Mirek Gosney

1 week ago | newburytoday.co.uk | Mirek Gosney

A North Hampshire teacher has been recognised as one the country’s top educators in this year's Pearson National Teaching Awards. Carina Bone, a science teacher at Horris Hill School, was chosen from thousands of nominees for the Silver Award for Teacher of the Year in a Secondary School. She will now be in with the chance of winning the Gold Award at an awards ceremony in London later this year.

1 week ago | newburytoday.co.uk | Mirek Gosney

Pre-school managers have reacted to the government’s £37m drive to create up to 6,000 new places in school-based nurseries. The first round of funding will see 300 new or expanded school-based nurseries run out of existing schools from September, most concentrated in the North and Midlands. The scheme is expected to save thousands of pounds in childcare and make drop-off and pick-ups easier for families with multiple children.

1 week ago | newburytoday.co.uk | Mirek Gosney

An NHS leader has returned to Thatcham to visit the hospital his late father founded. Chris Hopson, chief strategy officer for NHS England, visited West Berkshire Community Hospital on June 6, where his father David Hopson was one of four founding trustees. He died just three years before the hospital officially opened in 2004. Chris toured the Minor Injuries Unit, Radiology Department, several inpatient wards and the Therapy Garden, where a memorial plaque is installed in his father’s memory.

1 week ago | newburytoday.co.uk | Mirek Gosney

A funeral service for one of the last survivors of the D-Day Landings was held near Swindon today (Tuesday). Normandy veteran Cecil Newton, who died aged 101 on May 1, has been honoured with a moving tribute from his family and friends at North Wiltshire Crematorium. Cecil is widely remembered for his service as a gunner loader in a tank regiment during the Second World War, in which he lost half his comrades and older brother.

1 week ago | newburytoday.co.uk | Mirek Gosney

Pupils from six primary schools have taken part in an annual Potato Harvesting Challenge at Newbury Showground. Pupils rocked up with their heavy sacks, ready to hunt through the compost for the potatoes they planted in March, taking care not to miss even the smallest.