In this week's Newbury Weekly News
Jeremy Mann is now backing a new government campaign, ‘The £50,000 pint’, to highlight the financial consequences of drink driving.
In other news, the death of Baroness Thatcher has been greeted with sorrow among many West Berkshire politicians, including Newbury MP Richard Benyon, who said she “saved Britain”.
This week’s Newbury Weekly News takes a look back on visits to the county by Britain’s first female prime minister, including one trip to meet bereaved families of the Hungerford tragedy.
Also this week, West Berkshire Council has moved to reassure resident’s that their recycling efforts have not been wasted, following an article by the Daily Mail last weekend which questioned the way recycling in the country was treated.
Residents in the district are currently required to separate their household waste five times in order to be recycled, and this week, the council said that it had a “duty of care” to ensure it knew where the material was being sent and processed and there was no cause for concern for local residents.
Meanwhile, it takes more than a few showers to overturn centuries of tradition in Hungerford.
The town’s link with the ancient past was celebrated on Tuesday as the town was decked, despite overcast weather, in cheerful ribbons and flags for the annual Hocktide ceremony.
Pick up a copy of the Newbury Weekly News Hungerford edition and see the gallery at Newburytoday for photographs from the event.
As always, there’s also a roundup of the week’s sport and entertainment news and of course this week’s £25 free fuel giveaway.
All this plus more in the Newbury Weekly News, on sale every Thursday.