DRIVERS ignoring diversion road signs through Bishops Green are continuing to risk head-on collisions by driving the wrong way along a one-way system.…
A FRUIT cake scooped a glittering trophy for the Ashmansworth man who opened the recent Ashmansworth and District Flower Show and Fete. The show was opened…
THE CAUSE of a grass fire in the Greenham area of Newbury this morning (Tues) was under a joint investigation by police and the fire service. Royal Berkshire…
AN EXIT at Kennet Shopping car park was closed for repairs yesterday (Monday) afternoon, after a car collided with an exit barrier and a wall. Thames…
A TADLEY meeting to gauge public opinion over the closure of the town’s police station and relocation of officers within the community, is to be held…
READING firefighters tackled a van fire on the M4 turn off at Calcot this morning (Mon). Spokeswoman for the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service (RBFRS)…
NEWBURY firefighters extinguished a loft fire at a Speen bungalow during the early hours of this morning (Saturday). Crew manager of Blue Watch at Newbury…
THE ‘CLOSED’ signs have once again gone up at a Kingsclere pub after the landlords vacated the premises. Pub owners, Enterprise Inns, confirmed that the…
NEWBURY and Kintbury firefighters were called to a fire at a Thatcham flat yesterday (Tues) afternoon. Spokeswoman for the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue…
NEWBURY firefighters helped police herd a flock of sheep off the M4 between Newbury and Reading yesterday evening (Tues). Spokeswoman for the Royal Berkshire…
A WOULD-BE robber in Tadley was fought off by a plucky young woman last Friday morning (Jul 26), as he tried to snatch her handbag. According to Hampshire…
FIREFIGHTERS from three local stations prevented a barn fire spreading to the thatched roof of a pub in Marsh Benham during the early hours of this morning…
POLICE have appealed for information, after a woman was racially abused near a play park in Tadley last Wednesday evening (Jul 24), whilst out with her…
THE ROAD (turn-off) from the A339 leading to the bridge just before Bishops Green was set to be closed from today (Monday July 29), for up to 14 weeks,…
NEWBURY town centre shoppers could win a prize today (Saturday) in a ‘spin the clock’ competition run by the Newbury branch of the Samaritans. Volunteers…
DOGS and their owners had a tail-waggingly good day out at the Dog’s Trust Newbury’s open day last Sunday (Jul 21), which raised £5,200 for the trust.…
A CHARITY music festival in a Baughurst garden on Saturday, which sold out in days, has raised £3,000. Some 300 tickets were sold for Nashfest, which…
A ‘JAWS’ event has boosted funds for a Kingsclere charity set up in memory of a little boy from the village. Louise Adams, aged 17, of Thatcham, recently…
WEST Berkshire basked in extreme heat again this week, boosting some local businesses but stretching emergency services. Thatcham weather watcher Richard…
NEWBURY firefighters prevented the spread of a Speen fire in parkland this afternoon, (Thursday) a suspected arson, in tinderbox conditions, following…
