Home   News   Article

Subscribe Now

In this week's Newbury Weekly News





Despite reassurances from administrators that they are trying to sell the business, the remaining 112 jobs at the Speen office of 2E2 remain in jeopardy.
Also this week, the Newbury Weekly News took to the streets to find out what you thought of West Berkshire Council's proposals for on-street car parking charges in the town centre and AWE, which manufactures warheads for the UK’s Trident nuclear weapons, has been forced to halt all unnecessary works following safety concerns about a steel structure.
In other news the headteacher of a West Berkshire primary school has said she is confident the school can make rapid progress after it was placed in special measures by Ofsted for being adequate and this year’s performance tables for West Berkshire schools have shown great results for the district’s A-level grades, however it’s GCSEs failed to pull up to the same standard.
As well as this, we speak to a man who has covered more than one million miles and clocked up almost three decades of service as a volunteer ambulance driver and plans for a waste recycling unit in Hermitage have been rejected by planners.
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.



This site uses cookies. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies - Learn More