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Newbury Weekly News W:286.501mm H:0.353mm ISSUEDATE_ID 2_19

Thursday, 25 January, 2018

Deals on wheels A NEWBURY drug baron went on the run after

drugs factory” and said Tarft had recruited his brother Nathan and ex-girl- friend Heather to be his drug runners. The substances Tarft had dealt in included heroin said Ms Tate. Tarft, formerly of Wash Common but who had lately been ‘sofa surfing’ with friends or living out of his van, denied two charges of possessing Class A drugs with intent to supply, possessing criminal prop- erty and possessing bladed articles without lawful excuse. He failed to turn up for his Their website states: “All flying complaints are treated seriously; while we have a responsibility to ensure that military aircrews are fully trained and prepared for operational duty, we continue to do all we can to minimise disturbance to the public.” Brown said:“The rain was horizontal. It was pretty scary. The roof was caving in, whole families were hiding in the closet. Whole rooms flooded, water was being driven by the hurri- cane under the doors. “The tiles were vibrating and I thought they were going to fly at me.” The storm killed at least 14 people on the island.

being sentenced to nine years in jail for dealing. Adrian John Tarft was tried in August for operating a ‘drug deals on wheels’ busi- ness from the back of his white Ford van. But he absconded during his own defence and a sentenc- ing hearing at Reading Crown Court was told that police have been unable to track him down. Jessica Tate, prosecuting, reminded Judge Lamb how police had caught the 37- year-old father-of-five with cocaine, ecstasy tablets, a

How the BT Telephone Exchange would look with a ‘liv ng wall’ BT to go green?

Falkland stalwart’s grand achievement FALKLAND Cricket Club veteran Wilson Carlisle reached his second milestone of the year when he played his 1,000th game for the club in a home friendly with Oxenford. He marked his 70th birthday earlier this year and since he joined Falkland after moving to Newbury from Windsor in 1972, he has scored more than 18,000 runs in his 46 seasons at the club, which have included 19 as club chairman and a 18 as founder and manager of The Bowler’s Arms club bar and restaurant. He has also spent more than 20 years looking after the club ’s pitches at Enborne Lodge. Carlisle becomes the latest in a line of Falkland players to reach that 1,000 match milestone, following Keith Dyson, Ian White, Andy Townsend and Peter Randall. Tribute to commentator ONE of the country’s best-known voices of sport, Ralph Dellor, died after succumbing to cancer at the age of 69. The sports writer, journalist and TV and radio commentator was a cricketing mentor to Berk- shire in particular, and was a director and life member of Berkshire CCC. Ralph lived at Woolhampton until 2005 and since then at Ecchinswell, and from here he conducted his career that included work with BBC Grand- stand, Match of the Day and Test Match Special. He won the Jack Fingleton Award for cricket commentator of the year in 2000, but not only did he talk about the game, he wrote about it in a number of successful books, and he also played and coached the game to a high level as an ECB- accredited coach.

would not only greatly improve the appearance of the tower, but also help improve air qual- ity at the roundabout. “It’s such a visible building in the middle of Newbury,” said Mrs Vickers. “Wherever you go, there in the middle of the skyline is that building. “So these green walls can improve the look of it but also you help with pollution. Greens and trees soak up CO2 so you’re actually cleaning up the atmosphere as well.”

THE grey, brutalist façade of the BT Telephone Exchange tower – which dominates Newbury’s skyline – could be turned into an oasis of lush greenery if the idea of one town councillor is accepted. Martha Vickers (Lib Dem, Northcroft) suggested to BT that the six-storey “ eyesore” should be cladded with a living wall. Mrs Vickers said“greening” the outside of the building

Nearby was a set of scales, deal bags, a blender, a list of debtors and bulking agents with which to adulterate the drugs in order to increase his profits. She described it as a “mobile

own defence and was convicted in absence. Hurricane horror

selection of knives and nearly £7,000 in cash.

getting ever lower. Tuesday nights are the worst, usually. It’s just so loud.” Military low flying is used to train aircrew and, according to the MoD“ it is inevitable that people living in less populated areas will see some low-flying training”. A WEST Berkshire woman survived Hurricane Irma which battered the Caribbean. Amy Brown endured howl- ing winds, blazing sun, dehy- dration and hunger. The mother-of-two was visit- ing friends in St Maarten when the category 5 storm struck the Caribbean island. The island was pummelled by 185mph winds, and Mrs

Amy Brown MOD dismisses helicopter complaints

Eagles swoop on town

THE Ministry of Defence has dismissed complaints from Hungerford residents over low-flying helicopters. Householders have spoken of being regularly woken in the early hours and Lee Taylor, who lives in Prospect Road, said: “They seem to be

they performed a variety of dramatic stunts and routines as part of a series of entertain- ment in the Newbury shop- ping centre.

SHOPPERS in Parkway were thrilled by a trio of Black Eagles. The Eagles are an acrobatic group from Tanzania, and

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