Kings coach Grant Barker celebrates winning Development Coach of the year at the national wheelchair basketball awards Kings coach, Grant Barker celebrated winning Development Coach of the year at the 2018 Richard Langhorn Trust Wheelchair Basketball Awards on Saturday. Grant was shortlisted for the award after an excellent year as a coach including taking Kings […]
Archive for July, 2018
Community Transport Needs You!
West Berkshire Council is looking to help the Community Transport Schemes in the district recruit more volunteer drivers. Community Transport Groups in West Berkshire need drivers for their community buses, Handybuses, and own car drivers for their Community Car Schemes. If you have some time to spare each week (as little or as much as […]
CPR training for Kintbury
Kintbury councillor, Jon Hemphill, attended a Heartstart Thatcham course in 2017 where collaboration was formed. Jon arranged for a hall to be made available in his home village of Kintbury where he set the target of training a quarter of the population with at least CPR and defibrillator skills by the end of 2019. That […]
Newbury Talks 15th July – How Corrupt is Britain?
7 years ago
The next Newbury Talk promises to be a must see event, from Prof David Whyte, Liverpool University, talking on Corruption: How Bad is the UK? This promises to be quite a thriller! Professor Whyte has published extensively on banks accused of rate-fixing; MPs cooking the books; major defence contractors investigated over suspect arms deals; police accused of being […]
Award Winners Announced at the Newbury Ladies Presentation Evening
Newbury Ladies Football Club held their end of season awards ceremony last Saturday at the Donnington Valley Hotel & Golf Club. It was attended by Steve Masters, who was representing Eight Bells for Mental Health Newbury and he collected a cheque on the evening on the charity’s behalf for £300. This amount was donated by […]
Thatcham Station Closure
Station Road will be closed at Thatcham Level Crossing overnight on Wednesday 18th July 2018 while Network Rail renew the power packs to the barriers. The closure is expected to be in place from 22:00hrs on Wednesday 18th July until approx. 05:00hrs on Thurs 19th July 2018. During the closure all traffic will be diverted […]
Waste Vehicle Stuck in Old Bath Road, Newbury
A waste vehicle has become victim of a sink hole which has opened up in Newbury. The vehicle travelling along the Old Bath Road at the time fell into a developing sink hole around 1.30pm today, Thursday 5th July. Thames Valley Police, quick to respond, closed the road for safety reasons and allowing space for […]
Corn Exchange Newbury, Summer Activities
7 years ago
With the summer holidays only around the corner, the Corn Exchange Newbury is full to the brim with a wide selection of activities over the six week break that will entertain young people across all ages. On Tuesdays, 4 to 8 year olds are invited to come along to the popular Make and Do Holiday Club […]
Newbury Heading for National Glory Entering Britain in Bloom
Building on the tremendous success of the Newbury in Bloom campaign over the last 3 years, Newbury Town Council can confirm that Newbury will be taking part in the Royal Horticultural Society’s Britain in Bloom competition in 2019. Britain in Bloom is the UK’s longest running gardening competition. It provides a regional and nationwide platform […]
Future Vision for Newbury approved by Councillors
Newbury Town Council has formally approved its Town Plan, which sets out priorities and objectives for the future planning and development of Newbury from 2019 to 2036. The Plan deals with the character and the future role of the Town, as well as economic development, environmental issues and a range of services covering transport, recreation, […]