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Newbury Weekly News

Thursday, November 18, 2021

NEWBURY NEWS

Time to get quizzical in aid of Parcel Fund Competition will raise funds to help give Over-80s some festive cheer

Police seek woman after assault on bus DO you recognise this woman? Police have released a CCTV

image of a woman officers would like to speak to in connection with an assault on a bus in Newbury. At around 6pm on Monday, November 8, the victim was travelling on a bus from Newbury bus station to Reading when she was attacked by a woman. The offender jumped on the victim’s head, scratching her neck, and attempted to grab her throat before screaming at her. The offender then got off the bus in Newbury and ran down the street. Investigating officer Pc Richard Tarrant, based at Newbury police station, said: “We would like to appeal to anybody who recognises the woman in this image to please get in touch as we believe she may have vital information in connection with this assault. “You can get in touch by either making a report online or by calling 101 quoting reference number 43210505810. “Alternatively, for 100 per cent anonymity, you can also call the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111.”

By JO FULKER jo.fulker@newburynews.co.uk @newburytoday

They will all be testing their brain cells to see if they can be crowned the quiz champions, have a fun evening and raise more funds for the ‘Over 80s Parcel Fund’. If you are more of a coffee person, then on Saturday, No- vember 27, from 10am to noon, come and join us for a cup of tea/coffee and a piece of home- made cake in Newbury Town Hall and meet Newbury may- or Billy Drummond. There will be a raffle and other stalls too, all to help raise more money for this year’s Parcel Fund. The lists have now been drawn up, food has been paid for and is being ordered by Sainsbury’s, which has the unenviable task of managing to order such vast quantities of mince pies, and other tasty treats that come in the parcels. Cubs are being rounded up from all over Newbury and the surrounding villages by Mo Osborne, an experienced Cub organiser, who is putting together a schedule to enable us to have helpers for the four hours that it takes to pack our

1,900 food parcels, while fol- lowing strict Covid rules. These are being packed next Sunday, November 28, togeth- er with kind volunteers from Sainsbury’s. If you would like to support our fundraising by donating through The Good Exchange your money will be doubled by Greenham Trust. Every £1 donated or raised by the public or local business- es and paid in via the fundrais- ing appeal on The Good Ex- change platform (up to £5,000) will be matched. If you would like to make a donation please go to https:// app.thegoodexchange.com/ project/19160/newbury-week- ly-news/newbury-news-over- 80s-parcel-fund 2021 If you would like to con- tribute by post, please send a cheque made payable to ‘NWN Over 80s Parcel Fund’ for the attention of Jo Fulker, to New- bury Weekly News, Newspaper House, Faraday Road, New- bury RG14 2AD. For the latest news, see the Newbury Weekly News each week until Christmas.

‘THE pleasure you all give us with our Christmas Parcel you’ll never really know.’ That is just one of the many messages of thanks the New- bury Weekly News has re- ceived every year, since we first began helping residents at Christmas at the end of the 19th century. Every year since 1897, this newspaper has been helping West Berkshire residents bring some Christmas cheer into the lives of their older neighbours, through the Over 80s’ Christmas Parcel Fund. The fund started out as the ‘Two T’s fund’, when tobac- co and tea were sent to New- bury’s oldest residents. It was set up by Frank Still- man, an NWN reporter at the time who went on to become the second editor. The Parcel Fund has changed over the years, but the aim is still the same; to en- sure all our elderly residents

are never forgotten by their local community. It is just one way of us all saying a very big thank you for all they have done during their lifetime. The fundraising for this year is now in full swing, with the Bowler’s Arms Quiz night taking place tonight (Thurs- day). And, for the first time in 20 years, we have had to turn teams away. There will be 18 teams turning up to the newly-re- furbished Bowlers Arms, En- borne Street – coming from all over West Berkshire and as far away as Reading and Basing- stoke – to battle it out.

Police are seeking this woman in connection with an assault on a bus in Newbury