In this week's NWN

Newbury bites back at food critic Rayner and West Berkshire Council overspend rockets

NEWBURY is "dull", according to one rather opinionated food critic.

Pick up a copy this week's Newbury Weekly News to hear what the people of the town made of Jay Rayner's remarks, and what they think of him.

West Berkshire Council has a problem on its hands in the shape of a spiralling adult social care budget which has contributed to a rocketing overspend, leading the chief executive of the authority to promise swift action.

Residents have had their say on the new household waste rota which was announced last week, bringing an end to weekly black bin collections.

Pick up a copy of the Newbury Weekly News to find out how the change has gone down.

Elsewhere read the story of a man from Lambourn who threatened his mother with a shovel, and why one man is frustrated with his "neglected" flat following three years of wrangling with a housing association.

We have an interview with the writer of the BBC3 drama The Fades, Jack Thorne, who talks about growing up in Newbury, and much more across several pages of arts and features.

In sport this week read about the three local hopefuls who are on course to play their part in the London 2012 games.

Pick up a copy of this week's Newbury Weekly News, on sale every Thursday.