THAMES Valley’s Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has vowed to fight any closure by stealth of Newbury’s magistrates’ court. Its future is once again…
An Aldworth-born former soldier’s medals, including the Distinguished Conduct Medal have fetched £1,056 under the hammer. Cpl Thomas Girdler received…
A HUNGERFORD teaching assistant who lost her husband and mother to cancer before contracting the disease herself has raised more than £1,000 with a ‘party…
PLANS for a second wind turbine on Lambourn Downs have been revised and resubmitted by Sheepdrove Organic Farm. Local people have been invited to have…
THIS cute pair of bunnies is looking for a good home - but George and Alexander are used to being treated like royalty. The cuddly twosome, who are bonded…
A HIGH Street ‘parking space’ had Hungerford town councillors wringing their hands in frustration on Monday night. Earlier this month the Newbury Weekly…
WILD flower power has prevailed and wild orchids are blooming again along Coldharbour Road in Hungerford. Last year, the destruction of rare wild orchids…
AN accident at Hungerford's new rail bridge caused chaos today (Tuesday). The incident happened in the High Street around 12.20pm.Martin Bakker from Martin…
GOING ... going ... gone: Chris Redford’s distinctive Dali handlebar moustache is no more – for now, at least. The Hungerford Arcade stallholder had his…
AN HORRIFIC tale of alien possession has been unfolding in Hungerford as local filmmaker Drew Casson chose his hometown for his first professionally funded…
AN ‘HEIR hunters’ company preyed on bereaved relatives, charging more than £3 per minute and raiding their inheritance payouts, a court heard. Beneficiaries…
NEWBURY will host a free showing of the documentary Iranian Taboo, depicting the plight of the Baha’i community in Iran. The event is being staged at…
A DOG was burned to death in a shed block fire in Newbury today (Sunday). Firefighters initially feared a person was inside.The blaze broke out in the…
A GOOD rule - if you knowingly receive stolen goods - might be to resist calling the police if someone, in turn, steals them from you. But that is exactly…
THE FUTURE of Newbury’s magistrate court is once again in doubt, despite a hard-won reprieve in 2010. For months, rumours have circulated among magistrates,…
A HEROIN addict adapted his sleeves with elastic bands before a shoplifting jaunt, Newbury magistrates heard on Thursday, July 18. In the dock was 38-year-old…
A COMMUNITY is in mourning this week for a popular Hungerford sportsman who died in a crash at the weekend. Twenty-year-old David ‘Woody’ Woodroffe died…
POLICE are to use new powers to combat anti social behaviour in the centre of Lambourn. For years, there have been complaints about the behaviour of youths…
NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon has clashed with his Liberal Democrat rival over the future of the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE). Potentially at stake…
OYEZ.....it’s a boy! Hungerford bellman Julian Tubb sends congratulations on the royal birth on behalf of the good citizens of Hungerford yesterday (Tuesday),…
