In this week's Newbury Weekly News

Described as one of the most highly thought of pilots in the UK, Captain Pete Barnes, aged 50, was killed along with one person on the ground after his Agusta 109 helicopter, hit a crane.
Also this week, Thames Valley Police has announced its plans to equip more officers with Taser Electronic Control Devices and West Berkshire’s school children are to be warned of the dangers of copy cat crimes following eight similar distraction burglaries in over a month.
In other news a former Newbury teacher has described what it is like living in the midst of bushfires in Tasmania after retiring to the Australian island state, and Newbury shoppers were both angry and disappointed this week at the high street news that HMV had been placed into administration while Jessops had been shut for good.
We also have a spread of pictures of all the wannabe Dr Brian Cox’s who attended the Stargazing Live event at Newbury Racecourse last week.
And there's a special supplement in this week's paper - the Community Yearbook.
Pick up a copy to relive the highlights of 2012 in West Berkshire throught the pages of the NWN.
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.