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1 week ago | 
pennypost.org.uk | Brian Quinn
Our usual round-up of local news includes a consultation which could help create more stops for the X34 in the Ilsleys, an important survey about the Downlands Leisure Centre, young people urged to get involved in the discussions about the development of the Pirbright site and a hare-coursing consultation – plus Easter events, surgeries, libraries, a triathlon, flooding and the food bank. See also below for community notices and news from your local council.
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1 week ago | 
pennypost.org.uk | Brian Quinn
Most of the councils in the area we cover are single-tier with one municipal authority. The arrangements in Oxfordshire are (currently, at least) different, with a County Council which is sub-divided into six district councils, of which the Vale of White Horse is one. In these two-tier authorities, the county and district have different responsibilities. In all cases, parish and town councils provide the first and most immediately accessible tier of local government.
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1 week ago | 
pennypost.org.uk | Brian Quinn
The Parish Council team has changed slightly over the last year. Councillor Peter Smith has moved out of the village and the Clerk, Gillian Woodward, has retired. Huge thanks to them both for their dedication and hard work over the last few years. We are delighted to welcome a new councillor, Stephen Reschwamm, and new Clark, Liz James. They are both already proving to be a great asset to the team.
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1 week ago | 
pennypost.org.uk | Brian Quinn
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1 week ago | 
pennypost.org.uk | Brian Quinn
Please click on this link to see the 2025 East Garston Annual Parish Newsletter. Printed copies have also been distributed throughout the parish.
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2 weeks ago | 
pennypost.org.uk | Brian Quinn
Including great fun, a flexible neck, impervious to disasters, keep on reproducing, many outcomes, Mansa Musa, $214tn, Vlad and Dom, greatness and attention, invasions, weaponising uncertianty, a change in trust, the big society, cups and heads, crossing the line, awful April, AI scrutiny, rubbish and recycling, crazy sea lions, schools at breaking point, a hated team, dire wolves, a large ship, a corner shop, more cups than leagues, the tallest mountain and only sleeping.
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2 weeks ago | 
pennypost.org.uk | Brian Quinn
These by-elections were caused by the resignation of former West Berkshire Council (WBC) and Thatcham Town Council (TTC) Councillor Lee Dillon last month, following his election as MP for the Newbury constituency in the July 2024 general election. Five candidates are standing in the WBC by-election and four in the TTC one. We asked each group the same questions (some, though not all, are common to both). Their answers can be seen below, arranged in each case alphabetically by surname.
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2 weeks ago | 
pennypost.org.uk | Brian Quinn
These notes incorporate some but not all of the matters discussed at the HTC meeting on 7 April 2025, the agenda for which can be found here. The official minutes of the meeting will in due course be found on the HTC site. Any references below to “the meeting” refer to this event unless specified otherwise. Any such issues are not necessarily covered here in the order in which they were discussed.
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2 weeks ago | 
pennypost.org.uk | Brian Quinn
The purpose of the Town and Manor of Hungerford Charity is to manage the assets of the Town and Manor of Hungerford and Liberty of Sanden Fee, now and in the future, for the benefit of the Commoners and the inhabitants of Hungerford. The Town and Manor is managed by Trustees, eight of whom are elected for a six-year term. Elections, generally for half of the trustees, take place every three years.
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3 weeks ago | 
pennypost.org.uk | Brian Quinn
Including April fools, elusive seams, pointless and puerile, under-egging the story, breaking the habit, fact-checking day, a dramatic incident, a tea-bag protest, disruption or violence, my theory, leveraging interest, buying locally, two possible benefits, two tiers derailed, alcohol timing, social homes, no back-up, the good and the less good, another unlikely prediction, the shortest day, Nottingham Forest’s record, a world stare-out, singing lemurs, two camel facts and walking in Memphis.
