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AUGUST Bill rescues hot dog
16 Thursday, 21 January, 2021
Newbury Weekly News
Sparkling success THE Winding Wood Vineyard won a prestigious national award. The vineyard, at Orpenham Farm, Winding Wood, near Hungerford, is in its sixth year of production. The ‘boutique’ vineyard is the project of business partners Christopher Cooke and Robert Louth, who describe it as“a labour of love”. Mr Cooke said: “We’ve won a gold medal in the WineGB awards with our 2016 vintage of sparkling wine– only our second release of wine.” The judges included well- known wine writer and broadcaster Oz Clarke. were not sure what to do. Mrs Heaver, who lives in Penwood, said:“Eddie saw the HORRIFIED shoppers at Newbury Retail Park watched helplessly as a dog locked inside a car panted for breath, while temperatures outside soared to 34ºC. The desperate animal was saved by quick-thinking Bill Mor is, who smashed his way into the front passenger window using the blunt end of an axe. “I smashed the car window to rescue that dog – and I’d do it again,” said Mr Morris after a video of him breaking into the VW Golf went viral on social media. The drama unfolded when Samantha and Eddie Heaver spotted the dog in the car parked next to theirs, outside Currys PC World. They were concerned for its welfare, but
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hoped to start a zebra breeding programme. Head curator Andrew Nicholls said:“ We have been waiting for the zebra for some time– the entire animal team are chuffed to bits that they are finally here.” had the doctor’s surgery, but I hadn’t got my phone with me. Apparently tests had shown I’d had a heart attack and I didn’t know it. “People have been so kind; I’ve been brought flowers, fruit and chocolates, and everybody still smiles when I wave.” Not even a heart attack stopped her. She said:“ One day my daughter was trying to contact me and so
A PAIR of zebra were welcomed by Beale Wildlife Park into its ever-growing collection of exotic animals . Zena and Kelsie were released into the West Berkshire deer park and the park announced that it NEWBURY MP Laura Farris nominated Kathleen Watson for a Community Champion award. Mrs Watson became some- thing of a local celebrity and appeared on television as she spread a little happi- ness to passing motorists. She said:“I’ve made lots of friends – I wouldn’t leave them now.”
Well played Watermill THE Watermill staged a new socially- distanced Sherlock Holmes spoof, written, rehearsed and on stage in two weeks after relaxation of Government restrictions – the first in the country to do so. “What a delight to be able to return to The Watermill theatre following months of lockdown. The auditorium is of course closed, so the performance is taking place in the beautiful gardens – and what a wonderful setting,” said the N2 review. The audience were seated at 20 tables, each within a socially-distanced bubble in the form of a white-painted rectangle. “What a treat we had in store. Based on Arthur Conan Doyle’s The Hound of the Baskervilles and devised by the company, this spoof ‘coronavirus edition’ was a huge comedy caper and tremendous fun. The perfect antidote to the coronavirus blues.”
dog and could hear it panting. The window was open maybe an inch, but it was a boiling hot day.” Mr Morris overheard Mr and Mrs Heaver talking and went over to see what the problem was.
He said:“I own a business that supplies equipment to woodland estates and I also manage an estate, so I have some of the items heavily padlocked in my car. The owner of the vehicle returned and was given advice.”
Park welcomes zebra
Crowds flock to market
ensure social distancing. Organiser Sally Fenwick said the market had exceeded her wildest expectations. She said: “It was everything we ever thought a village market should be. We had an app to check capacity and we clicked over 650 people.”
WOOLTON Hill returned to a semblance of normality as the village held its first market in several months. Hundreds of residents from the village and surrounding areas turned out as the market moved outdoors in the grounds of Woolton Hill Junior School to keep customers safe and
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