In this week's Newbury Weekly News

Also this week, West Berkshire Council has missed its target for ruling on a major commercial and residential development that was set to transform a corner of Newbury and several people have been honoured in the Queen’s New Year list.
Read our interview with them about their achievements.
In other news, several families celebrated the birth of Christmas Day and New Year’s Day babies and a Thatcham man has compiled a poetry book to raise money for charity.
Our photographers were out and about on Monday evening to see how people in West Berkshire welcomed in 2013.
Pick up a copy of the paper to see whether you were snapped.
As always, there’s also a roundup of the week’s sport and entertainment news and our course this week’s £25 free fuel giveaway.
All this plus more in the Newbury Weekly News, on sale every Thursday.