TORRENTIAL storms may have battered many parts of the district this month, but one beauty spot has remained unscathed.It has become a tradition to open…
PARISHES from across the district will benefit from £75,000 worth of improvements including new play areas, footpath improvements, and local flood defences.The…
POLICE are warning residents in Thatcham, Cold Ash, Bucklebury and Hermitage not to hand over money to two men who claim to be collecting money for Mary…
A 20-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent after a fire at a petrol station in Newbury.At around 3am on January 5, a man unsuccessfully…
ENGLAND and Northampton Saints rugby star Ben Foden put youngsters from a Newbury school through their paces as he hosted a training session last week.…
EAST Ilsley Parish Council says it does not have enough money to pay for the number 74 bus service that runs through the village. Up until now, the service…
HAMSTEAD Marshall residents have expressed concern about tree-felling at a piece of land earmarked as a potential site for a car park by the Parochial…
HE has impressed Nigella Lawson with his culinary skills, and now former Park House pupil Rajbinder Bahra has made it to the final 11 contestants on a…
KINTBURY residents will see an increase to their council tax for a third successive year after the parish council voted in favour of raising its precept…
FOUR teenage boys have been arrested in connection with a number of incidents of criminal damage to vehicles in Newbury. Between 6pm on Wednesday January…
A GOVERNMENT minister has questioned local council claims – including those by West Berkshire Council – that they have not received money intended to…
THE captain of a local golf club has had a close shave – by cutting his hair to raise more than £600 for two charities. Jon Hawkins, who turned 42 last…
FIRE crews were called to tackle a rubbish bin fire outside a derelict building in Newbury this afternoon (Sun).Crews from Newbury and Dee Road attended…
FIRE crews were called to tackle a boiler cupboard blaze in Newbury last night (Sat).Firefighters from Newbury and Dee Road attended the fire on the first…
A GOVERNMENT minister has questioned local council claims – including those by West Berkshire Council – that they have not received money intended to…
THE floods may have affected West Berkshire over the past week – but there is still plenty to do across the district today.The Roving Crows are in concert…
FORMER Newbury District Council chairman John Morgan has been jailed for five years for fleecing a pensioner with Alzheimers Disease out of £154,000.John…
Welcome to 2014, welcome to the world. Two Thatcham couples had extra reason to celebrate the new year, after having their first child on January 1.Anna…
A 14-year-old boy has been charged in connection with theft from a motor vehicle in Hermitage. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested…
EMERGENCY services were called to a four car collision on the A4 near Speen this morning (Mon).No one was hurt in the collision, which involved a black…
