A BOTTLE of cognac over a century old and presented half a century ago to the owner of the winner of the Hennessy Gold Cup, fetched £3,000 at a Donnington…
FIREFIGHTERS were called to a wheelie bin fire in Newbury during the early hours of this morning (Monday) and also released two people trapped in a Tilehurst…
A KINGSCLERE shopkeeper has criticised the use of taxpayers’ money to purchase a community bus, which he says has taken his trade away to a Tadley supermarket.…
HUNDREDS gathered in Newbury town centre this morning (Sunday) for the town’s Remembrance Sunday parade and service, in brilliant sunshine. A large crowd…
ANTI-NUCLEAR protesters picketed West Berkshire Council’s (WBC) offices yesterday (Wednesday), waving protest placards to highlight concerns about nuclear…
A TILEHURST car fire during the early hours of this morning (Saturday) was being treated as suspicious. According to Rob Read, watch manager of Red Watch…
POLICE have appealed for information after a snatch and grab raid in Hungerford yesterday (Thursday). According to Thames Valley Police, between 11.30am…
THE ATOMIC Weapons Establishment (AWE) has hit back at critics of its recent safety record, despite a report published this week by a government nuclear…
THE outside environment and garden area at Ashford Hill Primary School was given a facelift last Tuesday, thanks to the graft of Vodafone volunteers.…
A VEHICLE has been involved in a collision with the central reservation of the M4 at Hungerford. Thames Valley Police spokesman, Chris Kearney, said police…
BT subscribers in Burghclere and the surrounding area, including parts of Woolton Hill, remain without telephone lines and internet services today (Monday),…
NEWBURY firefighters tackled a haystack fire in a Brightwalton field this afternoon (Monday). Richard Young the watch manager of Green Watch at Newbury…
BALL Hill villagers have lobbied their MP and parish council for help in opposing an appeal regarding the resiting of a kennels and dog breeding business…
TADLEY and District Citizens Advice Bureau’s chairwoman is standing down this year, after six years with the charity. At a community liaison luncheon…
A QUICK thinking chef at a Highclere pub/restaurant dished up breakfast for guests cooked over a log fire this morning (Friday), following a power cut,…
A CURRIDGE boy has won every child’s dream job - testing theme park rides. Adam Willsher, aged 11, has joined the operations team at Hampshire-based Paultons…
HALLOWE’EN parties get underway at Newbury town centre pubs this evening (Thursday), continuing over the weekend. Spooky goings on in and around the Market…
FIREFIGHTERS had to make a forced entry at a women's beauty product shop at Parkway Shopping in Newbury this morning (Thurs) , to gain access to a fire…
A SECOND arrest has been made in connection with an Englefield airfield incident earlier this month (Oct), in which three aircraft were damaged, causing…
FIREFIGHTERS had to knock on doors to wake up a street full of sleeping people in order to get vehicles moved, to get to a flat fire in Newbury last night…
