Newbury, UK, 20 November 2017. West Berkshire Council and Greenham Trust have both allocated £200,000 of funding to establish a new £400,000 Community Solutions Fund which is now available to Parish and Town Councils and local community groups. The primary objective of the Fund is to provide start-up funding to help community based projects become […]
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New sponsors for Newbury’s flagship 10km running race have been announced for 2018.
The 10km event, formerly sponsored by Bayer, is now to be supported by Newbury-based IT services provider Roc Technologies, in association with not-for-profit, on-line charity matching platform The Good Exchange, and will be known as the Roc Newbury 10k supported by The Good Exchange. The race will take place on Sunday, May 27, and will […]
Green light given to A4 cycle improvements
The first stage of a project to improve cycle and pedestrian routes between Newbury and Reading has been given the go-ahead today (Wednesday 15 November). The £1.1m scheme aims to make it safer and more enjoyable for cyclists to travel between the two towns. The first phase will see £350,000 spent on improving the stretch […]
Celebrate The Magic of Christmas at Hillier Garden Centre
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This Christmas, Hillier Garden Centre Newbury will be celebrating The Magic of Christmas, with locals being given the opportunity to take part in a variety of workshops to brush up on their festive skills. From Monday 4th to Friday 8th December, the centre will be running two wreath workshops per day (at 10am and 4pm). […]
15 hours more funded childcare for parents of 3 and 4 year olds
Childcare can be a costly but essential component to enabling parents to work. Working parents of 3 and 4 year olds can now receive up to 30 hours of Government funded childcare for 38 weeks a year or 1140 hours to be used flexibly across the year. This means that parents already benefitting from the […]
Kings pick up their first win of 2017/18 Season against West Coast Warriors
Kings pick up their first win of the season this past Saturday in British Wheelchair Basketball National League Division 3 South West against a gutsy West Coast Warriors team 49-30. Starting strong and winning tip-off Reece Barker was straight to the basket scoring the opening 2 points for Kings. A solid performance continued from the […]
Pitch to the Panel shortlist face the dragons and have won a share of a £100,000 prize fund.
Six local charitable organisations from across West Berkshire entered Greenham Trust’s ‘Pitch to the Panel’ event in a bid to win a share of the grant funding. After rigorous shortlisting, the six finalists took to the stage to pitch for a share of the £100,000 prize fund at the Corn Exchange finale on Thursday 9 […]
Hobson confident Dame Rose will deliver as Jump racing returns to Newbury Racing tomorrow
Newbury’s new Jump season gets underway tomorrow, Thursday, November 9, with a seven-race card headlined by a fascinating renewal of the £20,000 CSP Mares’ Novices’ Hurdle (2.10pm, seven runners) over an extended two miles. Gloucestershire trainer Richard Hobson saddles one of his stable stars in Dame Rose (Danny Cook), who proved herself on a big […]
West Berkshire Council refuses planning application for 2,000 home Sandleford development
West Berkshire Council has today (Wednesday 8 November) refused a planning application for development of up to 2,000 homes at Sandleford Farm to the south of Newbury. Bloor Homes and Sandleford Farm Partnership had submitted a planning application for the area with plans for up to 2,000 houses as well as retail and business space. […]
Present Perfect: An Artisan Christmas Market 11 November- 22 December.
West Berkshire Museum is delighted to host ‘Present Perfect’, an exhibition which brings together local crafters and artists to celebrate Christmas. This is the ideal place for those looking for unique, distinctive gifts of the highest quality in design and making to start their Christmas shopping. A wide range of Artisans accredited under the Open […]