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Environment Agency advises stay out of water at Thatcham lakes
EXPERTS have warned the public to avoid the water at a Thatcham beauty spot. As previously reported by the Newbury Weekly News, fish were seen floating in the lake around the popular Nature Discovery...
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Environment Agency investigation ongoing into Thatcham pollution leak
AN investigation into a “significant pollution incident” which killed hundreds of fish in Thatcham is ongoing. A Thames Water sewer pipe burst near Moor Ditch, a tributary of the River Kennet, last...
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Money pledged for final round of Thatcham flood defences
A £30,000 pledge has been made to help “finish the job” of protecting Thatcham from a repeat of the devastating floods of 2007. The Thatcham Flood Forum is seeking funding to complete a ring of...
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British Garden Centres acquire former Thatcham Wyevale site
A THATCHAM garden centre is to be given a new lease of life. British Garden Centres (BGC) has acquired the former Wyevale centre, taking the group to 58 centres, and is recruiting ahead of a possible...
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ITV News presenter Sangeeta Bhabra becomes patron of Thatcham-based...
ITV news presenter Sangeeta Bhabra has become a patron of Thatcham charity Swings & Smiles. Alongside presenting ITV News Meridian South, Mrs Bhabra is also a carer for her brother. She spoke at a...
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Funding pledge to support Thatcham Library for another year
FUNDING to keep Thatcham Library has been agreed for another year, provided that improvements are made to the building. Town councillors agreed to pay West Berkshire Council the sum, which amounts to...
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Pupil tests positive for Covid-19 at Kennet School Thatcham
A small number of children at Kennet School have gone into self isolation after a pupil tested positive for coronavirus. Twenty pupils at the Thatcham secondary school have gone into self isolation...
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Friends from Thatcham and Cold Ash walking 70km for Railway Children charity
FRIENDS from Thatcham and Cold Ash are to trek more than 40 miles in three days to support children on the streets. Laura Swiatek and Rowanne Dyson will walk 43.4 miles (70km) from Swindon to...
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Thames Valley Kings rally for club and Breast Cancer Now
PLAYERS of a sports club founded by a Thatcham woman have rallied to pay back her years of dedication to the community. Members of the Thames Valley Kings wheelchair basketball club raised funds for...
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Reading Magistrates Court: Thatcham man convicted of assaulting woman
A THATCHAM man who denied attacking a woman was convicted of the offence and made subject to a restraining order. Cory Steven Futcher pleaded not guilty to assaulting Emily Matcham by beating her in...
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Reading Magistrates Court: Thatcham teenager banned from driving after...
A teenager who took a vehicle without permission fled after crashing it. To make matters worse, the 19-year-old had no valid licence or insurance, Reading magistrates heard on Friday, September 4. In...
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Thatcham school’s Covid health tests feed into national study
A THATCHAM school has played its part in helping to prepare for children returning to schools across the country. As previously reported in the Newbury Weekly News, Thatcham Park Primary School was...
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Petition launched to save Thatcham's ancient woodland
A petition has been launched calling for greater powers to protect “precious” woodland in Thatcham from being lost. As reported in last week’s Newbury Weekly News, The Plantation – bordering Floral...
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Boys arrested in connection with sexual assault at Thatcham skatepark
Two teenagers have been arrested following a sexual assault in Thatcham. A teenage girl had her hair pulled back and was touched inappropriately by two boys, who also made sexual comments towards her....
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Preservation order placed on Thatcham woodland
MEASURES to protect treasured woodland in Thatcham, backed by a groundswell of public support, have been put in place. A woodland Tree Preservation Order (TPO) has been placed on the Plantation,...
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Thatcham Court Bupa Care Home asks for cards to celebrate 100th birthday
CARERS at Thatcham Court Bupa Care Home have asked the community to send 100 cards for a resident’s centenary birthday next week. Peter Browne turns 100 on October 10, when carers at the Chapel Street...
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Roadworks on the A4 between Thatcham and Woolhampton start next week
Three weeks of overnight roadworks on the A4 between Thatcham and Woolhampton start on Monday. The roadworks will be carried out from the West Berkshire Crematorium roundabout at Colthrop to the...
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Councillors say Thatcham Orcas need to be made safer for cyclists and drivers
COUNCILLORS have called for cycle safety Orcas to be improved or removed altogether. West Berkshire Council installed the Orcas in July under Government coronavirus guidance, to promote alternative...
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Kennet School staff member embarking on Lake District charity challenge
A THATCHAM woman will be going out of her comfort zone to raise money for Kennet School. April Goddard will scramble up 757m-high fell Ill Bell in the Lake District, and take the plunge, jump and...
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New Slimming World group launched in Thatcham off back of triathlon success
A NEW weight loss group started in Thatcham last week off the back of members completing a charity triathlon in lockdown. Slimming World consultant Emily Watson Stubbs, from Upper Bucklebury, held the...
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