AN ELDERLY man, savagely attacked in a daylight robbery in Newbury town centre, needed stitches to a head wound, colleagues revealed yesterday (Wednesday).…
A DEVOTED Hungerford couple received a telegram from the Queen on their diamond wedding anniversary. Ray and Chris Beasley first met through a mutual…
AN APPEAL for new Lambourn Parish Council members went out during the annual parish assembly meeting. Council chairman Peter Iveson also paid tribute…
A FORMER racing cyclist and keen gardner took his own life when illness robbed him of his active lifestyle, an inquest heard. Eighty-five-year-old James…
THAMES Valley Police’s defiant Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) has accused critics of a political smear campaign over claims he established “sham”…
MANAGEMENT at Aldermaston's Atomic Weapons Establishment presided over a "constellation of failures" in a fire which could have claimed many lives, a…
THE ATOMIC Weapons Establishment (AWE) at Aldermaston was due to be sentenced today (Thursday) after a fire at the base. The charge relates to a major…
POLICE are appealing for witnesses after a brutal robbery on an elderly man in Newbury town centre today (Wednesday). The incident happened at 9.45am…
THE BISHOP of Reading, the Right Rev Andrew Proud, has rededicated the historic bells of St. Mary's Church, Great Shefford. The rare event took place…
AN AERIAL spraying blitz to stop a toxic caterpillar invasion could affect other species, the Forestry Commission has conceded. However, they will “probably…
DID YOU or any of your family attend school in Lambourn or Woodland St Mary? Carol Silk and her daughter Amanda are among parishioners preparing to stage…
FRIENDS of a popular Thatcham man who died from a rare genetic disorder have arranged a charity football match in his honour today (Saturday) The event…
CLASSIC cars and vintage vehicles gleamed in the May sunshine, drawing hundreds of enthusiasts from far and wide to Lowesden Works at Lambourn Woodlands.…
IT’S TAKEN 32 months and more than 1,000 man hours - but Kintbury aviation fan Alan Pettitt has nearly completed his labour of love on this historic glider.…
THE DOWNGATE pub in Hungerford was on fire this afternoon (Tuesday). A spokeswoman for West Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Nicole Targett, said: “We…
A HUNGERFORD company boss has been ordered to compensate a saleswoman who branded him a “lech.” Thirty-nine-year-old former sales team leader Kirsty Williams…
THEY’RE back! Public health chiefs have sent out an alert over the toxic caterpillars of the oak processionary moth, which are invading parts of West…
OUR story last week about the Turner family quadruplets has prompted an amazing response from local people offering help. Proud parents Julian and Sharon…
BENEFITS cheats have been caught defrauding the taxpayer of more than £1 million over the past two years. West Berkshire Council is taking action against…
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…
