THE NORTH West Hampshire MP has been made a Companion of Honour for his service to politics. Sir George Young, who lives in Penton Mewsey, near Andover,…
Update: By 6pm, the incident was cleared and the road re-opened THE A339 near Kingsclere – a main route between Newbury and Basingstoke – will…
THE A339 near Kingsclere - a main route between Newbury and Basingstoke - remains closed for several hours, after a lorry overturned this morning (Friday).…
THE A339 near Kingsclere is partially blocked in both directions near the Star pub, because of an overturned lorry. Police, fire and ambulance services…
THE death of a man following a suspected hazardous materials accident was caused by a heart attack, put down to natural causes, it has been confirmed.…
TADLEY town councillors are providing chance of a convenient chat while doing the weekly shop at a supermarket in the town on Saturday morning (Jan 5).…
FIREFIGHTERS from three stations battled a roof fire at a Brimpton business for over four hours yesterday (Wed Jan 2). According to Chris Cound, the crew…
A FIRE at a Beenham compost plant, which has sent plumes of smoke billowing over the houses of local residents since the end of November is set to continue…
FLOOD warnings and alerts remained in place on the rivers Kennet and Lambourn today (Wednesday Jan 2), as ground water levels remained high following…
A FLYTIPPER who dumped waste in a Silchester lane has been fined. At Basingstoke Magistrates Court on December 5, Sean Warwick, of Longacre Rise, Chineham…
WORK related skills for young people across West Berkshire recently (Dec 21) received a boost, thanks to a £1,000 donation from a Newbury construction…
A FOOD bank for Newbury, Thatcham and Hungerford is likely to be set up in the spring, when government reforms to the Social Fund are expected to hit…
A RARE nutcracker, almost four centuries old, went under the hammer recently (Dec 5) at a Donnington auction for £9,000. The seasonal item, on sale at…
Eleven-year-old Jack Dunn recently had his dearest wish to meet his favourite professional wrestler, The Rock, granted by Starlight Children’s Foundation,…
FATHER Christmas pulled up his sleigh at a children’s Christmas party in Silchester on a recent (Dec 1) Saturday - followed the next day (Sunday Dec 2)…
POLICE have made 109 arrests in the Thames Valley area halfway through a month-long campaign aimed at tackling drink and drug driving over the festive…
THE COMPANY which ran a huge Beenham compost plant, where a fire is set to blaze for a further two weeks after starting over two weeks ago, have apologised…
KINGSCLERE’s first ever Christmas tree festival was bristling with success over the weekend and beyond. Held at St Mary’s Church, from Friday December…
NEWBURY town centre has recently seen several shutters go down – and come up, after two well-known shops have closed or are about to close and others…
A TADLEY teenager has died, following a collision in Pamber Heath during the early hours of this morning (Friday December 21). According to Hampshire…