Newbury Weekly News - 2021-02-04

• Firefighte­rs battle roof blaze at £1.9m house
• Six Covid marshals to monitor behaviour
• Council tax set to increase by 1.99 per cent
• Council proposing a weekly food waste collection service
• Newbury churches hold candle vigil as UK’s Covid deaths pass 100,000
• Coronaviru­s testing sites for key workers
• Remember to collect your vaccinatio­n card
• Who deserves a treat?
• St Gabriel’s to become fully co-ed from 2026
• It’s all change on housing register
• Anger at ‘buck-passing’ over blocked drains flooding street
• ‘Eyesore building is a threat to pedestrian­s’
• Sarah is new deputy leader of Newbury Town Council
• Tributes paid to iJohn Hampson, ‘one of a kind’
• Security concerns over apartment blocks site
• Pub submits plan to safeguard its future
• Pupils mark Holocaust Memorial Day
• Go-ahead for 11-home Bradfield Southend plan
• Interim ban for Thatcham driver awaiting sentencing
• ‘Children and young people need more help’
• Schools are set to get up to speed
• Pupils get lesson in Positivitr­ee
• Society meetings on hold until September
• Small changes can make a big impact
• Things do not smell right at WBC… again
• It’s a welcome start, but a long way still to go
• Council tried to curry favour with developer
• Imagine we had Gavin as MP instead of Laura
• Feels like we’re fighting a losing battle on waste
• Parked cars are a bigger issue than cycle lanes
• TOPIC OF THE MONTH – COSMIC RAYS
• Both speculatio­n and reason have their place
• Bewley Homes should honour its commitment­s
• Viewings go ahead amid housing row
• Zia gets in tune to help children cope with the lockdown
• Judge considerin­g prison option for stables man who broke victim’s nose
• Surge in Covid cases could be temporary
• Getting otter in the winter
• Police hit back at ‘inadequate’ claims
• ‘Don’t name new roads after tanks’
• Progressiv­e Technology offers ‘premium levels of training’
• 2,500 new homes would be ‘devastatin­g’ for Thatcham
• Bucklebury villagers vow to fight proposals
• Council leader: Scheme is completely implausibl­e
• ‘We won’t get our fingers burned again’
• Lockdown challenge for new headteache­r
• Hi-tech Pathway for Elstree pupils
• Estate team raises cash for BIBS
• Objectors rally against Highclere homes plan
• Developer to appeal over retirement flats
• Invictus Games athlete delivers inspiratio­nal talk
• Council tax rise to boost police
• Civil War inspired arts competitio­n
• Water, water everywhere as Thames bursts its banks
• £500 buys some more time to talk
• Help count the stars to get the bigger picture of light pollution
• New arrangemen­ts not fit for purpose
• Birdsong brightens up the coldest of days
• Day girl experience at Downe House
• Dean is imprisoned for opposition to apartheid
• Join the Cecilia singathon
• Fun, facts and feelings
• If non-fiction’s your bag... try these
• Hot off the press: Everything you’ve never heard about becoming an actor
• ACE has an eye for a winner
• No great find
• Electric cars to get excited about
• Apprentice­ships in computer sciences
• Plan an exit strategy
• Thatcham unlikely to continue campaign
• January and the transfer window finally end
• Sport down the years
• Robinson: “We have to be prepared”
• Town in favour of finishing season
• Santini returns for Cotswold Chase

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