THESE stunning images of a total eclipse of the sun were taken by a keen astronomer from Newbury. Philip Mann had to travel 9,000 to Cairns, Australia,…
IF you have a spare £5,000 lying around and really want to impress your family at Christmas, why not buy Newbury town’s Christmas lights? Newbury Town…
A SECOND World War pilot from Newbury, who made the headlines two years ago when he returned to the cockpit, has died. Leslie Weaver of Newtown Road,…
THE family of a Tilehurst woman who has been missing for 12 years has made an appeal to trace their loved one. Catherine Nee (pictured) was 31-years-old…
GOOD news for Newbury motorists - there will be some free parking in the town in the run-up to Christmas. In all district council car parks, plus the…
THAMES Valley Police is appealing for information after an attempted robbery at a Tesco store in West Berkshire. At about 2.30pm last Wednesday (November…
A WEST Berkshire teacher has become so attached to his new ‘charity’ moustache that he has written a song about it. During November each year, the charity…
DISTRICT schools that have converted to academies have cost West Berkshire Council £400,000, it has emerged. The authority released a report that explored…
ONE corner of West Berkshire could change beyond all recognition with Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service submitting plans for its headquarters on…
A WEST Berkshire school, infamous after staff were convicted of sexually abusing pupils, could be turned into a private home as part of an extensive residential…
WEST Berkshire councillors have blasted the council’s education department after new figures revealed that the district’s GCSE results have fallen below…
TWO Thatcham brothers have been found guilty of murdering a Newbury man in his flat earlier this year. Darren Lock (pictured right), aged 38, bled to…
PIPPA Middleton was in Bucklebury on Friday, helping raise funds for West Berkshire Mencap. Miss Middleton signed copies of her book, Celebrate: A Year…
WHERE is all the traffic going to go? That is the main concern for the residents of south Newbury, who are worried about how busy roads will cope with…
BERKSHIRE’S Poppy Appeal was launched with a spectacular flypast in front of 9,000 racegoers last Saturday. Armed Forces Day at The Racecourse Newbury,…
EIGHTY cannabis plants were seized from a property in the Wash Common area of Newbury at the weekend. The plants together with a hydroponic system were…
A WEST Berkshire man accused of murder and attempted murder said he had no part to play in a knife fight in which a Newbury man bled to death. Dean Robinson,…
VAMPIRES, head-less monsters and even Death made an appearance in Newbury’s Market Place on Sunday for this year’s Halloween Hullabaloo. The annual event…
NEWBURY’S newest supermarket will open in March next year it has been announced this week. German supermarket chain Aldi had been looking for a location…
PREPARE to be spooked by something even creepier than the Beast of West Berkshire, as Halloween Hullabaloo returns for its fourth year. The event kicks…
