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Newbury Town Council is once again calling for green-thumbed residents to join them in creating a new natural space for the town.

Newbury Town Council have paid tribute to a former town mace-bearer who recently passed away.

QUESTIONS around the viability and purpose of a former football pitch site in the centre of Newbury once again dominate West Berkshire Council’s…

This year marks some big anniversaries in the world of groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin: 50 years for The Tombs of

Have your say on NHS commemorative garden for Old Hospital Green Garden would home medicinal plants Jonathan Ashby  ); VIEWS are being sought on plans to plant an NHS commemorative garden at Old Hospital Green along Andover Road, Newbury. The green space, which is home to the Binary Conversation sculpture, a pair of steel faces designed by artist Joseph Hillier, has been chosen by Newbury Town Council’s green spaces working group for the new initiative. Herbs, shrubs and plants known for the...

Newbury Town Council supports study into Universal Basic Income Support for ‘game changer‘ scheme for people struggling below poverty line Jonathan Ashby NEWBURY Town Council has approved a motion supporting a study into Universal Basic Income (UBI). In a full council meeting on Monday, February 1, councillor Steve Masters (Green, Speenhamland) put forward a motion requesting that the town council “supports, in principle, a UBI and calls on our MP Laura Farris and the Government to provid...

Newbury Town Council objects to converting Faraday Road into open recreational space “Sport is clearly a much better use of the ground rather than general recreation" Jonathan Ashby  ); NEWBURY Town Council has objected to plans to convert the disused Faraday Road football ground into a public recreational space. Conservative-run West Berkshire Council (WBC) wants to convert the ground – which has stood empty since Newbury Football Club was evicted in July 2018 – into an open space, whil...