The Newbury Weekly News is an award-winning English

England

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 local weekly newspaper, covering Newbury

Newbury, Berkshire

Newbury is a civil parish and the principal town in the west of the county of Berkshire in England. It is situated on the River Kennet and the Kennet and Avon Canal, and has a town centre containing many 17th century buildings. Newbury is best known for its racecourse and the adjoining former USAF...

 and West Berkshire

West Berkshire

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. The paper's website is known as Newbury Today. It is published by the Newbury Weekly News Group.

History

The newspaper was first published in 1867 by Walter Blacket and Thomas Wheildon Turner. It has been independently and family-owned since its establishment, with Blacket Turner & Co being formed in the 1980s.

Circulation

The newspaper's catchment covers an area of 300 mi2 and a population of around 150,000. In the company's certificate of circulation (published in February 2010 by the Audit Bureau of Circulations), the average circulation per issue was 20,405 – 100% of which was through newstrade, single copy and subscription sales.

Awards

In 2006, the newspaper won The Newspaper Society's Best Paid-For Weekly Newspaper award. The newspaper's website was voted Best Website Produced by a Weekly Newspaper. In 2007, Newbury Today was named the Picture Editors' Newspaper Website of the Year, an award it shared with The Sun

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