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The MoD’s 77th Brigade will be formally created on April 1 and will specialise in waging an “information war” through the use of social media and other unconventional forms of warfare.
In other news, Boundary Road bridge will be closed for several months from September to allow for the railway bridge to be replaced.
The work to heighten the bridge is taking place in preparation for electrification of the Great Western main line.
A temporary footbridge will be in place for pedestrians with a diversion route in place for traffic.
Also this week, West Berkshire Council revealed that the final shortlist of sites for development will be put to public consultation in autumn - nine months after it was initially due to be put to the council for a decision.
The news has prompted criticism from the Liberal Democrat opposition and some parish councils, as an extension to the consultation last year was refused on the grounds that a decision needed to be made imminently.
On the Thatcham front, the Nature Discovery Centre celebrates its 20th anniversary this month.
The centre has become part of the town’s identity since it opened in 1995 and local schoolchildren shared their thoughts on what the centre means to them.
In Hungerford, the town council has voted to support plans to suspend the sixth form at John O’Gaunt School until further notice.
Headteacher Sarah Brinkley and school governors want to concentrate resources on the other years, and the sixth form has been undersubscribed in recent years.
Happening in north Hampshire this week, property developers have confirmed they are in the early stages of purchasing land near Ashford Hill Primary school, to build 35-houses on the site, despite opposition from many villagers, who have formed a community action group to combat the development.
Our commemorative series on the First World War continues, this week looking at some of the men from Tadley who were killed in the conflict.
The last of our dinosaurs comes to life this week, with a 3d Triceratops stomping off of page 33.
Download our free Newbury i3d app to make the three horned face lizard walk and roar wherever you have your copy of the paper.



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