THE Chief Executive of Newbury Town Council has resigned. Late this afternoon (Mon), the town council issued a statement which read: "It is with regret…
ADULT social care and the demand for affordable housing are two of the biggest challenges facing West Berkshire Council, according to a recent review.…
BACK in 1964, as an 18-year-old enthusiast, he helped to start a motorcycle club that grew in popularity across West Berkshire. Now, although by his own…
[caption id="attachment_103503" align="alignright" width="345"] Wash Common resident Dave Browne (middle) at the Hackney Picturehouse. On the right is…
A NEWBURY man was caught drink driving after a fight with a friend, Newbury magistrates heard. Clare Barclay, prosecuting, said that officers caught up…
THE popular BBC political debate programme Question Time will be broadcast from St Bartholomew’s School in Newbury this evening (Thursday). Among the…
IN this week’s Newbury Weekly News, a Hungerford man has spoken of his worries about his west African family, in the face of the mounting Ebola crisis…
FAULTY traffic lights at junction 13 of the M4 have now been fixed, the Highways Agency confirmed shortly after 4pm today (Wednesday), following three…
MOTORISTS are experiencing travel chaos for the third time this week due to a problem with the traffic lights on the M4 at junction 13 (Chieveley). Yesterday,…
MOTORISTS are being warned to expect delays on the M4 at Chieveley until at least this evening, when emergency repair works to fix faulty traffic lights…
MOTORISTS are experiencing severe delays to their journeys this morning - which is reportedly being caused by a problem with the synching of the traffic…
A MAN ejected from a Newbury nightspot was so drunk he couldn’t remember his own name, town magistrates heard. Clare Barclay, prosecuting, said that 21-year-old…
PLANS for a Newbury pub with no music, no lager, no jukeboxes, no fruit machines and no gastropub food have been given the go-ahead. Ian Batho, the former…
A NEWBURY man who had no licence or insurance was almost double the legal drink drive limit when stopped by police, magistrates heard. Clare Barclay,…
THE beauty of Bagnor is shown in the first of this week’s My Newbury photos and was snapped by Greenham resident Clare Fowley. It was taken from close…
GOING, going, gone. The former Stryker headquarters on Hambridge Road were demolished last week.Stryker, the global leaders in medical technology that…
A HOMELESS man spotted with a knife in the Parkway shopping centre in Newbury was simply using it to make sandwiches, magistrates heard on Thursday September…
TESCO Extra in Newbury is set to get a new nine bay hand car wash and valeting area. The proposals have been put in by Waves Cosultancy, a privately owned…
THE Blackbird pub in Bagnor is being advertised to let. The pub, which is situated near The Watermill Theatre and which is still trading, has a dining…
BUCKLEBURY will be holding its sixth annual beer festival on Saturday October 4. The popular event will take place at the Bucklebury Village Recreation…
