In this week's Newbury Weekly News...
Among the cuts are stations at Theale, Tilehurst and Hungerford which will be sold or replaced within the next three years.
Also this week, we’re carrying details of the six sites of “exceptional local significance and value” which are to be considered for local listing status.
The district’s buildings and monuments will be affirmed at a council meeting next week, but do you agree with the list?
In other news, delayed work to upgrade Theale station will begin later this month.
The new ticket office is nearly complete but work on a new footbridge and lifts will now not be ready until July next year.
The news was met with disappointment from a local councillor, who said that First Great Western should be doing more to keep people informed.
Meanwhile, Tadley boyband Concept said goodbye to the X Factor at the weekend, causing a social media frenzy of well wishes from fans.
However, the group has promised this is not the last we will see of them.
Our coverage commemorating the centenary of the First World War continues. This week we focus on Billy Quintin, who was tragically killed in action before his daughter, ‘Little Bill’, was born. ‘LIttle Bill’, who will be 97 this year, led the protests in 1988 to keep the town’s war memorial in its original location.
We’ve also pulled from our archive some accounts of life in the trenches from local men who experienced it.
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.