In this week's Newbury Weekly News

Here is a round-up of some of the best bits in the NWN, out today

In this week’s Newbury Weekly News, with the final list of parliamentary candidates for Newbury announced we profile each of the men and women asking for your vote on May 7.

We ask why we should vote for them and also in our election coverage this week we shine a spotlight on the conservative manifesto for West Berkshire Council and profile sitting council leader Gordon Lundie.

In other news, Lambourn celebrated the return of its conquering hero – Grand National winner Many Clouds.

More than 1,000 turned out to celebrate the village’s greatest day in 20 with an impromptu carnival atmosphere.

Also this week, councillors in Oxfordshire have overwhelmingly approved a motion to ban HGV drivers from overtaking on the A34.

The proposal will now be considered by central government and covers the whole stretch of the busy road between the M4 and the M40.

Local councillors and businesses, however, have reacted with some scepticism at the measures.

Meanwhile, a chef was caught with a particularly exotic ingredient, local magistrates heard…’magic’ mushrooms.

Police arrested the man in Newbury town centre after he admitted picking the hallucinogenic fungus in local fields and bartering them in a one-man cottage industry.

In our education pages, we asked each of the parliamentary candidates how they would improve education in our area if elected on May 7.

Together with all the schools news across the district we profile Headteacher Deirdre Devine following her school’s recent, impressive Ofsted report.

In this week’s Hungerford edition of the Newbury Weekly News: Bridge Street is to become whole once more.

The entrance to the town has been described as a “perfect smile with a tooth missing” – but all that is expected to change soon now that planners have given the go-ahead for renovation of the semi-derelict building at Number Six.

In Thatcham this week, a centre which provides therapy and exercise for disabled people has had such a successful first year that it is looking for a larger premises.

The West Berkshire Therapy Centre celebrated its first birthday on April 1, and since opening has proved so successful that it has had to extend its opening hours.

And on the Hampshire pages, Ashford Hill and Headley villagers turn out to bid a fond farewell to the current and a former parish council chairmen.

The pair are retiring after serving the local community for over 50 years between them.

You can drive off with a Mercedes SLK this week using our Newbury i3D app. Download the app from Apple Store or Google Play to spark the car into action wherever you have the page to hand.

Our commemorative coverage of the First World War continues, this week focusing on Cold Ash Bombardier Frederick Arthur Withers, who was killed in the final German offensive of the war at aged 21.

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.