Nearly 1,000 children with disabilities and special educational needs are now benefiting from an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP). Over the past three years West Berkshire Council has been working with young people, their families and teachers to put the new plans in place. Children whose educational needs cannot reasonably be met by resources […]
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Reading Buses to Crack Down on Vehicle Vandalism
Reading Buses are going public with information on a number of recent vandal attacks on their vehicles in a bid to deter would-be vandals in the future. The most recent act of vandalism occurred when a bus window was smashed in the third incident on a Reading Buses vehicle in the Burghfield and Mortimer areas […]
Newbury Twin Town Association welcomes visitors from 6 European countries
Newbury Twin Town Association, one of the most active town twinning associations in the UK is today (Thursday 29 March), welcoming 62 Europeans to stay to participate in a conference on the theme of immigration, funded by the EU. The visitors, who will be hosted by local people and Twin Town members, come from Newbury’s […]
Grab your wellies, It’s puddle jumping time!
7 years ago
Have a splashing time, as once again Visit Newbury brings Puddle Jumping to the Market Place! Sponsored by the Kennet Centre the event will take place on Sunday 8th April. The event will include plenty of opportunities to splash in puddles to your hearts content! Taking place during the Easter Holidays, it’s a perfect day […]
Are you going to the West Berkshire Voluntary and Community Sector Knowledge Event?
More than 80 organisations will be coming together next week (Thursday 29th March) to raise awareness of volunteering in the largest-ever event of its kind in West Berkshire. The event aims both to promote the value of volunteering and highlight the help and support available to residents from community and voluntary sector organisations across the […]
Man pleads guilty to assaulting 56 year old woman
Mark Singleton, aged 44, of Market Place, Newbury, pleaded guilty to one count of assault by beating at Reading Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday 6 March. He was given a 12 month conditional discharge and a restraining order until 5 March 2020. On 13 January, Singleton assaulted a 56 year old woman at a property in […]
Road closure through Bucklebury Village 19th March to 6th April
7 years ago
The road through Bucklebury Village will be closed between 19th March and 6th April. The closure will be from Tylers Lane snd is so that contractors on behalf of Gigaclear can install fibre optic cables. The diversion will be via Pease Hill, Broad lane and Fannys Lane of Tylers lane. Enquires should be addressed to […]
West Berks Men in the final of the Denny Plate
History was made on Saturday, 10th March when the West Berks Men bowled their way into the final of the national Denny Plate competition with a victory over Hounslow IBC. Congratulations to the team on this outstanding achievement, a first for West Berks. Following the Denny Plate format, two rinks were played at West Berks […]
Newbury Talks, Nanotechnology – Curse or Miracle
On Sunday 18 March, Dr Sophie Kain, comes to Newbury to talk about the science of Nanotechnology. In just the next 20 years, nanotech is going to touch every aspect of our lives, from the mundane to the mind boggling – cancerous cells killed one at a time, food that changes flavour to suit the […]
A guide dog has been attacked in Newbury, leaving permanent injuries
A guide dog was off the lead in Shaw Park, by the river on the east side of the A339, at 10am on Monday (5/3) when its owner heard growling and snapping by another dog. The guide dog’s owner, a 60-year-old woman who is registered blind, called it back. She found the golden Labrador had […]