In this week's Newbury Weekly News

This week’s Newbury Weekly News includes in depth coverage on how the district has been affected, and includes several of your photographs from across West Berkshire.
Also this week, travellers are using West Berkshire Council’s current lack of a site allocation plan as leverage for planning permission.
“Bullish” agents, buoyed by a recent council humiliation at the hands of a planning inspector, are using the situation to tip scales in their favour.
In other news, two Thatcham couples had extra reason to celebrate the New Year – with the arrivals of their first babies.
Anna Skalna-Franczak and Maciej Franczak welcomed baby Arthur to the world at 4.44am, before Laura Walters and Luke Adams celebrated the birth of baby Floella at 3.51pm.
Meanwhile the Newbury Weekly News took to Northbrook Street to see what 2014 had in store for Newbury residents, in a year in which Brazil will host the World Cup, Scottish residents will have a vote on independence and the country will mark the Centenary of the First World War.
One resident predicted that the Queen would hand over her reign.
Pick up a copy of the paper to read more.
As always, there’s also a roundup of the week’s entertainment and sport, and of course this week’s £25 free fuel giveaway.
All this plus more in the Newbury Weekly News, on sale every Thursday.