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Schools and parents asked for views on term-time child care in West Berks

03 November 2024
Schools and parents asked for views on term-time child care in West Berks

Schools and parents asked for views on term-time child care in West Berks

03 November 2024

Term-time child care for primary school-aged children in West Berkshire has been given £450,000 funding from the Government.


Cost of council care homes in West Berkshire sees move to private sector

01 November 2024
Cost of council care homes in West Berkshire sees move to private sector

Cost of council care homes in West Berkshire sees move to private sector

01 November 2024

Private providers are set to take over care provision at two West Berkshire Council-owned care homes in a cost saving exercise.


MPs broadly support new budget

31 October 2024
MPs broadly support new budget

MPs broadly support new budget

31 October 2024

West Berkshire’s MPs have been giving their reaction to the budget.


Council welcomes budget – but says it has a £7.2m shortfall

31 October 2024
Council welcomes budget – but says it has a £7.2m shortfall

Council welcomes budget – but says it has a £7.2m shortfall

31 October 2024

West Berkshire Council has welcomed the increased funding for schools and social care in the budget announced on Wednesday.


Anglers pressure Thames Water for Pang clean up

31 October 2024
Anglers pressure Thames Water for Pang clean up

Anglers pressure Thames Water for Pang clean up

31 October 2024

Anglers in West Berkshire are keeping up the pressure on Thames Water to clean up the River Pang


Children’s mental health issues increase in West Berkshire

31 October 2024
Children’s mental health issues increase in West Berkshire

Children’s mental health issues increase in West Berkshire

31 October 2024

Children’s mental health referrals have hit a five-year-high at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.


All the pubs we’ve loved and lost, as more are to become homes

28 October 2024
All the pubs we’ve loved and lost, as more are to become homes

All the pubs we’ve loved and lost, as more are to become homes

28 October 2024

Another West Berkshire pub has closed - and will be turned into houses

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Dillon gets seat on government housing committee

25 October 2024
Dillon gets seat on government housing committee

Dillon gets seat on government housing committee

25 October 2024

Lee Dillon, MP for Newbury, has been elected to the Housing, Communities & Local Government Select Committee.


Fury at traveller pitches plans

23 October 2024
Fury at traveller pitches plans

Fury at traveller pitches plans

23 October 2024

Sixty-two objections have been lodged over retrospective planning permission to change a paddock to a site with five gypsy and traveller pitches.

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Floods could be as bad as 2014, residents warned

22 October 2024
Floods could be as bad as 2014, residents warned

Floods could be as bad as 2014, residents warned

22 October 2024

West Berkshire has been warned to prepare for flooding as bad as 2014 this winter.

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Thames Water says it ‘hasn’t forgotten’ sewage-hit Stanford Dingley

21 October 2024
Thames Water says it ‘hasn’t forgotten’ sewage-hit Stanford Dingley

Thames Water says it ‘hasn’t forgotten’ sewage-hit Stanford Dingley

21 October 2024

Thames Water has told residents of sewage-hit Stanford Dingley it ‘would rather pollute than internally flood properties‘.

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Council ‘struggling to keep the lights on’

21 October 2024
Council ‘struggling to keep the lights on’

Council ‘struggling to keep the lights on’

21 October 2024

West Berkshire Council says it is ‘struggling to keep the lights on’ as further budget pressures hit the cash strapped authority.


Thames Water answers for sewage leaks - with plans for £320m investment in West Berks sewage

17 October 2024
Thames Water answers for sewage leaks - with plans for £320m investment in West Berks sewage

Thames Water answers for sewage leaks - with plans for £320m investment in West Berks sewage

17 October 2024

Thames Water has outlined how much - and what else - it needs to do in West Berkshire.


Preparations for freezing winter underway in West Berkshire

16 October 2024
Preparations for freezing winter underway in West Berkshire

Preparations for freezing winter underway in West Berkshire

16 October 2024

Winter is coming - so West Berkshire Council is filling its road salting bins up.


Council boss resigns

08 October 2024
Council boss resigns

Council boss resigns

08 October 2024

West Berkshire Council’s CEO has stepped down.


Cannabis smoke, bamboo plants and children playing ball – are they a nuisance?

07 October 2024
Cannabis smoke, bamboo plants and children playing ball – are they a nuisance?

Cannabis smoke, bamboo plants and children playing ball – are they a nuisance?

07 October 2024

Cannabis smoke, bamboo plants and children playing ball in the street are among requests made for official nuisance complaints to be investigated.


More EV charge points brought online in Newbury

05 October 2024
More EV charge points brought online in Newbury

More EV charge points brought online in Newbury

05 October 2024

New electric vehicle (EV) charge points have been installed at the Kennet Shopping centre multi-storey car park in Newbury.

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Can kicked down the road in Kennet Shopping centre redevelopment decision

04 October 2024
Can kicked down the road in Kennet Shopping centre redevelopment decision

Can kicked down the road in Kennet Shopping centre redevelopment decision

04 October 2024

The can has been kicked down the road on the decision on whether Newbury town centre gets redeveloped.


Berkshire has ‘wettest September on record’ – Met Office

03 October 2024
Berkshire has ‘wettest September on record’ – Met Office

Berkshire has ‘wettest September on record’ – Met Office

03 October 2024

Two flood alerts are in place across the district, as the Met Office confirms September was the wettest on record for the county.


79 households per month approach council in dire need

02 October 2024
79 households per month approach council in dire need

79 households per month approach council in dire need

02 October 2024

Nearly half a million pounds more than budgeted will be spent on housing in the district.


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