THE SOUTHERN Co-operative has donated £10,000 to the Lambourn community this year. The windfall will be shared between Lambourn Primary School, Riding…
A VETERAN councillor has been convicted of fleecing an elderly Alzheimer’s Disease victim. Former Newbury District Council chairman John Morgan (pictured)…
More than 2,000 people turned out to see Hungerford’s spectacular seasonal display switched on yesterday (Sunday) evening. The town prides itself on having…
A TEARFUL widow told an inquest how her husband, whose body was pulled from Greenham Mill in Newbury, had loved the water. Nigel Andrew Thornley, who…
PROPOSALS for a travellers’ site in Hermitage have been put before planners. They include provision for caravans, mobile homes and ‘day rooms’ on land…
A “CANNABIS addict” hanged himself after trying to go ‘cold turkey,’ an inquest heard. The drug “controlled and ruled” the life of 28-year-old Steven…
PLANS have been announced to reinvent the Five Bells in Belmont, Woodspeen, as a restaurant with adjoining pub and cookery school. The man behind the…
HEY, Santa - have you lost something? This reindeer made a bid for freedom - and caused chaos in the process - when it bolted down Abex Road in Newbury…
A RESPECTED councillor plundered the life savings of an elderly Newbury woman with Alzheimer’s Disease, a jury heard this week. Former Newbury District…
A DISQUALIFIED driver from Newbury was caught behind the wheel after drinking and causing an accident, town magistrates heard last Thursday. Twenty-five-year-old…
A HUNGERFORD teenager with a drink problem has been ordered not to be publicly intoxicated anywhere in West Berkshire. Ninteen-year-old Jordan John Hayman,…
A ROGUE Newbury builder is in custody this week, awaiting sentence for fleecing vulnerable, elderly customers. Fifty-year-old Richard Wade, of Park Lane,…
HAIRCUT, sir? Hungerford High Street has a new barbers.The Gentleman’s Barber Shop officially opened for business on November 12, following an opening…
A TRAUMATISED motorcyclist has told of the moment he was maimed during a terrifying road rage incident. Victim James Mannion was left with sheets of skin…
A RETIRED professional jockey has been jailed for drink driving. And to add to 51-year-old Nick Connorton’s shame, he was nearly four times over the limit;…
A WEST Berkshire rapist on prison suicide watch took a fatal overdose, an inquest has heard. David Ward, aged 45, died in August 2012 just days after…
FISH in the River Kennet have changed their diet due to a major pollution incident earlier this year. The full ramifications of the changes will not be…
A NEWBURY angler who tumbled into a lake and drowned probably suffered a blackout triggered by diabetes, an inquest heard. Reginald William Goree, who…
WALKERS on Hungerford Common have told of their disgust at coming across a teenager apparently having sex with a dog. A district judge sitting at Reading…
A NOW familiar face has been formally installed as vicar of the newly-created Benefice of The Lambourn Valley. Step forward, the Rev Martin Cawte.The…
