HANDBELL ringers, sports fixtures and Christmas gift and food fairs are among a cornucopia of happenings to dip into in Newbury and beyond today (Saturday).…
PAMPERED pets in Pamber Heath and the local area can lap up a life of luxury at a new five-star hotel for cats. The state-of-the-art Longcroft Luxury…
KINGSCLERE Primary school pupils had a wartime experience this week when they had chance to become ‘evacuees’ for the day. As part of the school’s Remembrance…
A WOOLTON Hill electricity cable was discovered arcing near to a tree this morning (Wed), setting the tree ablaze. One fire engine from Newbury Fire Station…
EMERGENCY services were called to Burghfield Common yesterday evening (Tuesday) following a report of an explosion and fire. Two fire engines,…
A WOMAN was air-lifted to hospital with life-threatening injuries yesterday evening (Tues), following a Chapel Row collision involving two cars. Thames…
A RETIRED BT engineer in Kingsclere has lambasted his former employers, after being without his telephone and internet service for over two weeks, hitting…
An air ambulance has landed at the scene of a Chapel Row collision. South Central Ambulance Services were called at 4.14pm today (Tues) to the collision,…
THE READING West MP spearheaded a Parliamentary debate on Tuesday (Nov 4), calling for a change in the law to the sentencing of dangerous drivers. Alok…
A WOMAN was cut out of her car in Bagnor yesterday (Sunday) evening after it ended up in ditch. Two pumps were called from Newbury Fire Station at 4.42pm,…
A GERMAN Shepherd dog found as a stray is hoping for a furry-tail ending with a loving new owner. Midnight, a three-year-old German Shepherd dog is hoping…
LOCK gates on the Kennet and Avon Canal in Newbury were craned away on Wednesday (Nov 5), prior to replacement. Over the next five months, the Canal &…
A BOOK commemorating the lives of men from the Stockcross parish who fought in the First World War is to be launched in the village today (Sunday). Stockcross…
TADLEY’S youth will see work start on a long-awaited £930,000 (estimated cost) youth centre in the spring – with a likely opening later in 2015 – after…
THE READING West MP has launched a petition calling for crowded trains between Reading and London to be declassified. Alok Sharma yesterday (Thurs) launched…
NEWBURY firefighters were called over the Berkshire/Hampshire border yesterday (Wed) evening, to extinguish a Penwood bonfire. One pump from Newbury Fire…
A CAR fire in Hoe Benham during the early hours of this morning (Thurs) was a suspected arson. One pump from Newbury Fire Station was called at 3.05am…
THAMES Water officials were last week grilled by councillors in Woolton Hill over the sewage and flooding problems in the village, following last year’s…
THOUSANDS of visitors streamed into Mortimer over half term last week as a part of the annual scarecrow competition - and were photographed via a camera…
A BURGHCLERE secondary school pupil has enjoyed glittering international success after winning a gold medal at a Portuguese gymnastics championships.…
