On Wednesday 13 June, historian, broadcaster and presenter Dan Snow will take to the Corn Exchange stage for an evening of entertaining anecdotes and fascinating facts about Newbury’s local history in Dan Snow: An Evening with the History Guy. On his first UK theatre tour Dan will share memorable anecdotes from his career and reveal […]
Archive for May, 2018
Greenham Multi Use Games Area Gets a Facelift
The Multi Use Games Area (MUGA) at The Willows School in Greenham has had a £25,818 makeover. A great community facility, the MUGA is already open for business and is being enjoyed by many community groups including the Willows Wanderers Run Together Group (pictured). The MUGA used to be maintained by a local community group, […]
Kings Division 3 Team Finished Up as Runner Up at National Championships
The recently crowned Champions of British Wheelchair Basketball’s Division Three South West, The Thames Valley Kings were in action this Weekend at the National Championship Finals to fight to become overall divisional winners. The Thames Valley Kings were in Semi-Final Action on Saturday afternoon against Sheffield Steelers 4 for a place in Sunday’s final against the […]
Hundreds of Runners Make it Another Great Community Day in Newbury
The Roc Newbury 10km race, supported by The Good Exchange, yielded a double win for Newbury Athletic Club, as its runners claimed a clean sweep of victories in both the men’s and women’s races and in the two team categories, the first time this has happened. There were also wins for some of their juniors […]
Boost for Stroud Green Play Area
Resident’s requests for a new play area for under 5’s on Stroud Green have been answered with a boost of new equipment worth £15k. New equipment (Ambulance and Flower Play Panels, Aeroplane Springer, Talk Tubes and a Multi Play Unit) has now been added to the existing play area to make it more appealing to […]
Newbury Racecourse Railway Station to be Revamped
Newbury Racecourse Railway Station is to be revamped. Improved waiting facilities and covered cycle parking along with a ticket vending machine, CCTV and improvements to the footbridge are all on their way to benefit passengers at this increasingly important station. This is thanks to a recent successful bid for funding made by West Berkshire Council. […]
Thatcham Station Road to be Closed for 3 Days
Station Road in Thatcham will be closed at the level crossing from 23:00hrs on Sunday 3rd June until approx. 22:00hrs on Tuesday 5th June 2018. The closure will be in place day and night during these times. The closure is necessary to allow Network Rail to lift and renew the crossing in conjunction with the […]
West Berkshire Council Welcomes a new Chairman
Councillor Carol Jackson-Doerge was elected as Chairman of West Berkshire Council earlier this month at the West Berkshire Annual Council Meeting. As Chairman of the Council, Carol will draw on her wealth of senior corporate and public sector experience to champion West Berkshire’s interests. On being elected Carol urged members to connect with their residents […]
Newbury has been voted the UK’s ‘Top Tech’ Town
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Newbury has been named as the top tech town in the UK by Tech Nation. The 2018 Tech Nation’ report found that Newbury’s digital density far outstrips most other towns in the UK, including Reading and Basingstoke. It also said that Newbury is part of a ‘productivity power path’ along the M4 corridor and singled […]
Team GB Olympian opens Newbury College Gym
Students and staff at Newbury College welcomed former Team GB Sprinter, Mark Richardson, to officially open its new gym and wellbeing facility on Thursday 17 May. Councillor David Fenn, Mayor of Newbury, joined the Berkshire based athlete to formally cut the ribbon on the new facility, which is supported by Sport England. Newbury College Sport […]