In this week's Newbury Weekly News

David Livermore, who described the venue as being an integral part of social and cultural life in Newbury over the past 15 years, has written to West Berkshire Council to urge it to reconsider the proposal to cut £170,000 from the theatre’s budget as part of its plan to save £11m over the next two years.
Also this week, West Berkshire Council leader Gordon Lundie said he was “absolutely delighted” to declare that an iconic cold war relic would be sold to Greenham Parish Council as he sealed the deal for the sale of the former control tower on Thursday.
Last week, the Newbury Weekly News reported that the parish council was recommended for the win, however the decision was made official at a meeting of the council’s executive committee.
In other news, A gypsy family has been given permission to move onto a site in Beenham, and taxpayers will have to foot the bill for the appeal, a planning inspector has ruled.
Last November, members of West Berkshire Council’s eastern area planning committee defied their officers’ advice and rejected the proposal, a move that HM planning inspector Susan Heywood said had resulted in unnecessary expense and a partial award of costs was justified.
Meanwhile,a Curridge girl has been spreading the message of Christmas being a time for giving. Kellsey Leese, aged eight, decided to donate the Christmas money from her grandparents to Crisis at Christmas after watching one of the charity’s TV adverts.
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.