A DRIVER had a lucky escape this morning (Friday) after a car flipped on its roof in Newbury. Three fire engines including two from Newbury and a third…
FIREFIGHTERS prevented a Bucklebury chimney blaze from spreading to the rest of the house this afternoon (Friday). Two pumps from Newbury Fire Station…
BEREAVED families still affected by the February death of two cyclists in Purley have told of their relief, after a High Court appeal by the man convicted…
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a Tilehurst oven fire yesterday (Thursday) evening. Two pumps, from Dee Road Tilehurst and Caversham Road, Reading, were called…
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a flooded kitchen at a Pangbourne pub yesterday (Thursday) evening, in heavy rain. One pump from Dee Road Fire Station, Tilehurst,…
NEWBURY firefighters tackled a Hermitage 4x4 blaze yesterday (Thurs) eve. One pump was called at 11pm from Newbury Fire station to an empty 4 x 4 ablaze…
A WEST Berkshire fitness instructor’s campaign to fund a Sierra Leone school has been put on hold because of the Ebola crisis. Bee Jacks has also spoken…
A WOOLTON Hill paddock where wildlife and nature once flourished in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, this week became a mudbath, after diggers moved…
A POLICE crackdown on rural crime along the A4 in Padworth yesterday (Wed) proved a success, with ten unroadworthy vehicles banned. Other vehicles without…
FIREFIGHTERS tackled a fire in a Jaguar in a Burghclere driveway this afternoon (Wednesday). One pump from Newbury fire station was called over the Berkshire/Hampshire…
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a immersion heater fire in a block of Newbury flats this morning (Wed). Two pumps from Newbury Fire Station were called at…
A TWO-year-old boy who accidentally locked himself in a car in Hermitage today (Wed), sprang the lock to see the approaching fire engine, sent to rescue…
A CHARITY fundraising valuation evening at a Woolton Hill church has raised £601 for church funds. Hosts for the evening at St Thomas’ Church hall were…
THE HALF-TERM holiday could prove to be a spooky one when Newbury’s Hallowe'en Haunt Hunt comes to town. Newbury BID (Business Improvement District),…
AWE Aldermaston has been rapped on the knuckles by a Government watchdog over safety concerns – for the second time this year. According to the Reading…
A WOMAN car driver had a lucky escape in Upper Bucklebury this evening (Monday), after the car she was driving was involved in a collision with a telegraph…
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a three car collision on the M4 near Hungerford yesterday evening (Sunday.) One pump from Newbury Fire Station was called…
KINGSCLERE Primary School pupils and teachers dressed up as characters from Roald Dahl books recently to raise funds for charity. They had fun while raising…
AN AFFECTIONATE and active lurcher is seeking a lively new home. Gypsy is a two-year-old lurcher who came to Dogs Trust, Newbury as a stray and is now…
HEADLEY Ford is to be permanently closed in about five weeks – while leaving access open for locals – after a public consultation. A concrete barrier…
