DETECTIVES are investigating the deaths of two elderly people in Newbury. In the early hours of Saturday,, the body of an 82-year-old man was found in…
POLICE were called to a house in Newbury in the early hours of today (Saturday) where they found the body of a man and a dying woman. Inside a home in…
A TWELVE-hour, marathon organ recital takes place at the Holy Cross Church in Ramsbury today (Sat). A team of 12 organists will work in relays, each spending…
IT’S carnival time in Hungerford today (Saturday). The town Chamber of Commerce has brought the event under its banner this year after Hungerford Round…
IN THIS week’s Hungerford edition of the Newbury Weekly News, we report on the floods that threatened to swamp homes in Hungerford and Great Bedwyn. Inside…
THERE was a glimmer of hope this week for a Newbury 10-year-old who has been in a medically induced coma since being struck by a car. Dorota Hajduk had…
POOR Lynn Davies is in the doghouse with son James - after selling his favourite toy at a car boot sale. The rocking horse, which had been hers as a little…
IT’S West Berkshire’s big day today (Wednesday) as the Olympic torch hits the streets. The torch relay maintains the tradition of the Olympic flame that...
A PUB landlord must pay more than £8,000 for repeatedly breaching food hygiene regulations. Oliver Taggart, of The Malt Shovel in Upper Lambourn, ignored…
MEET ‘Iron Mike’ Smith. The 50-year-old father of two has vowed to undertake the Ironman challenge - involving cycling, swimming and running - for the…
NO jokes about a hole in one, please - but a quartet of hardy fundraisers could be playing a round of golf in the buff next week. General manager at Deanwood…
A NEWBURY nightclub owner was ordered to get a recorded music licence if he wants to remain open. Nick Marshall, who trades as Sping Bar and Nightclub…
THIS year’s Tour De Berkshire bike ride powers away from Bradfield Southend on August 4. The event was inspired by little Tilly Green, now aged four.Her…
IN THE Hungerford edition of the Newbury Weekly News this week tributes are paid to father of two Peter James Wright, found dead at his home in kennedy…
THEY did it! Intrepid Guy Parkes and his team have smashed their way into the world record books by rowing across the English Channel in a Cornish fishing…
HUNGERFORD Hares running club’s first running event - the Hungerford Harey Eight - was a roaring success. Almost 80 runners took part, all of whom finished,…
FORMER Grand National-winning jockey Ben De Haan is recovering at home after breaking his neck in a riding accident. The incident happened at the De Haans’…
VETERAN golfer Monty Norman has raised about £1,000 for charity in a 12-hour golf marathon. The event, at Newbury Racecourse Golf Club last Monday (June…
RESIDENTS of nine Newbury roads are the latest to sign up to be part of a pioneering ‘no cold calling zone’ project. The new move is part of West Berkshire…
LOCAL historian, journalist and author Sir Max Hastings was the keynote speaker at the annual meeting of the Campaign to Protect Rural England. Around…
