Dont miss this weeks Newbury Weekly News
Read about street parties, bellringing and Olympic style games, as well as tales from London including a Newbury man who took part in the opening ceremony and another from Woolton Hill who has been helping to operate the cameras in the Aquatics Centre.
Elsewhere, Greenham has been picked as the guinea pig for a new justice system where residents could get the chance to act as a community court and a leading West Berkshire headteacher has warned of the dangers of pupils reading books containing American-preferred spellings.
In other news Government pressure could force West Berkshire Council to build on more greenfield land than initially planned and Newbury company, Stryker, has been nominated for an award for its new £13.2m Hambridge Road headquarters.
Over in the arts section, we have details of a new weekly local band profile feature we’ll be running, details of all the shows happening across the district and find out what it’s like to take a show to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
In sport, find out how West Berkshire’s Olympic hopefuls are getting on in their quest for gold.
There’s of course, also the free fuel giveaway.
In this week’s Hungerford edition a woman whose cat was poisoned by antifreeze has launched a campaign to force manufacturers to change the formula.
In other news friends and family of a 21-month-old Lamboun girl, who was born with a cleft lip, have raise more than £2,000 for a charity that helps people with the condition.
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