Matt Benham becomes the latest signing for Thatcham Town FC. Joining the Kingfishers from Paulton Rovers, Matt can play as a centre forward or out on the wing. Previously he has featured for another Southern League side, Winchester City. Matt said, “I’m very pleased to have signed for Thatcham Town. I am hoping for a […]
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New school gets the green light in Newbury
West Berkshire Council and Newbury College have finalised an agreement whereby the Council will build a new primary school on the College campus in Newbury. The school will be sponsored by Newbury College and it is hoped that it will welcome the first intake of children at the beginning of the 2019-20 academic year. Speaking […]
Jazz and Blues on the Town
The sound of New Orleans returned to town this past weekend (14/15 July) with Visit Newbury’s free to attend Jazz and Blues Festival. Newbury, treated to over twelve hours of great music from the era which saw some of the biggest names in music develop their craft. Saturday night saw the exceptional solo and slide […]
A Night of Madness
As settings go, Englefield Park with the great house situated in the background rates as one of the best in the local area. Suggs & the Nutty boys came out onto the stage to witness a sea of fez’s & porkpie hats, as fans crowded into Englefield Park on Friday night. They kicked off the […]
Thames Valley Kings Coach Wins Development Coach of the Year Award
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 […]
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?
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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 […]