HUNGERFORD mayor Martin Crane has challenged the town’s district councillors to push harder for a pedestrian crossing in Bridge Street. A petition in…
THE fun and games of last year’s Crafty Craft race raised £250 for Newbury and District Cancer Care Trust. The annual May event is organised by Newbury…
THE OWNER of an illegal caravan site at Hermitage has lost yet another appeal in an ongoing, five year war with planning chiefs. Stephen Banham was first…
ALDERMASTON’S Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) was due to answer charges today (Tues) that relate to a fire on its premises in August 2010. The case…
WEST Berkshire Brewery has announced that David Bruce – who made his fortune with Bruce’s Brewery and the Firkin chain of pubs – has joined its board…
HUNGERFORD’S first ever Carnival Queen has died. Freda Annetta Horwood (nee Giles) died at her home in Thatcham, aged 98 years.She had lived in the town…
A LORRY driver whose vehicle jack-knifed into the Rising Sun pub at Woolhampton was said to be recovering today (Friday). The drama happened around 1pm…
HEALTH chiefs have moved to reassure parents after a scarlet fever outbreak in Lambourn. Several children have been affected by the disease, characterised…
A LORRY driver is fighting for his life after being airlifted from a crash at the Rising Sun pub in Woolhampton. The drama happened around 1pm today (Thursday)…
A LORRY driver has been airlifted to hospital after being freed from a crash outside the Rising Sun pub in Woolhampton. Firefighters used cutting…
THAMES Valley police and crime commissioner Anthony Stansfeld has criticised ‘revolving door’ justice which sees unreformed criminals freed to reoffend.…
COMMONERS of the Town and Manor of Hungerford will enjoy a meal fit for a king during Hungerford’s annual Hocktide celebrations tomorrow (Tuesday). They…
A SALESWOMAN has told an industrial tribunal that her managing director was a lecherous man who made lewd comments and put his hand inside her clothing.…
ALDERMASTON’S Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) will answer charges next month that relate to a fire on its premises in August 2010. The case, brought…
THE NEWBURY and District Cancer Care Trust (NDCCT) begins a new era next month. The Trust is to merge with the Friends of the Charles Clore Unit (FCCU)…
A RESTAURATEUR has bought four tons of sand and palm trees to turn his premises into a tropical getaway this evening (Saturday). Khanus Miah, who runs…
TOP Lambourn trainer Nicky Henderson is hoping for his first Grand National win tomorrow (Saturday). And he told reporters that he has been impressed…
AN ELDERLY woman died trying to save her husband in a case a coroner described as “more poignant than very many I’ve heard”. The tragedy involving 90-year-old…
POLICE investigating the former Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers have made a second arrest. Thames Valley Police spokeswoman Lucy Billen said: “On March 28,…
JUST two years after the horrific crash that nearly killed her, the head girl at Tuite Racing’s Shefford Valley Stables is thriving. In the seconds and…
