Extraordinary meeting over long term future to go ahead MORE than 70 Hungerford allotmenteers were celebrating this week after winning a 12-month reprieve…
Anthony Stansfeld in canal drama POLICE and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Anthony Stansfeld is being hailed a hero for saving a child from the Kennet and Avon…
'Tramp' jibe before punch on nose A SIMMERING feud between neighbours boiled over into violence, Newbury magistrates heard. After posting abusive notes…
Horse dies in outbreak A MYSTERIOUS quarantine closure order that baffled villagers was caused by a fatal, equine salmonella out-break. On December 12…
In 2015 alone, total was £12,500 THE Town and Manor of Hungerford has handed out more than £120,000 to local good causes in the past 15 years. At…
Landscape gardener handed fine A THATCHAM man snorted the illegal drug ketamine so enthusiastically that police saw it caked round his face. The give-away…
Former Newbury Weekly News reporter is included THE Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire, a former Newbury Weekly News reporter and two other former pupils of…
Car was driven erratically, court hears A DAY at Newbury races ended in a driving ban for a racing-yard employee. Newbury magistrates heard that members…
Major damaged caused RAIDERS tied a rope round a cash machine before attaching the other end to a car and wrenching it from its position. The theft caused…
Defendant hurls paint and damages car A MAN went on the rampage through his former partner’s home, hurling paint as he went, Newbury magistrates…
More than 70 plots under threat HUNGERFORD allotmenteers, threatened with eviction in a planning wrangle, have sought help from their MP. The chairman…
Former REME man gets top post NEWBURY Freemasons have installed a new head of their Loyal Berkshire Lodge of Hope for the coming year. He is Neil Wilkinson,…
Bad weather delays start A LAMBOURN man is taking on the challenge of a lifetime with a solo row across the Atlantic Ocean. Evelyn Williams is set to…
'Reckless decision to drive home' after shift A CHEF at the Hilton Hotel in Newbury has been banned from the roads for drink-driving. James Nathan Reynolds…
More than 70 families fear they are pawns in planning row THE future of more than 70 allotments in Hungerford is under threat. The crisis directly affects…
Record sum raised MEMBERS of the West Berkshire Classic Vehicle Club (WBCVC) presented a record donation of £15,396 to the leukaemia and lymphoma…
Council exploring alternative proposals HUNGERFORD town councillors have reacted with dismay over the proposed removal of CCTV cameras. West Berkshire…
Thousands flock to Victorian-themed street party IF any further proof were needed that Hungerford loves to party, it was there in spades on the streets…
Jazz Cafe and Christmas market IT’S Victorian Extravaganza time in Hungerford this evening (Friday). And, for the first time in its 24-year history,…
ATM was abandoned at scene RAM raiders have struck at a Spar convenience store near Denison Barracks in Hermitage. But they fled empty handed after soldiers…
