WEST Berkshire Council has been accused of trying to mislead parents over a Kintbury school’s Ofsted report. Last week the Hungerford edition of the Newbury…
WORSHIPPERS at St. James the Greater Church at Eastbury could find blessed relief close at hand when they are caught short in future. The Eastbury Parochial…
THE INJURED Jockeys Fund (IJF) has announced that former National Hunt Champion Jockey John Francome is to be its new president. He succeeds the late…
COUNCILLORS unanimously rejected plans for a travellers’ site in Beenham last night (Wednesday), overruling their own officers’ firm recommendation for…
CONFIRMED cases of feared ash tree disease Chalara dieback have been confirmed in Berkshire. In a statement yesterday afternoon (Wednesday), the Department…
THE PHEASANT Inn at Shefford Woodlands has gone into administration and is up for sale. However, the hotel, restaurant and watering hole, popular with…
AN EAST Ilsley man with mental health issues successfully persuaded police to hand back his firearms before turning a gun on himself, an inquest heard.…
IT’S CRUNCH time tonight (Wednesday) for plans to build a travellers’ site in the middle of the local Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Some…
A FATHER paused before taking his own life to leave flowers and mementoes by the bedside of his daughter and his partner, an inquest heard. The hearing…
FIREFIGHTERS from Newbury were called to a Renault Megane ablaze in The Broadway, Thatcham, this morning (Saturday). Police officers at the scene said…
A COMMUNITY is in uproar over plans to build a travellers’ site in the middle of the local Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). Some residents fear…
THE KENNET and Avon Canal Trust (KACT) is seeking volunteers after identifying £500,000 worth of work in Berkshire, including projects in Newbury. The…
HUNDREDS of Hungerford to Reading commuters could soon be £1.20 per day worse off after First Great Western vowed to close what it sees as a pricing loophole.…
NEWBURY MP Richard Benyon has welcomed the announcement that Hungerford will receive a £10,000 Government cash injection. The cash will boost Hungerford’s…
THE ROUTINE fingerprinting of some West Berkshire schoolchildren has generated a heated debate on our online forum at Newburytoday.co.uk The revelation…
A DISUSED village pub is at the centre of an extraordinary war of words between would-be developers and planning chiefs who are backed by locals. Owners…
IT COST just £3.50 at the time - but 40 years on, a first edition copy of Watership Down signed by its Newbury-born author, Richard Adams, fetched £1,500…
RAISE a glass to Chateau Cobbs, folks. Hungerford’s only vineyard, Cobbs Farm Shop Vineyard, is celebrating its first ever harvest, despite one of the…
A PIG’S head was found outside Newbury’s mosque in Pound Street this morning (Tuesday). Police say they are treating the incident as a hate crime.Officers…
KINTBURY St Mary’s Church of England Primary School requires improvement across the board, according to the latest report by schools watchdog Ofsted.…
