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…
SIX people have been arrested after a large cannabis factory was found in Upper Basildon. Police were initially called to a report of a break-in at a…
A “HUGE response” to the Hungerford Town Plan Refresh survey was announced at the Hungerford Town Meeting. However, the results have yet to be published…
A HUNGERFORD author who believes he has solved an international mystery variously attributed to UFOs, a military cover-up or a radiation leak, has returned…
A KEY milestone in construction of The Priory at Hungerford has been marked with a ‘topping out’ ceremony. Sovereign Housing association’s new development…
A SCHOOL is in mourning for a veteran teacher who died suddenly on Saturday, March 23. Margaret Jakubowski had been a teacher at St John the Evangelist…
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…
A FORMER pupil returned to John O’Gaunt Community Technology College to inspire students by cooking up a storm. James Callery, now head chef at the Halfway…
TRAIN commuters confronted managers from First Great Western at Newbury rail station on Friday. The ‘meet the manager’ session was organised by Newbury…
LAMBOURN’S Betfair Open Day has been cancelled. The event - the biggest in the village’s calender, which regularly attracts up to 10,000 visitors - was…
A SHOCKED RSPCA official has accused West Berkshire Council of shirking its legal duty over stray pets. Karen Griffiths said a woman who found a dead…
FORMER Cameo Fine Art Auctioneers boss Jon King walked away from Newbury police station on Wednesday, March 20, without charge. He has been rebailed until…
GREAT Shefford’s annual Parish Assembly will take a new format this year. The event takes place as usual in the Village Hall on Thursday, April 18 at…
BOMB disposal experts nearly had a fit when they saw the unusual ‘ornament’ on a Brimpton home mantelpiece... an unexploded bomb. For years, 71-year-old…
THE RECIPIENTS of this year’s Freedom of the Town of Hungerford awards were announced at last Thursday’s town meeting. The three will receive their awards…
THE Newbury Shopsafe scheme, which aims to detect and deter shoplifters, has a new co-ordinator. The role of Dave Milsom, a retired Newbury police inspector,…
HIGHWAYS chiefs have rejected criticism of “shoddy work” on the A4 between Halfway and the Kintbury turnoff. Instead, they blamed motorists, claiming…
CATHOLICS in Newbury have welcomed the election of Pope Francis 1 Bursar at Douai Abbey in Upper Woolhampton, Fr Oliver Holt, predicted that the new pontiff…
A CHARTERED accountant who was “ severely depressed” after losing his job, fell to his death from the A34 bridge in Newbury. An inquest in the town halll…
CHEEKY thieves have stolen a Speed Indication Device (SID) belonging to West Berkshire Council. The theft came to light when members of Lambourn Parish…