The Thames Valley Kings were in action this past Saturday in a huge double-header of fixtures for the British Wheelchair Basketball national league against the Woking Blackhawks. In the Division one south game, Kings 1st team knew they couldn’t let complacency set in as the unbeaten squad went up against a Blackhawks 1st who hadn’t […]
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Kings upset promotion hunters Swansea Storm
Kings 2nd team were in action on Saturday (18th January) against Swansea Storm in Division Three Central and South West and pulled off a huge victory. Kings started badly with Storm taking an early eleven point lead 13-2 before a Kings timeout and change of strategy saw them fight back in the latter part of […]
Thatcham Town Council looking out for someone amazing
Nominations are invited from members of the public for the Thatcham Town Council Civic Awards 2020. The Awards are given to individuals or groups in recognition of the work they do for the benefit of the community of Thatcham. Each year a maximum of three Gold Awards are presented. This year the presentations will take […]
KATS Panto – Ali’s Barbers and the Fawlty Sleeves
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This year’s Fabulous February Panto from the Kennet Amateur Theatrical Society (KATS) is the home-grown Ali’s Barbers and the Fawlty Sleeves. She thinks that her future will be cutting hair and a cappella singing with her Aunt Fatima and next-door neighbour Mark, but the scheming Lady Fortunata has plans to buy up all the small […]
Consultants appointed to develop masterplan for London Road Industrial Estate
An ambitious project to redevelop an industrial estate in Newbury begins in earnest in the New Year. Regeneration of the London Road Industrial Estate is an important project which will revitalise this area of town – delivering new amenities and improving this area of the town. It is a long-held ambition of the Newbury Vision 2026 and […]
Co-op Wash Common raided a second time in a month.
6 years ago
We wake this morning (Wednesday 18th December) to the Monument Close Co-op once again have been the victim of criminal activity during the hours of yesterday evening and this morning. This is the second time within a month that the Monument Close Co-op has been broken into. The target seems to have been the cash […]
Newbury Christmas Sing-Along brings festive magic to the community
Newbury’s Market Place was filled with thousands of people Friday (13/12), all wrapped up warm for this year’s Newbury Christmas Sing-Along festive celebration. Now in its second year, the free music extravaganza organised by Greenham Trust and Visit Newbury treated the local community to a magical event. Children from local schools opened the evening with […]
Woman in her 70’s dies in Thatcham collision.
Thames Valley Police is appealing for witnesses following a fatal road traffic collision in Thatcham. At around 5pm this last night (16/12) a pedestrian and a silver BMW were involved in a collision on Henwick Lane. Sadly the pedestrian, a woman in her seventies died at the scene. Her next of kin have been informed. […]