THE Royal Oak, Yattendon, has been awarded the Berkshire Dining Pub of the Year accolade in The Good Pub Guide 2013. The licensee of the West Berkshire…
WEST Berkshire Mencap has been selected ahead of hundreds of other groups to lead the way in a national scheme to improve leisure services for people…
A WEST Berkshire rapist has died in prison just seven months into an 18-year sentence, the Prison Service confirmed this week. As previously reported…
POLICE are appealing for information to help them solve two attempted burglaries and a spate of criminal damage in the Bucklebury area. The first incident…
CAMPAIGNERS against a proposed Ikea store in West Berkshire have admitted defeat after an appeal against planning permission was thrown out by the government.…
YOUNG people can learn how to canoe at a new course being run in Pangbourne. The paddlepower programme is run by the British Canoe Union and encourages…
ONE of West Berkshire’s grandest country estates, Basildon Park is opening its doors free of charge this weekend. Visitors will be able to explore the…
THAMES Water say their engineers worked through the night to fix a number of water leaks in Peasemore last night. Yesterday Thames Water told NewburyToday…
THE water supply to about 350 properties in Peasemore will have to be cut so leaks in the village can be fixed, Thames Water has announced. Residents…
DESPITE a fear of heights a Newbury hairdresser marked her 50th birthday with a skydive for charity. Debbie Hutt of Equine Way, Newbury, decided to mark…
TO celebrate the first day of the Ryder Cup, Sandford Springs Golf Club, Kingsclere, is hosting a pro-am open on Friday September 28. Last year twenty…
THE course record was broken and more than £3,500 was raised for charities at this year’s Englefield 10k run on Sunday. The run, now in its third year,…
A JUDGE who spared a Thatcham man from jail after he caused the death of his sister-in-law in a car crash at a notorious junction said the 26-year-old…
THE on-going saga of West Berkshire Council’s long-term housing policy looks set to rumble on as a developer lodged a formal appeal against the council’s…
A NEWBURY firefighter is about to embark on a cycle ride to France in aid of Cancer Research after his mother died of the disease last year. Iain Whatley,…
MICROSOFT’S search engine, Bing.com, is today handing over its daily homepage to The Living Rainforest in Hampstead Norreys. The Living Rainforest was…
A ROBBER who held a knife to the throat of one of his victims and then stole a designer watch is being sought by Thames Valley Police. At about 9.30pm…
A FORMER West Berkshire teacher who was jailed earlier this year for sexually abusing a pupil has had his appeal to the conviction thrown out. Mark Standish…
DOREEN Rackham, affectionately known as the Angel of Lambourn, has had a new stand named after her at Lambourn Sports Football Club. Mrs Rackham, who…
THE sale of school sports facilities came into focus again this week after Purley Infant School was given planning permission to build on its playground.…
