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Newbury Weekly News

NEWBURY NEWS

Get out and enjoy the great indoors again Hospitality trade has lift-off as customers are allowed to meet up inside

‘Unbearable tragedy’

n Continued from front page “Shelley shouted: ‘Where is he?’ and I said: ‘He’s in the water.’” The inquest heard that Dy- lan had tried feeding bread to the ducks opposite Victoria Park but that they were not interested, perhaps because anglers were fishing nearby. Instead, they walked on towards the weir for Dylan’s sake. Mrs Nardini recounted how she leaped in as Dylan was swept away and was sucked down by the weir current. Mr Wade said Mrs Nardini also got sucked under and was swept through the weir. As the current swept her downstream on the other side Mrs Nardini managed to grab hold of a branch. Mr Wade said: “She says she blames herself and thinks she should have tried harder to find Dylan. “I do hope she has aban- doned that particular idea. She can’t possibly blame her- self.” Passers-by raced to Mrs Nardini’s aid, throwing a rope and bouyancy aids, while oth- ers searched the waters franti- cally for Dylan. Police soon arrived on the scene and began searching for the boy. Pc Evan Pengliss said that 50m downstream there was a branch overhanging the wa- ter, where debris had accumu- lated. He saw a flash of blue clothing and jumped in, pull- ing Dylan out and beginning resuscitation attempts. He said: “I could see he was unconscious and not breath- ing.” Soon he was joined by par- amedics who continued the attempt. Dylan was rushed to the A THATCHAM man has been sentenced for being drunk and disorderly in public. In the dock at Reading Mag- istrates’ Court on Thursday, April 29, was Joe Albert Mon- ckton. The 32-year-old, who lives in Park Avenue and who

for us. We are a relatively small business and we had our two-year anniversary in January, so we have spent as much time in lockdown as we have open. “We have tried to stay open by offering takeaways and we have tried to cater for what we thought out custom- ers would want.” The shop, which Mrs Shemar said was “foodie fo- cussed”, had started hosting monthly Supper Clubs be- fore lockdown and began of- fering a similar experience, just in takeaway form, this year in a bid to “ride out the pandemic”. Mrs Shemar, who had her second child just six months ago, added: “I know a lot of our customers locally with small babies have struggled to get out, so it’s nice to be open for young mums to have somewhere to go. “We have had lots of cus- tomers supporting us, but it has been challenging. “It’s nice to see people in the shop again and to have a little buzz about and a little sense of normality.” Indoor organised sport and exercise classes have been able to restart, while cinemas and theatres have also welcomed back visitors this week. Children’s soft play areas, bowling alleys and pool halls are among other venues finally reopening too, but nightclubs must currently remain closed.

By SARAH BOSLEY sarah.bosley@newburynews.co.uk @newburytoday

Dylan Milsom John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, but was pronounced dead. Summing up, Mr Wade de- scribed the case as “extraor- dinarily tragic” and said: “Dy- lan loved to feed the ducks, as do all small boys. “We all do what we can to encourage youngsters to en- gage with nature. “But sometimes things go wrong. Shelley turned her head for a millisecond when Dylan, in his excited state, tripped over a tuft of grass and fell into the water. “His grandmother grabbed his hair as hard as she could but couldn’t hold on to him.” She also had Toby in his pushchair to watch over, said Mr Wade. He added: “These are dan- gerous waters and Dylan was swept away. “He never resurfaced until he was found by a police of- ficer under the surface. “This was nobody’s fault. It is an unbearable tragedy. I only hope his family can, one day, forget this day and re- member the lively, attractive Dylan he was before it.” Mr Wade formally recorded a verdict of accidental death. also goes by the name of Jo- seph Green, admitted commit- ting the public order offence at The Nightingales in Newbury on Wednesday, March 31. Mr Monckton was condi- tionally discharged for 12 months and ordered to pay £85 costs, plus a victim services surcharge of £22.

WEST Berkshire’s pubs, restaurants and hotels were among those busi- nesses welcoming custom- ers back inside for the first time in five months as in- door hospitality resumed in England on Monday. This week, people have been celebrating being able to final- ly sit down for a meal and sip a cold pint in the warm with friends, after six weeks of al fresco dining in less than ideal weather. The publicans of The Mon- ument in Newbury – Neal Anderson and Amy Siddons – were all smiles as they served punters for the first time since December 16. Mr Anderson, who has been behind the bar for 13 years in September, said: “It has been great to see so many of our

Neal Anderson and Amy Siddons celebrate the re-opening of The Monument pub in Newbury Ref: 20-1421A

“It’s definitely good to be back. The customers have missed it and I know I have too.” During the past five months, Mr Anderson and Miss Sid- dons have been busy redeco- rating the outside courtyard and bringing in a selection of new gins and beers ready for reopening. Miss Siddons added: “It’s been so nice. I have had cus- tomers come in with a bou- quet of flowers and a box of chocolates. “We have really missed our friends. That’s what they are to us. They aren’t just our cus- tomers, they are our friends too. “Five months has been a long time not to see them for.” Sunita Shemar, owner of Numee – an independent fam- ily-run coffee shop in Wash Common – was also pleased to welcome customers indoors again this week. “I am feeling great and the staff are really excited,” she said. “It has been a tough year

regulars again after all this time. “People have been very un- derstanding and respectful of the rules, which has made our job a lot easier.

Man was drunk and disorderly

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It’s definitely good to be back. The customers have missed it and I know I have too

Nicky Pemberton, Becca Turner and owner Sunita Shemar outside her Numee café in Wash Common

Pcsos deal with incidents in town A MAN was arrested for carrying a knife and two women were moved on from New- bury town centre under new powers on Saturday, May 8. Pcsos stop-checked two men acting suspi- ciously in Dene Way, Newbury, one of whom was arrested for carrying a concealed kitchen knife. Two women were also given a direction to leave Newbury town centre for 24 hours, after being in a location where antisocial behaviour and criminal damage had occurred. Pcsos on the town centre neighbourhood policing team used powers under Newbury’s public space protection order to remove them from the area. The order was introduced in February to tackle street drinking and antisocial behav- iour in the town centre. If people are asked to stop their behaviour by a police officer or police community sup- port officer, they must do so. If they don’t comply, they will be commit- ting a criminal offence which could result in a fixed penalty notice of up to £100 or a fine of up to £1,000 if prosecuted.

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