HUNGERFORD boss Bobby Wilkinson has announced the signing of former Republic of Ireland international Alan O’Brien. The 27-year-old, who has played five…
MEAT cleavers were stolen during a theft in Ashampstead at the weekend, Thames Valley Police have said. Between 12am and 3am on Saturday, offenders trespassed…
AFTER last week’s A-level results, today (Thursday) the wait is over for West Berkshire pupils receiving their GCSE grades. This morning thousands of…
THAMES Valley Police and the Environment Agency are urging members of the public to ‘think before they swim’ as the school holidays get into full swing.…
THAMES Valley Police is appealing for witnesses after a theft and suspicious behaviour in Chapel Row, near Bucklebury. Between 10.15am and 11.30am on…
IN the battle of the birds at Waterside Park on Saturday, the Crows of Royston saw off the Kingfishers of Thatcham 2-0. It was the first ever meeting…
NEWBURY Racecourse says a record crowd watched pop princess Jessie J in the sunshine yesterday (Saturday). A capacity crowd of 29,000 watched the multi-million…
A WASH Common couple got the unique opportunity to hold an Olympic 2012 medal last week. Howard and Maria Grace of Lewis Walk, Wash Common, hosted friend…
BRIT Award winner and multi-million record selling solo artist Jessie J will bring the curtain down at today’s (Saturday) Party in the Paddock at Newbury…
A LITTLE Bedwyn man has admitted his terror ahead of a 440km bike ride over the French Alps to raise money for a hydrotherapy pool for wounded military…
COMMUTERS in West Berkshire could be hit with a 6.2 per cent increase in rail fares next year, with season tickets from Newbury and Hungerford to London…
THE anxious wait is over for more than 1,000 West Berkshire pupils who will be picking up their A-level results today (Thursday). A total of 1,096 year…
A MAJOR new £1m sewer system in Tilehurst is set to be completed at the end of the month after eight months of work. Employees from Thames Water and contractors,…
NEWBURY’S mayor played his first game of football in two decades to raise money for this year’s mayor’s charity. Arthur Johnson, who has been a Liberal…
BURGHFIELD Bowls Club has secured a lottery grant to fund the construction of their new home after it was asked to leave its current premises. The West…
A NEWBURY shopkeeper has denied selling vodka disguised in water bottles to a woman who later died after consuming 5.8 times the drink-drive alcohol limit,…
THREE years ago Chris Mears was given a five per cent chance of surviving life threatening surgery, but on Tuesday the West Berkshire diver was smashing…
A NEWBURY company’s new £13.2m headquarters has been nominated for two major construction awards. Global medical device firm Stryker UK has turned a once…
CONTROVERSIAL plans for a retail and leisure centre in Burghfield have hit a stumbling block due to confusion over ownership of the land. T A Saunders…
TODAY (Saturday) marks the 40th anniversary of the expulsion of the South Asian community from Uganda during which many refugees came to Greenham air…
