A NEWBURY businessman has been convicted of allowing his premises to be used as a brothel. Newbury magistrates heard in court last week that it became…
THE sound of willow on cork resounded round Northcroft cricket pitch in Newbury in an interfaith match on Sunday. The event was organised by the local…
ABOUT 500 people packed into the Croft Field recently for St Lawrence’s Church annual fete. There was a celebratory atmosphere in the sun as visitors…
A FESTIVAL reveller who thought he was “invincible” died from a lethal ‘designer’ drugs cocktail ordered over the internet. Forty-six-year-old…
NEWBURY was celebrating its waterways heritage today (Sunday). More than 2,000 people are expected to enjoy a dose of Midsummer Madness - the theme of…
HUNGERFORD’S historic Bear Hotel features in an eccentric new book, Ye Olde Good Inn Guide. The guide, billed as ‘A Tudor traveller’s guide to the best…
GREEN-fingered gardeners have been asked to support this year’s Hungerford In Bloom competition. Organiser Margaret Wilson said entries had been sluggish…
POLICE last night (Friday) charged a man with murder following an incident on the Nightingales estate in Newbury on Wednesday.He is 41-year-old Simon…
PLANS to install another wind turbine at Sheepdrove Organic Farm have provoked angry protests. At a recent meeting of Lambourn Parish Council, members…
PLANS to install another wind turbine at Sheepdrove Organic Farm have provoked angry protests. At a recent meeting of Lambourn Parish Council, members…
GRUNDONS have applied for planning permission for a waste recycling operation in Thatcham. The firm wants to site a waste recycling plant at its mineral…
BOVINE tuberculosis (TB) is now endemic in West Berkshire, ravaging cattle herds across the area. Herds in the Lambourn Valley and on Greenham Common…
ANIMAL lovers will be making a beeline for Trindledown Farm at Great Shefford on Saturday, June 22, for the National Animal Welfare Trust (NAWT)’s open…
HUNGERFORD Newtown residents are celebrating this week after saving their village pub. A consortium of villagers and other backers have finally bought…
TWO popular Lambourn Valley watering holes have closed. Customers of the Queen’s Arms Hotel at East Garston and The Swan Inn, Great Shefford, will have…
A NEWBURY man who was refused entry to a town centre night spot went berserk, lashing out at police and spitting in an officer’s face, town magistrates…
ALDBOURNE Band have officially launched their new Heritage Project with the help of MP Claire Perry. The Heritage Project will gather together documents,…
A MOTORIST who drove home after several pints with an excitable dog loose in the car, ended up in a ditch, Newbury magistrates heard. Police attended…
PLANS are afoot to turn Lambourn’s former Drove Veterinary Surgery into a takeaway and cafe. Anna Field of The Park, Lambourn, has applied to planning…
SUMMER is coming - and that means Hungerford and District Community Arts Festival (HADCAF). The 2013 Festival takes place from June 28 to July 21, launching…
