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Collin Woodruff, who spent his wedding savings on the first round of experimental NanoKnife surgery, said: “I want to see my children grow up.”
In other news, we ask whether village pubs have had their day or whether they are still seen as a vital community asset.
More than half a dozen of the district’s watering holes have closed in recent years, and according to the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) 31 pubs across the country are closing every week.
Also this week, an old cinema building in the Park Way, Newbury is undergoing a £900,000 refurbishment, set to open its doors as a new fitness centre around March.
A charitable trust is taking on a long term lease to bring the enterprise to the town centre, and believes it has the edge on similar businesses which have previously closed at the site.
In this week’s Hungerford edition of the Newbury Weekly News, plans for a 120-berth marina next to a Site of Special Scientific Interest are revived.
Developers Lakeland Leisure have launched a charm offensive to persuade the town the proposals will prove a shot in the arm for tourism and employment.
Meanwhile, a new school may have to be built in Thatcham if any more large housing developments take place in the town.
Local politicians gave their views on whether the town needed another secondary school, with one preferring to see Kennet School rebuilt and expanded.
And on the Hampshire pages, the closed barriers have gone up again at Headley after drivers ignored signs regarding a ban on driving through the ford, risking their lives in rising, freezing floodwaters.
There are three pages of north Hampshire news to browse today.
On our education pages, schools are facing a “tipping point” with a surge in primary school places over the next ten years, the Local Government Association has warned.
West Berkshire Council and local head teachers have responded to the stark warning of a predicted 900,000 primary places at an added cost of £12 billion across England.
Read the full story plus more of the latest education news, features and opinions.
Soaring out of this week’s paper will be our latest 3D dinosaur, a flying Pteranodon.
Using our newburyi3d app, available from the App Store and Google Play, you make the pterosaur fly off the page and soar off into the distance wherever you have your copy of the paper.
Our commemorative series marking the beginning of the First World War continues, this week looking at impact the war had on Newbury Butchers, Griffins.
Second Lieutenant Hedley Saunders Griffin was wounded, bandaged up and placed in a shell hole for safety, only to die from his wounds in a German field hospital.
Also this week, we’re distributing the latest Out&About magazine, this month featuring on all things fitness to kick start your 2015, and of course touching on Valentine’s Day in the month of romance. As always, there’s also a roundup of the week’s entertainment and sport, and of course this week’s £25 free fuel giveaway.
All this, plus more, in the Newbury Weekly News, on sale every Thursday.



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