windfall for the town. At stake is how best to…


Newbury's Christmas carol concert this evening

Newbury's Christmas carol concert this evening

THE organisers for this year’s Newbury Christmas carol concert are hoping to top the £20,000 raised last year this evening (Saturday). For the past 10…


Beedon mother thanks Newbury firefighters after supermarket trolley rescue

Beedon mother thanks Newbury firefighters after supermarket trolley rescue

BEEDON mother has thanked Newbury firefighters who came to her rescue, after her one-year-old daughter’s foot became trapped in a trolley in a Newbury…


Twist on Dickens

Twist on Dickens

A Christmas Carol – As told by Jacob Marley (deceased), adapted and performed by James Hyland presents the well-loved tale from the perspective of Scrooge’s…


Firefighters tackle fire in manure heap at Grundon in Beenham

Firefighters tackle fire in manure heap at Grundon in Beenham

Firefighters spent two hours tackling a fire in a manure heap at Grundon in Beenham this afternoon (Friday). According to the watch manager of White Watch…


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