Postie's first shave and haircut for 12 months HE did it! After 12 months of neither shaving nor cutting his hair, Hungerford hero Gary Waterman is happy…
Events around the district Pete Allen's Reeds 'n' Rhythm with Ben Holder (violin), Regency Park Hotel, Thatcham. 3pm. Tickets at the door : £13.50…
Magistrates declined to activate the first A NEWBURY man has been given a second, suspended prison sentence for shoplifting and other offences. Lee Alan…
Man injured as 'out-of-control' hound goes berserk near school A MAN needed hospital treatment and others were bitten after an “out-of- control”…
'This does need a bit of reverence', says town mayor HUNGERFORD’S Tragedy Gardens lack a sense of reverence and could do with a revamp, town councillors…
penalty increased for homophobic element A NEWBURY man has been fined for using threatening or abusive words or behaviour. Joshua Kieran Eaton, aged 19,…
Training exercise prepares for 'major incident' THAMES Valley Police have this week taken part in another training exercise to prepare for a terrorist…
Seventy-one-year-old last seen in Hungerford is safe POLICE have revealed that a man reported missing from his Hungerford home has been found. Gerald…
Judges praise 'high standard' AFTER a day of showers, the sun smiled on Lambourn for the big carnival parade on Sunday. Families lined the streets and…
Village turns out in force for parade AFTER a day of showers, the sun smiled on Lambourn for the big carnival parade on Sunday. Families lined the streets…
West Berkshire Council decision blasted by traders A HUNGERFORD traders’ spokesman has condemned West Berkshire Council’s decision to abandon…
General manager was a 'thief in the night' declares judge THE general manager of Newbury Rugby Club was filmed raiding the tills and the safe while high…
Planning inspector over-rules council's enforcement steps AN ‘unauthorised’ development, built without planning permission and in defiance…
Three times the limit...in a 40-tonne lorry A DISTRICT judge gave a furious dressing down to the driver of a 40-tonne lorry found staggering in an alcoholic…
'Significant sentence' was 'stark warning ' to others A MAN has been jailed for savagely biting another man in a Newbury pub. Thirty-six-year-old Dean…
Cattle on Hungerford Common 'know when bins are put out' CALLS are growing for a permanent solution to the problem of cows grazing on household rubbish. Last…
Court hears litany of complaints in 'truly hopeless appeal' A LONG-serving taxi driver has been exposed as a ‘lying cheat’ who swindled or…
They raise £27,000 for charity WELL done, team! A group of very happy cyclists from Bayer raised their arms in triumph after arriving at the company’s…
Defendant apologises after online messages led to argument A MAN spat full in the face of his partner after discovering online messages at their Eastbury…
Cattle knocking over wheelie bins COWS have been grazing on heaps of household rubbish, after a change in the refuse collection regime. The scenes have…
