West Berkshire Council launches kerbside recycling for plastic tubes
Plastic tubes can now be recycled from home as part of regular collections, writes Kat Byrne. West Berkshire…
Samba the missing capybara spotted in Newbury
It seems Samba, Marwell Zoo’s missing capybara, has been spotted in Newbury… and is getting very involved in…
Newbury MP calls for changes to Thames Water as illegal sewage is ‘nothing short of an environmental disaster’
Newbury MP Lee Dillon has called for Thames Water to be placed into ‘special administration’ after ‘repeated failures’…
Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust defends timing of Greenham Common gorse clearance work
A wildlife charity has said gorse clearance work on Greenham and Crookham Common is taking into account the…
Four inheritance estates in West Berkshire are unclaimed
Unclaimed inheritance is understood to be sitting in more than 60 estates in Berkshire – according to recent…
Concerned dad calling for Government inquiry into children’s mental health services says families are ‘waiting on the unknown’ for children’s mental health treatment
A father has reached 30,000 signatures on his petition calling for an inquiry into national mental health services…
Tilehurst man’s fight to get old tree chopped down
The government planning inspector will now decide if a century old pine tree should get chopped down. Tilehurst…
Eye of newt. Wing of bat. And a healthy sprinkling of whorl snails. How nature’s planning mix potion has stopped developments
Along with rare bats and certain types of newts, another small but, shall we say, influential creature has…
Mental health issues top reasons for sick days, as new figures show short term sick leave has gone up at West Berkshire Council
Sickness absence has gone up by an average of three days per year to around 10 days per…
All you need to know about food waste changes in Basingstoke and Deane
Residents in Basingstoke and Deane will be able to recycle more with new weekly food waste collections from…