A NEW youth centre for Tadley moved a step closer this week, after the town’s electorate voted in favour of taxpayers footing the bill for a quarter of…
KINGSCLERE villagers were told this week by a county councillor that a decision on closing Kingsclere’s library would not be taken until September, despite…
SPRING flower posies were presented to mothers at church services throughout north Hampshire on Mothering Sunday (March 30), including in Ashford Hill…
A BRIMPTON house was evacuated last night (Thursday) after a cavity wall fire. Watch manager of Red Watch at Newbury Fire Station, Mike Wilson, said two…
FIREFIGHTERS cut free a two-year-old boy with his arm trapped in a car seat in Greenham this afternoon (Wednesday).One pump from Newbury Fire Station…
FIREFIGHTERS from three local stations rescued a teenage girl from mud at the side of a lake in Kintbury this afternoon (Tuesday). Watch manager of White…
THE DEADLINE for Tadley taxpayers to return ballot papers is 12pm today (April 1), in a poll to decide on a £250,000 loan towards a new £500,000 youth…
FIREFIGHTERS from two local stations were called to a cylinder fire in Hamstead Marshall this morning (Monday). Spokeswoman for the Royal Berkshire Fire…
FIREFIGHTERS are currently at the scene of a fire at the Travelodge in Newbury. Two pumps from Newbury Fire Station were called at 8.41am to the Travelodge…
A BURGHCLERE woman took her own life after hitting a “pain crisis” an Alton inquest heard last Wednesday. Sally Rossiter-Larkins, aged 66, died at her…
THE president of Headley FC, Barrie Hiscock, and a Kingsclere charity have received community awards. Mr Hiscock and Living Paintings, a charity for the…
NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon and his wife, Zoe, will be among volunteers manning the Help for Heroes fundraising colossal cake stall - making an ‘exceedingly…
FEELINGS were running high at a meeting last week among Ashford Hill villagers, who were concerned over a proposed housing development opposite the primary…
THE FARMS estates manager at Highclere Castle estate of almost three decades has received a Royal Agricultural Society (RASE) award, presented to him…
NEWBURY’s ‘lesser spotted giraffe’ has come to town, after emerging from the undergrowth, at the side of a road en route to Newbury Racecourse. The distinctive…
SILCHESTER Primary School pupils went bananas recently in support of a Fairtrade event. Over a Fairtrade Fortnight held at the school, pupils studied…
A TILEHURST kitchen fire was discovered out on arrival by firefighters yesterday (Wednesday) evening. Spokeswoman for the Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue…
POLICE have released CCTV images of two men (pictured) they would like to speak to following the recent theft of meat from the Co-op on Franklin Avenue…
A TILEHURST motorcycle fire last night (Wednesday) was being treated as a suspected arson. Watch manager of white watch at Dee Road Fire Station, Tilehurst,…
A CAT stuck on the roof of a Purley house for three days was rescued by Tilehurst firefighters this morning (Wednesday). Firefighter Kevin Glancy, of…