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The Newbury Spring Festival arrives with a huge community celebration

The Newbury Spring Festival arrives with a huge community celebration

The Giant Bandmaster, musicians and dancers lead procession to celebrate the arrival of the 46th Newbury Spring Festival.


Strong starts for Newbury and Theale & Tilehurst on opening day

Strong starts for Newbury and Theale & Tilehurst on opening day

Reports from the Thames Valley and Hampshire Cricket Leagues


Historic village fete returning this month

Historic village fete returning this month

A village fete, which celebrated a record-breaking attendance last year, is returning later this month.


Kingsclere residents enjoy blast from the past to mark VE Day

Kingsclere residents enjoy blast from the past to mark VE Day

Residents of Kingsclere celebrated 80 years since the Second World War ended with a rare look through the village archives on Sunday (May 11).


A34 slip road safety issues get hearing in Parliament

A34 slip road safety issues get hearing in Parliament

The issues around the slip roads on the A34 near Newbury get a Parliamentary hearing tomorow (Tuesday).


Thatcham look forward after narrow Purley loss

Thatcham look forward after narrow Purley loss

Saturday sees them travel to early league leaders, Harpsden


St Gabriel’s pupil takes Squash crown in Luxembourg

St Gabriel’s pupil takes Squash crown in Luxembourg

‘She sets an outstanding example for her peers’


Tough start to Home Counties life for Falkland

Tough start to Home Counties life for Falkland

Their first game back saw them travel to Wokingham


‘It’s all about big smiles and bringing good vibes’

‘It’s all about big smiles and bringing good vibes’

What a reception! Why service with a smile is seen as the ultimate hotel upgrade


Do not pass go: thief sent straight back to prison

Do not pass go: thief sent straight back to prison

It’s back to prison for a convicted thief caught trying to steal cars.


John Rankin academy change – What we know so far

John Rankin academy change – What we know so far

It has been over two months since newburytoday revealed the Department for Education intervened to turn John Rankin Junior School into an academy.


Pupils get creative in agricultural challenge!

Pupils get creative in agricultural challenge!

A record number of schools got creative for this year’s final of the Agricultural Challenge for Special Education.


Safety concerns over staffing numbers on River Thames locks

Safety concerns over staffing numbers on River Thames locks

River Thames weir and lockkeepers, including at Goring and Streatley, have begun voting on strike action over safety concerns.


Murgatroyd's Magnificent Multi-Server will put the fear of Beelzebub into your servants

Murgatroyd's Magnificent Multi-Server will put the fear of Beelzebub into your servants

Local sculptor of wild & whimsical invention Nigel Williams’ latest work will debut at Gloucestershire Guild of Craftsmen Crafts Alive exhibition.


Readers’ views: ‘I am excited to start the trial pedestrianisation extension’

Readers’ views: ‘I am excited to start the trial pedestrianisation extension’

Here are a selection of letters to the editor of the Newbury Weekly News


Roads ban for drug-driver

Roads ban for drug-driver

A motorist had consumed cannabis before getting behind the wheel.


Town’s best and brightest recognised at annual meeting

Town’s best and brightest recognised at annual meeting

Thatcham Town Council awarded its most outstanding members of the community at its Annual Town Meeting on Thursday evening (May 8).


‘With Otto by your side, every day promises to be filled with laughter, love, and a touch of mischief’

‘With Otto by your side, every day promises to be filled with laughter, love, and a touch of mischief’

Dog of the Week: The latest dogs looking for their forever homes from Newbury Dogs Trust.


Roads ban for drink-driver

Roads ban for drink-driver

A motorist has been caught drink-driving.


Out of Chaos’ two-hander Macbeth an unsettling and inventive 80 minutes of drama

Out of Chaos’ two-hander Macbeth an unsettling and inventive 80 minutes of drama

‘It will be interesting to see what Tweddle next brings to the Playhouse stage’. Review by JON LEWIS.


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